US Patent Issued to XILINX on Feb. 17 for "Integrated circuit (IC) protections comprising electromagnetic radiation blocking material" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,660, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to XILINX INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Integrated circuit (IC) protections comprising electromagnetic radiation blocking material" was invented by Myongseob Kim (Pleasanton, Calif.), Henley Liu (San Jose, Calif.) and Cheang-whang Chang (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Integrated circuit (IC) protections that prevent exposure or examination of integrated circuitry through backside analysis include a layer or mesh of an electrically conductive, electromagnetic radiation blocking material disposed over a backside of an IC device to prevent backside analysis. An electrically conducti...