Patents by Inventor Vincent Pouget

Vincent Pouget has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Device for protecting an integrated circuit against a laser attack
    Patent number: 7847581
    Abstract: An integrated circuit including a substrate of a semiconductor material having first and second opposite surfaces and including active areas leveling the first surface. The integrated circuit includes a device of protection against laser attacks, the protection device includes at least one first doped region extending between at least part of the active areas and the second surface, a device for biasing the first region, and a device for detecting an increase in the current provided by the biasing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventors: Mathieu Lisart, Vincent Pouget
  • DEVICE FOR PROTECTING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AGAINST A LASER ATTACK
    Publication number: 20090251168
    Abstract: An integrated circuit including a substrate of a semiconductor material having first and second opposite surfaces and including active areas leveling the first surface. The integrated circuit includes a device of protection against laser attacks, the protection device includes at least one first doped region extending between at least part of the active areas and the second surface, a device for biasing the first region, and a device for detecting an increase in the current provided by the biasing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventors: Mathieu Lisart, Vincent Pouget