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of_sec_active_shield

Active shield mesh

Maturity plannedTargets ASIC (CMOS) onlyDifficulty HardPriority 2

Top-metal mesh driven by pseudo-random patterns and checked at the far end to detect probing, cutting and rerouting.

Planned. This block is specified in the catalog with its interfaces and targets. No implementation exists yet; the skeleton command below generates a lint-clean shell with its ports and registers.

Interfaces

PortDirectionKindWidthNotes
ctrlin/outAPB control bus32Control and status registers, including ID, VERSION and STATUS
irqoutinterrupt1Interrupt request
mesh_outoutparallel16 
mesh_ininparallel16 

Standards

  • ISO/IEC 19790

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