Patent ID: 8198142
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: H01L,H05K

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: (a) manufacturing a first Ball Grid Array (BGA) security cap having a substrate member, an integrated circuit die and an array of bond balls, wherein the substrate member comprises an anti-tamper security mesh of conductors, wherein the array of bond balls includes a plurality of outer bond balls and a plurality of inner bond balls, and wherein the integrated circuit die is coupled to a serial physical interface such that tamper detection data is communicated via the serial physical interface from the integrated circuit die and through a subset of the inner bond balls; (b) causing the first BGA security cap to be embodied in a first type of device; (c) manufacturing a second BGA security cap that is identical to the first BGA security cap; and (d) causing the second BGA security cap to be embodied in a second type of device.