Patent ID: 7532027

Claim:
A method for intentionally permanently disabling a target device, wherein said target device comprises an integrated circuit having one or more electronic devices, wherein disabling said target device comprises destroying at least one of said one or more electronic devices, wherein said target device comprises at least one target signal path, the method comprising the steps of: charging at least one capacitor in an integrated circuit disabling device; selecting at least one target signal path associated with said target device for disabling said target signal path and connecting said integrated circuit disabling device to said target signal path; preconditioning the selected at least one target signal path of said target device by applying a preconditioning current prior to discharging said at lease one capacitor; and rapidly discharging said at least one capacitor to said selected target signal path, wherein said discharging applies a shaped high energy impulse to destroy the one or more electronic devices of said target device.