Novel Anti-Tamper Coatings for Microelectronics(1000-812)

Triton Systems, Inc. responds to Army's need to This proposal addresses the Army's need to develop innovative tamper-proof, non-thermally cured coatings which prevents unauthorized individuals from reverse engineering of military microelectronics. We propose to develop tamper-proof, and photo-curable coatings that will protect military electronics against electromagnetic field (EMF), optical, X-ray and acoustic tools for reverse engineering. During the Phase I, Triton will demonstrate the feasibility studies to develop a photo-curable coating that will provide anti-tampering protection for circuit boards and military microelectronics. During Phase II, we will develop a design of experiments for the selected non-thermal curing coatings that were identified in Phase I for reliability and environmental testing of a fabricated prototype at Army testing facility. The performance of this fabricated prototype against multiple reverse engineering methods will demonstrate the effectiveness of the protection material's capability, based on successful Phase I results, and will demonstrate its effectiveness in several field tests.