Module inteligente destinate securizării împotriva intruziunilor asupra echipamentelor electronice / Smart modules for securing the electronic equipment against tampering

This doctoral thesis presents innovative and effective solutions for protecting electronic security circuits against physical intrusions and temperature side channel attacks. The solutions proposed in the thesis consist in the design of coatings with sensory characteristics, made of conductive networks, and electronic circuits to monitor the modification of the electrical characteristics of the conductive networks. The innovative nature of the developed conductive networks ensures a significant improvement of security for actual communication and data processing systems. Active tamper detection circuits, designed to operate in conjunction with the developed conductive networks, are characterised by increased efficiency in operation, low number of components and reduced energy consumption.