Supply Chain Hardware Integrity for Electronics Defense (SHIELD)
Abstract
The Supply Chain Hardware Integrity for Electronics Defense (SHIELD) program aimed to develop a technology capable of confirming the authenticity of electronic parts at any time and place. Authenticating parts or detecting counterfeit components by current means has proven expensive, time-consuming, and of limited effectiveness. An alternative solution, maintaining complete control of the global supply chain using administrative controls, can also incur substantial costs. SHIELD instead sought to incorporate a small, inexpensive silicon chip ("dielet") into the packaging of genuine components. The dielet provided unique and encrypted component identification, enabling authentication from very close proximity. Since counterfeit electronic components pose a threat to the integrity and reliability of both commercial and DoD systems, SHIELD fulfilled a large, pressing, and evolving need for anti-counterfeit technologies.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- fc0608d3e919b03c88c8fef6fb3d5e2b