Device with capacitive security shield

摘要

The invention provides a semiconductor device comprising with a capacitive security shield structure which uses a set of randomly distributed dielectric or conducting particles formed within a dielectric layer. A set of electrodes can be configured as at least two sets, wherein a first set is used to measure a capacitance characteristic, and a second set is configured as nonmeasurement set. The electrode configuration can be altered so that multiple measurements can be obtained.