METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COPY PROTECTION FOR AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT AND CORRESPONDING COMPONENT

摘要

The invention relates to a method for producing a copy protection for an integrated circuit. The aim of the invention is to provide an effective and reliable copy protection in order to prevent an unauthorized copying of an integrated circuit. To this end, the invention presents a method comprising the following steps: providing a substrate (1) having semiconductor structur es (2) on at least one first side (1a) of the substrate (1); providing a materi al for coating the substrate (1), and; coating the substrate (1) with a copy protection layer (4). It has been proven advantageous to produce the copy protection layer (4) by vapor depositing a silicate glass so that an etching method, which removes the copy protection layer, also acts upon the substrat e (1) whereby at least partially destroying the semiconductor structures (2).< /SDOAB>