Extract IC Protection Method

Extract IC File technology has been widely used in the electronic printed circuit board reverse engineering. Use different security features in the IC extracting technology for products can acquire a better protection. One of the most effective methods has been widely applied in the smartcard IC extract prevention technology. Such as the pay cable TV, if the special software upgrade could refuse to use the faked made card. Another example is the cartridge in the laser printer, the laser printer manufacturer can’t make too much money from the complicate and expensive product, instead, use cartridge and other affiliated gadget to earn money. But cartridge can be manufactured easily and can be refilled, so the laser printers have to develop the protection technology to prevent the Extract IC from refill and replicate. Some of the manufacturers use IC with tags in the products, which makes the replication and refill become more difficult when Extract IC file. The earliest version of IC extracting technology is printer software can check the simple series number inside the IC, and then write the data into the standard series memorizer. Extract IC file with this kind of protection become much easier.