Smart Anti-Tamper Conformal Coating System for Electronic Circuits Navy SBIR FY2013.2 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2013.2 Topic No.: N132-118 Topic Title: Smart Anti-Tamper Conformal Coating System for Electronic Circuits Proposal No.: N132-118-0748 Firm: Luna Innovations Incorporated 1 Riverside Circle Suite 400 Roanoke, Virginia 24016-4962 Contact: Adam Goff Phone: (434) 220-2513 Web Site: www.lunainnovations.com Abstract: Critical Technology (CT) lies within a variety of electronic circuits across US Navy weapon platforms and must be adequately protected from theft and unintentional transfer. Traditional protective hardware enclosures are bulky, require power, and require special thermal considerations because they are typically insulating. Luna proposes a simplified alternative in the form of a conformal coating system that will provide comprehensive protection of CT against tamper events including X-ray imaging, SEM, focused ion beam, IR imaging, and power analysis attacks. The full coating system will be engineered to have high thermal conductivity sufficient to enable rapid heat transport from underlying devices through the coatings and out to traditional heat sinks. The anti-tamper coating system will enable coating integrity monitoring via the underlying electronic circuit such that physical damage and electromagnetic tamper events may be assessed on the fly and CT rapidly removed from the system. The Phase I program will focus on demonstration of the coating system to delay/prevent tamper events and corresponding threat detection capabilities. The coatings will be optimized during the Phase II and a monitoring sensor system will be integrated with target electronic circuits/components to provide a suite of protection and real-time monitoring capabilities to the end-user. Benefits: While the primary entry platform for this coating technology is US Navy weapon platform assets, like the Aegis Combat System, there are numerous other potential commercial applications. Critical technology is included in a multitude of DoD systems ranging in categories from aeronautics, electronics, guidance systems, information systems, manufacturing and fabrication, power systems, and space systems - to name a few. The proposed conformal coating system could be used in all of these applications wherever there is a need to implement anti-tamper countermeasures to electronic circuits and circuit board assemblies. The coatings are being targeted for ease of application, facilitating both spray and brush application methods, common to traditional commercial conformal coating systems. In this manner, the proposed coating system should find widespread use across all facets of the DoD where CT is stored. Return