RU150597U1 - INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ITS EMERGENCY DESTRUCTION - Google Patents

Abstract

A device for storing information with the possibility of emergency destruction, containing a housing on which a connector is installed, designed for electrical connections with a memory module located inside the housing, characterized in that a piercer is located above the memory module with the possibility of rotational-translational movement in the housing and interaction with the module memory, which is a memory chip mounted on a printed circuit board in which a hole is made for the output of the punch, on the side surface A hole was made for the device to install a rod in it, restricting the movement of the punch relative to the body.

Description

The device relates to the field of protection of confidential information from unauthorized access, mainly to devices for the destruction of data on electronic information carriers (memory chips) in the event of a threat of their capture.

Currently, information storage devices are used both for service information and software that determines the functionality of electronic devices. This information is often confidential, and therefore it may require emergency destruction during operation. There are many ways to destroy information recorded in a memory chip. In fact, these methods can be divided into electrical (software) erasure of information and physical destruction of the chip of the memory chip. It is not always possible to carry out emergency electrical (software) erasure - hardware failure, lack of an autonomous power supply, lack of time, the use of PROM microcircuits, etc., therefore, physical destruction of the crystal of the memory microcircuit is often claimed. There are many ways to physically destroy a crystal. Among them is destruction by mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrical and magnetic effects. To solve a number of problems, it is optimal to use mechanical destruction of the crystal. This is primarily due to the fact that the implementation of this method is usually simple, reliable and safe.

There is a US patent (US 6189446 published 04/29/99), which describes a method of mechanical destruction of electronic information carriers. The storage medium is removed from the electronic unit and placed in the destruction device, deforming the surface of the storage medium when passing between the notched rollers using a drive mechanism.

The disadvantages of this device are:

- the destruction device is structurally separated from the information carrier, which makes it necessary to carry out preparatory operations to remove the carrier from the structure where it is located before it is destroyed, which is critical, for example, if defects occur that prevent the carrier from being quickly removed for destruction;

- the device has significant dimensions, which complicates its use.

A device for storing information with a built-in system for its urgent destruction (Flash Drive DatAshur 32Gb, www.trm.1-lab.ru/ustrojjstva-unichtozhenija-informacii) is known, in which a software-based erasure of recorded information using the built-in battery is used. The specified device is the closest in technical essence to the claimed device and therefore is selected as a prototype.

The disadvantages of this device are:

- the inability to destroy information in case of failure of any component of the electronic circuitry of the device, for example, with a low charge level of the built-in battery and the absence of external power sources;

- low resistance to climatic and mechanical factors.

The technical problem to be solved is the creation of an information storage device with the possibility of emergency emergency destruction without the use of additional devices.

Achievable technical result is the provision of mechanical destruction of the chip chip with information during storage and transportation of the device and improving the reliability of destruction of stored information.

To achieve a technical result in the information storage device with the possibility of emergency destruction, containing a housing on which a connector is installed, designed for electrical connections with a memory module located inside the housing, a new one is that a piercer with the possibility of rotational-translational movement is placed above the memory module in the housing and interaction with the memory module, which is a memory chip mounted on a printed circuit board in which a hole is made to exit the punch, a hole is made on the side surface of the device, for installing a rod in it, restricting the movement of the punch relative to the housing.

A new set of essential features allows for the mechanical destruction of the chip microcircuit, which ensures the destruction of recorded information. For the destruction of information does not require external devices and built-in device power sources. The device operates in a wide temperature range. It is also possible to destroy information in case of damage to the electrical circuit.

The figure shows the design of the claimed device.

A storage device for information with the possibility of emergency destruction, contains a housing 1. On the housing there is a connector 2 for electrical connections with the memory module 3, over which is placed a punch 4 with the possibility of performing rotational-translational movement in the housing 1 by means of a threaded connection 5 and interacting with the memory module 3, which is a memory chip 6 mounted on a printed circuit board 7, in which a through hole 8 is made for the output of the punch 4. On the side surface of the device is made about a hole 9, in which the rod 10 is mounted, restricting the movement of the punch 4 relative to the housing 1.

The device operates as follows: through connector 2, information is written to memory module 3 and read from it. For emergency information destruction, stem 10 is removed, after which rotational movements in direction A (2-3 complete revolutions are sufficient) punch 4 lowers and destroys the crystal of memory chip 6. Due to the placement of hole 8, less effort is required to rotate the punch, the crystal is destroyed by a larger the number of fragments, which positively affects the quality of destruction. Thus, the stored data is guaranteed to be permanently destroyed. The tests carried out confirmed the operability of the device.

Claims (1)

A device for storing information with the possibility of emergency destruction, containing a housing on which a connector is installed, designed for electrical connections with a memory module located inside the housing, characterized in that a piercer is located above the memory module with the possibility of rotational-translational movement in the housing and interaction with the module memory, which is a memory chip mounted on a printed circuit board in which a hole is made for the output of the punch, on the side surface A hole was made for the device to install a rod in it, restricting the movement of the punch relative to the body.

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