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May 22, 2013
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Screening for Counterfeit Electronic Parts
Screening for Counterfeit Electronic Parts
Paper discusses defects inherent in counterfeit parts due to the sources they come from, and offers proposed inspection standards.
Authored By:
Bhanu Sood and Diganta Das
Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Maryland, College Park, MD USA
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Not that it would eliminate the need, but It seems to me the use of DNA marking would help reduce the need for many of these expensive, cumbersome, time consuming and often destructive tests at both ends of the supply chain... let alone establish provenance.

Owen Peters, USA

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