Semiconductor device generating security key, method of generating security key, and method of enrolling security key

YS Kim, M Noh, B Karpinskyy… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
A semiconductor device includes a physical unclonable function (PUF) cell array that
includes PUF cells outputting first bits; a non-volatile memory that stores marking bits …

Impedance-based physical unclonable function

TG O'dwyer, TL Poo - US Patent 10,560,095, 2020 - Google Patents
According to various aspects, systems and methods for providing a soft-decoding physical
unclonable function are provided. According to one embodiment, PUF circuitry includes …

Current-mode PUF circuit based on reference current source

W Pengjun, G Li, H Zhang - US Patent 10,224,931, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A current-mode PUF circuit based on a reference current source comprises
an input register, the reference current source, a deviation current comparator and a timing …

Integrated circuit for security of a physically unclonable function and a device including the same

B Karpinskyy, YK Lee, JE Park, K Ahn… - US Patent 11,403,432, 2022 - Google Patents
An integrated circuit including: a plurality of physically unclonable function (PUF) cells each
configured to generate a cell signal having a unique value; a selector configured to output a …

Temperature sensing physical unclonable function (PUF) authentication system

B Aronson - US Patent 11,516,028, 2022 - Google Patents
Any electrically conductive materials, such as capacitors, resistors, on-chip resistors or wires
can be used to create a temperature sensing security token. A temperature sensing security …

Temperature sensing physical unclonable function (PUF) authentication system

B Aronson - US Patent 11,044,108, 2021 - Google Patents
A temperature sensing security token may include a first resistor having a first side
connected to a voltage source, a second resistor having a first side connected to the voltage …

PUF-based key generation for cryptographic schemes

BF Cambou - US Patent 11,283,633, 2022 - Google Patents
Systems and methods for secure communication between devices where one device has a
physical unclonable function (“PUF”) array of PUF devices and another device stores data …

Physical unclonable function-based encryption schemes with combination of hashing methods

BF Cambou - US Patent 11,496,326, 2022 - Google Patents
A system is configured to derive a set of encryption keys from measured device
characteristics of at least one PUF device and communicate with a remote device by …

Physical unclonable function code generation apparatus and method thereof

DH Ryu, SF Lim - US Patent 10,700,878, 2020 - Google Patents
A PUF code generation apparatus that includes a reference generator, a PUF information
generation and storage array, a sensing amplifier and a writing driver is introduced. The …

Physical unclonable function configuration and readout

WMJ Holland, GR Spalding, JED Hurwitz - US Patent 11,394,566, 2022 - Google Patents
The present disclosure relates to configuring at least one pair of devices in a physical
unclonable function (PUF) apparatus and reading out at least one pair of devices for …