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Secure time element

US7810112B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 21, 2009
Grant dateOct 5, 2010
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Expiry dateApr 21, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F21/725
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus comprising a secure time element comprising a timing device that outputs to a plurality of delay devices, wherein the delay devices have characteristic delay times which are alterable as a result of a tampering attempt to tamper therewith, and wherein a characteristic delay time of one of the delay devices changes differently from another one of the delay devices as a result of the tampering attempt.

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