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Multimode block cipher architectures

US8023644B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 30, 2007
Grant dateSep 20, 2011
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Expiry dateJul 8, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2209/125
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An architecture for a block cipher, where the architecture includes functional units that are logically reconfigurable so as to be able to both encrypt clear text into cipher text and decrypt cipher text into clear text using more than one block cipher mode based on at least one of advanced encryption standard and data encryption standard.

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