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Limitation of the access to a resource of an electronic circuit

US8411504B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

PROTON WORLD INTERNATIONAL N.V. · BE

Inventors

Jean-Louis Modave · Ottignies, BE
Thierry Huque · Grand-Rosière-Hottomont, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 4, 2008
Grant date	Apr 2, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 26, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH10B69/00
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and a circuit for controlling the access to at least one resource of an electronic circuit, in which a test of the value of a counter over at least one bit conditions the access to the resource, the counter being automatically reset after a time period independent from whether the circuit is powered or not.

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