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System and methods for generating unclonable security keys in integrated circuits

US9030226B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

STC.UNM · US

Inventors

James Plusquellic · Owings Mills, US
Dhruva J. Acharyya · Austin, US
Ryan Helinski · Albuquerque, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 11, 2013
Grant date	May 12, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 13, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49124
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and methods that generates a physical unclonable function (“PUF”) security key for an integrated circuit (“IC”) through use of equivalent resistance variations in the power distribution system (“PDS”) to mitigate the vulnerability of security keys to threats including cloning, misappropriation and unauthorized use.

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