Non-linear physically unclonable function (PUF) circuit with machine-learning attack resistance

VB Suresh, SK Mathew, SK Satpathy - US Patent 10,027,472, 2018 - Google Patents
Embodiments include apparatuses, methods, and systems for a physically unclonable
function (PUF) circuit. The PUF circuit may include an array of PUF cells to generate …

Physical unclonable function (PUF) security key generation

SMI Adham, SLL Lu, P Noel - US Patent 10,965,475, 2021 - Google Patents
Systems and methods of generating a security key for an integrated circuit device include
generating a plurality of key bits with a physically unclonable function (PUF) gen erator …

Stable probing-resilient physically unclonable function (PUF) circuit

SK Mathew, SK Satpathy - US Patent 9,515,835, 2016 - Google Patents
Embodiments include apparatuses, methods, and systems for a physically unclonable
function (PUF) circuit. The PUF circuit may include an array of PUF cells to generate …

Authentication based on physically unclonable functions

R Abbott, SMI Adham, P Noel - US Patent 11,050,574, 2021 - Google Patents
A method and system for authenticating a device is provided. A noisy response is received
from a physically unclonable function for a challenge. An error code is generated for …

Method and apparatus for PUF generator characterization

SLL Lu - US Patent 10,770,146, 2020 - Google Patents
Disclosed is a physical unclonable function generator circuit and testing method. In one
embodiment, a testing method for physical unclonable function (PUF) generator includes …

Secure hardware signature and related methods and applications

PYF Wu, RJ Nathan, HL Tredennick - US Patent 10,891,366, 2021 - Google Patents
This disclosure provides techniques for recovering a root key from measurement of a circuit
function. In some embodiments, a checkpointing feature is used to periodically mark …

Soft dark bit masking with integrated load modulation and burn-in induced destabilization for physically unclonable function keys

SK Satpathy, SK Mathew - US Patent 9,276,583, 2016 - Google Patents
The present disclosure pertains to the field of information 10 processing, and more
particularly, to the field of security in information processing systems. 2. Description of …

Stable memory cell identification for hardware security

M Liu, C Zhou, KK Parhi, H Kim - US Patent 11,309,018, 2022 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method includes setting an output of each memory cell in an array of
memory cells to a same first value, decreasing power to the array of memory cells and then …

Stable probing-resilient physically unclonable function (PUF) circuit

SK Mathew, SK Satpathy - US Patent 9,762,400, 2017 - Google Patents
Embodiments include apparatuses, methods, and systems for a physically unclonable
function (PUF) circuit. The PUF circuit may include an array of PUF cells to generate …

Repeatable masking of sensitive data

J Hamlet, R Helinski, T Bauer, LG Pierson - US Patent 10,177,922, 2019 - Google Patents
The various technologies presented herein relate to enabling a value generated based
upon a physical unclonable function (PUF) response to be available as needed, while also …