Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Impedance-based physical unclonable function
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Application No.: US15987776Application Date: 2018-05-23
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Publication No.: US10560095B2Publication Date: 2020-02-11
- Inventor: Thomas G. O'Dwyer , Tze Lei Poo
- Applicant: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Norwood
- Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Norwood
- Agency: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
- Main IPC: H03K19/003
- IPC: H03K19/003 ; H04L9/32

Abstract:
According to various aspects, systems and methods for providing a soft-decoding physical unclonable function are provided. According to one embodiment, PUF circuitry includes circuit elements with impedance values that are used to generate a PUF value. For example, one or more resistors may be connected to a voltage source. The resistors may generate a resulting voltage signal that is measured and indicates a ratio of the impedance values of the resistors. Due to manufacturing variations, each impedance value may be unique, such that the impedance values may be used to provide a unique number sequence. Each ratio value may be converted into a single bit or multi-bit digital value through digitization, for example with a comparator and/or an analog to digital converter, and the series of digital values may represent or be used to generate a unique number sequence.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190363714A1 IMPEDANCE-BASED PHYSICAL UNCLONABLE FUNCTION Public/Granted day:2019-11-28
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