Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Encryption engine with an undetectable/tamper proof private key in late node CMOS technology
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Application No.: US16578321Application Date: 2019-09-21
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Publication No.: US10997321B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Richard H. Boivie , Eduard A. Cartier , Daniel J. Friedman , Kohji Hosokawa , Charanjit Jutla , Wanki Kim , Chandrasekara Kothandaraman , Chung Lam , Frank R. Libsch , Seiji Munetoh , Ramachandran Muralidhar , Vijay Narayanan , Dirk Pfeiffer , Devendra K. Sadana , Ghavam G. Shahidi , Robert L. Wisnieff
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Otterstedt, Wallace & Kammer, LLP
- Agent Joseph Petrokaitis
- Main IPC: G06F21/72
- IPC: G06F21/72 ; G06F21/75 ; G11C16/00

Abstract:
A private key of a public-private key pair with a corresponding identity is written to an integrated circuit including a processor, a non-volatile memory, and a cryptographic engine coupled to the processor and the non-volatile memory. The private key is written to the non-volatile memory. The integrated circuit is implemented in complementary metal-oxide semiconductor 14 nm or smaller technology. The integrated circuit is permanently modified, subsequent to the writing, such that further writing to the non-volatile memory is disabled and such that the private key can be read only by the cryptographic engine and not off-chip. Corresponding integrated circuits and wafers are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200019732A1 ENCRYPTION ENGINE WITH AN UNDETECTABLE/TAMPER-PROOF PRIVATE KEY IN LATE NODE CMOS TECHNOLOGY Public/Granted day:2020-01-16
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