Invention Grant
- Patent Title: PUF cell array, system and method of manufacturing same
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Application No.: US16661971Application Date: 2019-10-23
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Publication No.: US11461525B2Publication Date: 2022-10-04
- Inventor: Cheng-En Lee , Shih-Lien Linus Lu
- Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
- Current Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Hauptman Ham, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F30/30
- IPC: G06F30/30 ; H01L27/02 ; G06F30/392 ; G06F30/39 ; G06F119/18

Abstract:
A physically unclonable function (PUF) cell array includes a first PUF cell arranged in a first column in a first direction and a second PUF cell arranged in a second column in the first direction. The first PUF cell includes a first set of conductive structures extending in the first and a second direction. The second PUF cell includes a second set of conductive structures extending in the first and the second direction. The first PUF cell includes a first conductive structure and a second conductive structure extending in the second direction. The second PUF cell includes a third conductive structure and a fourth conductive structure extending in the second direction. The first and third conductive structure or the second and fourth conductive structure are symmetric to each other with respect to a central line of at least the first or second PUF cell extending in the second direction.
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