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- Patent Title: Security device including physical unclonable function cells and operation method thereof
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Application No.: US17394613Application Date: 2021-08-05
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Publication No.: US12041188B2Publication Date: 2024-07-16
- Inventor: Hoyoung Shin , Sung Ung Kwak , Ji-Sung Kim , Shin-Wuk Kang
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: KR 20200098799 2020.08.06
- Main IPC: H04L29/00
- IPC: H04L29/00 ; G11C7/06 ; G11C8/10 ; H03M1/66 ; H04L9/08 ; H04L9/32

Abstract:
A security device includes a physical unclonable function (PUF) cell array including PUF cells connected with word lines and bit lines; first decoder circuitry connecting a first bit line connected to a target PUF cell with a first data line and a second bit line connected with a reference PUF cell to a second data line; a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) control circuit outputting first and second digital codes; a first DAC between a power supply voltage and the first data line, the first DAC generating a first analog output in response to the first digital code; a second DAC between the power supply voltage and the second data line, the second DAC generating a second analog output in response to the second digital code; and a sense amplifier comparing the first analog output and the second analog output and outputting a comparison result.
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