Invention Application
- Patent Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING EMBEDDED SOFTWARE
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Application No.: US16101969Application Date: 2018-08-13
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Publication No.: US20200052912A1Publication Date: 2020-02-13
- Inventor: Shih-Lien Linus LU
- Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Main IPC: H04L9/32
- IPC: H04L9/32 ; G06F8/65 ; H04L9/30

Abstract:
Disclosed is a device and method to secure software update information for authorized entities. In one embodiment, a device for receiving secured software update information from a server, the device includes: a physical uncolonable function (PUF) information generator, comprising a PUF cell array, configured to generate PUF information, wherein the PUF information comprises at least one PUF response output, wherein the at least one PUF response output is used to encrypt the software update information on the server so as to generate encrypted software update information; a first encrypter, configured to encrypt the PUF information from the PUF information generator using one of at least one public key from the server so as to generate encrypted PUF information; and a second encrypter, configured to decrypt the encrypted software update information using one of the at least one PUF response output so as to obtain the software update information.
Public/Granted literature
- US10855478B2 Method and apparatus for protecting embedded software Public/Granted day:2020-12-01
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