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US09083323B2 Integrated circuit identification and dependability verification using ring oscillator based physical unclonable function and age detection circuitry 有权
使用基于环形振荡器的物理不可克隆功能和年龄检测电路的集成电路识别和可靠性验证

Integrated circuit identification and dependability verification using ring oscillator based physical unclonable function and age detection circuitry
Abstract:
One feature pertains to an integrated circuit (IC) that includes a first plurality of ring oscillators configured to implement, in part, a physically unclonable function (PUF). The IC further includes a second plurality of ring oscillators configured to implement, in part, an age sensor circuit, and also a ring oscillator selection circuit that is coupled to the first plurality of ring oscillators and the second plurality of ring oscillators. The ring oscillator selection circuit is adapted to select at least two ring oscillator outputs from at least one of the first plurality of ring oscillators and/or the second plurality of ring oscillators. Notably, the ring oscillator selection circuit is commonly shared by the PUF and the age sensor circuit. Also, the IC may further include an output function circuit adapted to receive and compare the two ring oscillator outputs and generate an output signal.
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