Gemalto Sa

Benoit Arnal

Yvon Gressus

Bernard Deniau

The invention relates to a secured element () including: &#x2014;a communication interface (); &#x2014;an integrated circuit comprising a security module () comprising encryption based security features and configured to process authentication requests received on the communication interface. The secured element further. includes a MEMS microphone (), said microphone being configured to capture a sound sequence and to provide the captured sound sequence to the security module.

Secured element for performing a user authentication and user authentication method

The invention relates to a method for selecting an available memory size of a circuit including at least a CPU and a total memory, the method includes a stage for the selection of an available memory size that is smaller than or equal to that of the total memory. The selection stage is implemented by the manufacturer of the product incorporating the said circuit, different from the circuit manufacturer, and includes a stage for the generation of a configuration signature intended for the circuit manufacturer, which information is representative of the size of available memory size selected in this way by the product manufacturer.

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Benoit Arnal