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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2015
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Seyed-Abdollah Aftabjahani, Portland, OR (US);
Amitabh Das, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An embodiment includes an apparatus comprising: power supply pins to couple to a power supply; a protection block, including a first transistor, to: (a) determine whether voltage from the power supply pins meets a predetermined condition, and (b) in response to determining whether the predetermined condition is met, communicate a first communication to at least one of first and second function blocks; and the first function block, coupled to the protection block and the power supply pins, including a second transistor and at least one fuse that corresponds to a security key; wherein the first transistor is at least one of: (a) connected in series with at least one other transistor, and (b) having a first gate oxide breakdown voltage that is greater than a second gate oxide breakdown voltage of the second transistor. Other embodiments are described herein.