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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Inventor:
Douglas J. Gardner, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Assignee:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/006 (2013.01); G06F 11/1456 (2013.01); G06F 11/1458 (2013.01); G06F 21/6245 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hardware-locked encrypted backup (HWLE-BU) that is locked to a single hardware device using the device's unique hardware identity, based on a Physically-Unclonable Function (PUF) or other suitable means providing a unique hardware identity. The HWLE-BU is bound to a specific hardware identity such that only the physical device that created the HWLE-BU can decrypt it, i.e., restoring HWLE-BU data requires utilizing the same physical hardware device in the decryption process.