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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2019
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Christoph Hans Joachim Garbe, Neu Wulmstorf, DE;
Soenke Ostertun, Wedel, DE;
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a non-volatile memory is provided, comprising: a plurality of storage elements; a plurality of access transistors, said access transistors being connected to one or more of said storage elements; a measurement unit, wherein said measurement unit is configured to measure a variation between electrical characteristics of said access transistors; a processing unit configured to use said variation between electric characteristics as a physical unclonable function. In accordance with a second aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding method of manufacturing a non-volatile memory is conceived.