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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2019
Raymx Microelectronics Corp., Hefei, CN;
Shih-Fu Huang, Hefei, CN;
Cheng-Yu Chen, Hefei, CN;
Yi-Lin Hsieh, Hefei, CN;
Jing-Long Xiao, Hefei, CN;
RAYMX MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Hefei, Anhui Province, CN;
Abstract
A method for generating a security feature of a flash memory includes determining a memory block from a plurality of memory blocks in the flash memory; erasing data of the determined memory block of the flash memory; providing a predetermined voltage to the determined memory block to obtain a plurality of corresponding threshold voltages of a plurality of cells in the determined memory block, wherein each of the corresponding threshold voltages corresponds to a characteristic of each cell in the determined memory block; and establishing a security feature based on the plurality of corresponding threshold voltages.