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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2019
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Shih-Lien Linus Lu, Hsinchu, TW;
Yu-Der Chih, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Chung-Cheng Chou, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Tong-Chern Ong, Chong-Her, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A circuit includes a memory array having a plurality of memory cells; a control logic circuit, coupled to the memory array, and configured to use a first voltage signal to cause a first memory cell of the plurality of memory cells to transition from a first resistance state to a second resistance state; a counter circuit, coupled to the control logic circuit, and configured to increment a count by one in response to the first memory cell's transition from the first to the second resistance state; and an encryption circuit, coupled to the counter circuit, configured to generate an encrypted value using an updated count provided by the counter circuit.