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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2017
Applicant:
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Charles Frederic McCord, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); B60R 25/24 (2013.01); G06F 21/72 (2013.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3226 (2013.01); B60R 25/24 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/72 (2013.01); H04L 9/0863 (2013.01); H04L 9/0872 (2013.01); B60R 2325/108 (2013.01); H04L 2209/12 (2013.01); H04L 2209/84 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise methods and apparatus for a password-protected integrated circuit. According to various aspects of the present invention, the password-protected integrated circuit may comprise a cryptosystem that is encoded with a password seed and used to authenticate control data prior to being transmitted to a sensor and/or a sensor control circuit, wherein the sensor and/or sensor control circuit responds to authenticated control data.