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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Nathan A. Eckel, Lucas, TX (US);
Steven D. Check, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); G06F 12/0804 (2016.01); G06F 21/74 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/0894 (2013.01); G06F 12/0804 (2013.01); G06F 21/74 (2013.01); H04L 9/0643 (2013.01); H04L 9/0822 (2013.01); H04L 9/0869 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1032 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus comprises an encryption key generator to generate a media encryption key to encrypt data in number of memory components, where the encryption key generator is configured to wrap the media encryption key to generate an encrypted media encryption key, The encrypted media encryption key is stored in a non-volatile memory. The apparatus comprises firmware having instructions to transition the apparatus to and from a secure state using the encrypted media encryption key.