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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023

Filed:

May. 02, 2019
Applicant:

Nordic Semiconductor Asa, Trondheim, NO;

Inventors:

Frank Aune, Trondheim, NO;

Jean-Baptiste Brelot, Trondheim, NO;

Assignee:

Nordic Semiconductor ASA, Trondheim, NO;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/79 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/72 (2013.01); G06F 21/74 (2013.01); G06F 21/85 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/79 (2013.01); G06F 21/602 (2013.01); G06F 21/72 (2013.01); G06F 21/74 (2013.01); G06F 21/85 (2013.01); G06F 2221/0751 (2013.01);
Abstract

An integrated-circuit device comprises a processor, a hardware key-storage system, and a key bus. The hardware key-storage system comprises a non-volatile key storage memory, which includes a key register, for storing a cryptographic key, and an address register, for storing a destination memory address for the cryptographic key. The hardware key-storage system further comprises output logic for sending the cryptographic key over the key bus to the destination memory address, and write-once logic for preventing an address being written to the address register unless the address register is in an erased state.


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