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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3278 (2013.01); H04L 9/0866 (2013.01); H04L 2209/04 (2013.01); H04L 2209/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A security device and an operating method thereof, which generate masking data for masking a key on the basis of a physically unclonable function (PUF), are provided. The security device includes a PUF circuit including a plurality of PUF cells outputting random key data and masking data, a key generator configured to generate a key through post-processing performed on the random key data, and a masking module configured to mask and store the key by using the masking data, wherein the random key data and the masking data are generated by different PUF cells.