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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Bohdan Karpinskyy, Suwon-si, KR;
Yong-ki Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Ji-eun Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyoung-moon Ahn, Seoul, KR;
Yun-hyeok Choi, Hwaseong-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An integrated circuit including: a plurality of physically unclonable function (PUF) cells each configured to generate a cell signal having a unique value; a selector configured to output a first signal obtained by not inverting a cell signal output by a PUF cell selected from the plurality of PUF cells and a second signal obtained by inverting the cell signal; and a key generator configured to generate a security key in response to the first signal or the second signal, wherein the selector includes a first conversion circuit configured to generate the first signal and a second conversion circuit having the same structure as the first conversion circuit and configured to generate the second signal.