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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2023
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Christine Van Vredendaal, Veldhoven, NL;
Björn Fay, Brande-Hörnerkirchen, DE;
Mario Lamberger, Graz, AT;
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method for provisioning a plurality of IC devices, the method including: providing, by a first entity, the plurality of IC devices; storing, by the first entity, in one of the plurality of IC devices used as a provisioning device, one or more keys, and a public key, wherein the one or more keys include a reprovisioning key for reprovisioning the remaining IC devices; installing, by the first entity, provisioning software in the provisioning device; signing, by the first entity, provisioning software using a private key, the private key corresponding to the public key; provisioning the remaining IC devices by the provisioning device including providing cryptographic assets to the remaining IC devices, wherein the cryptographic assets include cryptographic code and keys; and reserving space in the remaining IC devices for reprovisioning the remaining IC devices with updated cryptographic assets.