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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2021
Applicant:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Patrick M. Sain, Torrance, CA (US);
William Paul Posey, Inlet Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
RAYTHEON COMPANY, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H01L 23/00 (2006.01); H01L 23/48 (2006.01); H01L 23/522 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/573 (2013.01); H01L 23/481 (2013.01); H01L 23/5223 (2013.01); H01L 23/5226 (2013.01); H04L 9/3278 (2013.01);
Abstract
A physically unclonable function (PUF) device includes capacitor array couple to an electronic device. The capacitor array includes a plurality of parallel conductive elements coupled to a dielectric material having a spatially varying permittivity to define array of randomly valued capacitors.