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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Laurent Sourgen, Aix-en-Provence, FR;
Sylvie Wuidart, Pourrieres, FR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36518504 ; 36518519 ;
Abstract
The present invention concerns a method for protecting a write operation of a memory cell within an integrated circuit that comprises the introduction of a random period (d1) between the reception of an external write command and the application of a physical variable to the memory cell so as to thwart the determination of the applied waveform characteristics as a function of time of this physical variable. The present invention also concerns an integrated circuit that comprises a memory whose write operation is protected according to this method. An application of the present invention is in the domain of chip carrying cards, i.e. smartcard applications.