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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2007
Applicants:
Michael Priel, Herzeliya, IL;
Leonid Smolyansky, Or Akiva, IL;
Dan Kuzmin, Givat Shmuel, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device having protection capabilities, the device includes a voltage supply unit that is connected to an integrated circuit and provides a supply voltage to the integrated circuit; wherein the integrated circuit includes: a security real time clock generator that includes an input; a masking unit that is connected to the input, wherein the masking unit isolates the input when a voltage supply monitor is disabled; and wherein the voltage supply monitor monitors the voltage supply unit and wherein a change in a level of supply voltage affects a level of a signal provided to the input.