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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2013
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Endo, Kawasaki, JP;
Yosuke Tanno, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshiyuki Amanuma, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuichiro Nariyoshi, Kawasaki, JP;
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a CPU, an EEPROM, and a ROM. The ROM includes an encryption area and a non-encryption area and the encrypted firmware is stored in the encryption area. The semiconductor device includes a decrypter which holds the encryption key, decrypts the encrypted firmware, and supplies the decrypted firmware to the CPU. The EEPROM includes a system area to which an access from the CPU is forbidden in a user mode. The encryption key is divided into split keys of plural bit strings, and stored in the distributed address areas in the system area. An encryption key reading program which is not encrypted is stored in the non-encryption area of the ROM. Executing the encryption key reading program, the CPU reads and reconfigures plural split keys stored in the EEPROM in a distributed manner to restore the encryption key and supplies the restored encryption key to the decrypter.