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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2015
Applicant:
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Christophe Tremlet, Aubagne, FR;
Scott Edward Jones, Highland Village, TX (US);
Assignee:
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3278 (2013.01); H04L 9/3066 (2013.01); H04L 9/3263 (2013.01); H04L 63/0823 (2013.01);
Abstract
Presented are systems, devices, and methods for reliably authenticating asymmetric cryptography-based ICs based on Physically Unclonable Functions (PUFs) that are immune to reverse engineering. Various embodiments of the invention enhance the level of security in IC architectures without the need to connect to a remote certification authority, thereby, eliminating shortfalls associated with online authentication. Certain embodiments accomplish this by using a PUF-generated secure private key that need never be output by or exported from the PUF.