Invention Application
- Patent Title: PHYSICAL UNCLONABLE FUNCTIONS RELATED TO INVERTER TRIP POINTS
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Application No.: US15825457Application Date: 2017-11-29
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Publication No.: US20190165953A1Publication Date: 2019-05-30
- Inventor: Joseph Shor , Roi Levi , Yoav Weizman
- Applicant: Bar Ilan University
- Applicant Address: IL Ramat Gan
- Assignee: Bar Ilan University
- Current Assignee: Bar Ilan University
- Current Assignee Address: IL Ramat Gan
- Main IPC: H04L9/32
- IPC: H04L9/32 ; H04W12/06

Abstract:
A physical unclonable function (PUF) array includes a plurality of PUF transistor cells each of which includes at least one inverter. An input and an output of the at least one inverter are shorted to a first reference node. There is adjustment circuitry for adjusting a reference voltage of the first reference node, and measurement circuitry for measuring a trip point of the at least one inverter. If the trip point is close to the reference voltage then bits of the at least one inverter are defined as unstable.
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