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US08159260B1 Delay chain burn-in for increased repeatability of physically unclonable functions
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延迟链老化可增加物理不可克隆功能的重复性
- Patent Title: Delay chain burn-in for increased repeatability of physically unclonable functions
- Patent Title (中): 延迟链老化可增加物理不可克隆功能的重复性
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Application No.: US12898044Application Date: 2010-10-05
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Publication No.: US08159260B1Publication Date: 2012-04-17
- Inventor: Derick Gardner Behrends , Todd Alan Christensen , Travis Reynold Hebig , Daniel Mark Nelson
- Applicant: Derick Gardner Behrends , Todd Alan Christensen , Travis Reynold Hebig , Daniel Mark Nelson
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Martin & Associates LLC
- Agent Bret J. Petersen
- Main IPC: H03K19/00
- IPC: H03K19/00 ; G06F11/30 ; G06F13/00

Abstract:
A circuit and method increases the repeatability of physically undetectable functions (PUFs) by enhancing the variation of signal delay through two delay chains during chip burn-in. A burn-in circuit holds the inputs of the two delay chains at opposite random values during the burn-in process. All the PFETs in the delay chains with a low value at the input will be burned in with a higher turn on voltage. Since the PFETs affected in the two delay chains are driven by opposite transitions at burn-in, alternating sets of delay components in the two delay chains are affected by the burn-in cycle. Under normal operation, both of the delay chains see the same input so only one chain has an increase in delay to achieve a statistically reliable difference in the two delay paths thereby increasing the overall repeatability of the PUF circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120081143A1 DELAY CHAIN BURN-IN FOR INCREASED REPEATABILITY OF PHYSICALLY UNCLONABLE FUNCTIONS Public/Granted day:2012-04-05
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