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- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for generating physical unclonable function by modifying photo mask of semiconductor process
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Application No.: US14915102Application Date: 2014-08-26
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Publication No.: US10423067B2Publication Date: 2019-09-24
- Inventor: Byong Deok Choi , Dong Kyue Kim , Kwang Hyun Jee
- Applicant: ICTK Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: ICTK Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: ICTK Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: McCoy Russell LLP
- Priority: KR10-2013-0101893 20130827
- International Application: PCT/KR2014/007908 WO 20140826
- International Announcement: WO2015/030454 WO 20150305
- Main IPC: G06F17/50
- IPC: G06F17/50 ; G03F7/00 ; H01L21/027 ; G03F1/36 ; G03F1/70 ; G03F1/44 ; G09C1/00 ; H01L21/311

Abstract:
Disclosed is a method of generating a physical unclonable function (PUF) by causing unpredictable partial process failure for a semiconductor process. In a designing process, a second mask pattern may be printed by distorting a size and/or shape of at least one mask window included in a designed first mask pattern, without violating semiconductor design rules. A PUF may be generated using a photomask including the printed second mask pattern for photolithography.
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