Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for binding stacked die using a physically unclonable function
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Application No.: US15451589Application Date: 2017-03-07
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Publication No.: US10547461B2Publication Date: 2020-01-28
- Inventor: Sebastien Riou
- Applicant: NXP B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: NXP B.V.
- Current Assignee: NXP B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Agent Daniel D. Hill
- Main IPC: H04L9/32
- IPC: H04L9/32 ; H01L25/065 ; H01L23/00 ; H01L25/00 ; G06F21/72 ; G09C1/00

Abstract:
An integrated circuit device includes first and second semiconductor die and a physically unclonable function (PUF). The second semiconductor die is attached, at least partially, to the first semiconductor die using the PUF. The PUF includes a plurality of conductive paths formed between the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die. The PUF controller is coupled to the PUF for generating a digital value based on a characteristic of each conductor of the plurality of conductive paths. The digital value logically binds the first semiconductor die to the second semiconductor die. The first semiconductor die may include a nonvolatile memory and the digital value may be an encryption key for encrypting data stored in the nonvolatile memory.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180262353A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BINDING STACKED DIE USING A PHYSICALLY UNCLONABLE FUNCTION Public/Granted day:2018-09-13
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