- Patent Title: Semiconductor device and method of operating semiconductor device
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Application No.: US16106267Application Date: 2018-08-21
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Publication No.: US10923203B2Publication Date: 2021-02-16
- Inventor: Keun Young Park , Dong Jin Park
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: F. Chau & Associates, LLC
- Priority: KR10-2018-0003456 20180110
- Main IPC: G11C17/16
- IPC: G11C17/16 ; G06F21/33 ; G11C16/10 ; G06F21/76 ; H04L9/14 ; G06F11/36 ; H04L9/08 ; G09C1/00 ; H04L9/32

Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a one-time programmable (OTP) memory including a key program area and a plurality of key protection setting areas. A key is stored in the key program area, and a plurality of setting values that protect the key stored in the key program area are programmed in the key protection setting areas. The semiconductor device further includes a key register and a key protection control logic circuit. The key register is configured to load the key stored in the OTP memory. The key is accessible to secure software when the key is loaded into the key register. The key protection control logic circuit is configured to load the key stored in the OTP memory into the key register based on the setting values programmed in the key protection setting areas of the OTP memory.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190214102A1 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Public/Granted day:2019-07-11
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