Invention Grant
- Patent Title: True random number generation and physically unclonable functions using voltage control of magnetic anisotropy effects in STT-MRAM
-
Application No.: US16776909Application Date: 2020-01-30
-
Publication No.: US11435982B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Hemant M. Dixit , Julien Frougier , Bipul C. Paul , William J. Taylor, Jr.
- Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc.
- Current Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Hoffman Warnick LLC
- Agent Yee Tze Lim
- Main IPC: G06F7/58
- IPC: G06F7/58 ; G11C11/16

Abstract:
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a system for providing a true random number (TRN) or physically unclonable function (PUF), including: an array of voltage controlled magnetic anisotropy (VCMA) cells; a voltage pulse tuning circuit for generating and applying a stochastically tuned voltage pulse to the VCMA cells in the array of VCMA cells, wherein the stochastically tuned voltage pulse has a magnitude and duration that provides a 50%-50% switching distribution of the VCMA cells in the array of VCMA cells; and a bit output system for reading a state of each of the VCMA cells in the array of VCMA cells to provide a TRN or PUF.
Public/Granted literature
Information query