Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-stage provisioning of secret data
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Application No.: US17331665Application Date: 2021-05-27
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Publication No.: US11574079B2Publication Date: 2023-02-07
- Inventor: Dan Morav , Ziv Hershman , Oren Tanami
- Applicant: Nuvoton Technology Corporation
- Applicant Address: TW Hsin-chu
- Assignee: Nuvoton Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee: Nuvoton Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsin-chu
- Agency: Kligler & Associates Patent Attorneys Ltd
- Main IPC: G06F21/72
- IPC: G06F21/72 ; G06F21/79 ; G06F21/64 ; G06F21/33 ; G06F21/60

Abstract:
A method for provisioning an electronic device includes providing a semiconductor wafer on which multiple integrated circuit (IC) chips have been fabricated. Each chip includes a secure memory and programmable logic, which is configured to store at least two keys in the secure memory and to compute digital signatures over data using the at least two keys. A respective first key is provisioned into the secure memory of each of the chips via electrical probes applied to contact pads on the semiconductor wafer. After dicing of the wafer, a respective second key is provisioned into the secure memory of each of the chips via contact pins of the chips. A respective provisioning report is received from each of the chips with a digital signature computed by the logic using both of the respective first and second keys. The provisioning is verified based on the digital signature.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220382911A1 Multi-stage provisioning of secret data Public/Granted day:2022-12-01
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