Invention Grant
- Patent Title: SR flip-flop based physical unclonable functions for hardware security
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Application No.: US18145726Application Date: 2022-12-22
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Publication No.: US11861050B2Publication Date: 2024-01-02
- Inventor: Srinivas Katkoori , Rohith Prasad Challa , Sheikh Ariful Islam
- Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
- Applicant Address: US FL Tampa
- Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
- Current Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Tampa
- Agency: Quarles & Brady LLP
- Main IPC: G06F21/75
- IPC: G06F21/75 ; H03K19/20 ; H03K3/037

Abstract:
The present disclosure presents various systems and methods for implementing a physical unclonable function device. One such method comprises providing an integrated circuit having a plurality of set/reset flip flop logic circuits, wherein each of the set/reset flip flop logic circuits enters a metastable state for a particular input sequence. The method includes varying circuit parameters for each of the plurality of set/reset flip flop logic circuits to account for manufacturing variations in the set/reset flip flop logic circuits and enable generating a stable but random output in response to the particular input sequence. Thus, by applying the particular input sequence to the integrated circuit, a unique identifier for the integrated circuit can be derived from an output response of the plurality of set/reset flip flop logic circuits.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230125166A1 SR FLIP-FLOP BASED PHYSICAL UNCLONABLE FUNCTIONS FOR HARDWARE SECURITY Public/Granted day:2023-04-27
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