Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor device with secure access key and associated methods and systems
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Application No.: US18075272Application Date: 2022-12-05
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Publication No.: US11954049B2Publication Date: 2024-04-09
- Inventor: Brenton P. Van Leeuwen , Nathaniel J. Meier
- Applicant: Lodestar Licensing Group LLC
- Applicant Address: US IL Evanston
- Assignee: Lodestar Licensing Group LLC
- Current Assignee: Lodestar Licensing Group LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Evanston
- Agency: Holland & Hart LLP
- Main IPC: G06F12/14
- IPC: G06F12/14 ; G06F12/00 ; G11C17/16 ; G06F21/78 ; H04L9/08

Abstract:
Memory devices, systems including memory devices, and methods of operating memory devices are described, in which security measures may be implemented to control access to a fuse array (or other secure features) of the memory devices based on a secure access key. In some cases, a customer may define and store a user-defined access key in the fuse array. In other cases, a manufacturer of the memory device may define a manufacturer-defined access key (e.g., an access key based on fuse identification (FID), a secret access key), where a host device coupled with the memory device may obtain the manufacturer-defined access key according to certain protocols. The memory device may compare an access key included in a command directed to the memory device with either the user-defined access key or the manufacturer-defined access key to determine whether to permit or prohibit execution of the command based on the comparison.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230102649A1 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH SECURE ACCESS KEY AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2023-03-30
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