Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fingerprinted circuits and methods of making and identifying the same
- Patent Title (中): 指纹电路及其制作和识别方法
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Application No.: US10584592Application Date: 2007-09-11
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Publication No.: US07996737B2Publication Date: 2011-08-09
- Inventor: Michael Ian Ferguson
- Applicant: Michael Ian Ferguson
- Applicant Address: US CA Pasadena
- Assignee: California Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee: California Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Pasadena
- Agency: Steinfl & Bruno LLP
- Main IPC: G01R31/28
- IPC: G01R31/28

Abstract:
A circuit having a fingerprint for identification of a particular instantiation of the circuit is disclosed. The circuit may include a plurality of digital circuits or gates. Each of the digital circuits or gates is responsive to a configuration voltage applied to its analog input for controlling whether or not the digital circuit or gate performs its intended digital function and each of the digital circuits or gates transitioning between its functional state and its at least one other state when the configuration voltage equals a boundary voltage. The boundary voltage varies between different instantiations of the circuit for a majority of the digital circuits or gates and these differing boundary voltages serving to identify (or fingerprint) different instantiations of the same circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100264204A1 Fingerprinted circuits and methods of making and indenifying same Public/Granted day:2010-10-21
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