Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor processing device and IC card
- Patent Title (中): 半导体处理装置和IC卡
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Application No.: US10521553Application Date: 2002-08-29
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Publication No.: US08050085B2Publication Date: 2011-11-01
- Inventor: Masatoshi Takahashi , Takanori Yamazoe , Kozo Katayama , Toshihiro Tanaka , Yutaka Shinagawa , Hiroshi Watase , Takeo Kanai , Nobutaka Nagasaki
- Applicant: Masatoshi Takahashi , Takanori Yamazoe , Kozo Katayama , Toshihiro Tanaka , Yutaka Shinagawa , Hiroshi Watase , Takeo Kanai , Nobutaka Nagasaki
- Applicant Address: JP Kawasaki-shi JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation,Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation,Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kawasaki-shi JP Tokyo
- Agency: Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
- International Application: PCT/JP02/08757 WO 20020829
- International Announcement: WO2004/023385 WO 20040318
- Main IPC: G11C7/10
- IPC: G11C7/10 ; G11C11/40

Abstract:
A semiconductor processing device according to the invention includes a first non-volatile memory (21) for erasing stored information on a first data length unit, a second non-volatile memory (22) for erasing stored information on a second data length unit, and a central processing unit (2), and capable of inputting/outputting encrypted data from/to an outside. The first non-volatile memory is used for storing an encryption key to be utilized for encrypting the data. The second non-volatile memory is used for storing a program to be processed by the central processing unit. The non-volatile memories to be utilized for storing the program and for storing the encryption key are separated from each other, and the data lengths of the erase units of information to be stored in the non-volatile memories are defined separately. Therefore, the stored information can efficiently be erased before the execution of a processing of writing the program, and the stored information can be erased corresponding to the data length of a necessary processing unit in the write of the encryption key to be utilized in the calculation processing of the CPU.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090213649A1 Semiconductor processing device and IC card Public/Granted day:2009-08-27
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