Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Addressing peripherals in an IC
- Patent Title (中): 寻址IC中的外设
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Application No.: US11525253Application Date: 2006-09-21
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Publication No.: US08151120B2Publication Date: 2012-04-03
- Inventor: Stephen Nick Haydock
- Applicant: Stephen Nick Haydock
- Applicant Address: GB Buckinghamshire
- Assignee: STMIcroelectronics (Research & Development) Ltd.
- Current Assignee: STMIcroelectronics (Research & Development) Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: GB Buckinghamshire
- Priority: EP05255900 20050922
- Main IPC: G06F21/00
- IPC: G06F21/00

Abstract:
An integrated circuit, method of making an integrated circuit and method of addressing peripherals of an integrated circuit are disclosed for preventing copied software from running on unauthorized hardware. A permanent key is embedded in the integrated circuit and used to transform a peripheral access address output by a processor of the integrated circuit. The transformed access address is supplied to a peripheral address decoder f the integrated circuit, which allows the processor to access a corresponding peripheral. A method of supplying integrated circuits to prevent copied software from running on unauthorized hardware is also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070106820A1 Addressing peripherals in an IC Public/Granted day:2007-05-10
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