发明名称 |
Anti-pirate circuit for protection against commercial integrated circuit pirates |
摘要 |
Anti-pirate circuitry is provided for combating the theft of intellectual property contained with semiconductor integrated circuits. The anti-pirate circuit includes a unique number generator that provides a multi-bit die ID data string that is unique to the integrated circuit associated with the anti-pirate circuit. One time programmable (OTP) EPROM circuitry reads the die ID data string at wafer sort and writes the data content to nonvolatile memory. During a subsequent verification cycle, ID comparator circuitry compares the data string provided by the unique number generator to the stored contents of the nonvolatile memory. If the comparison results in a mismatch between more than a predefined number of bits, then the integrated circuit associated with the anti-pirate circuit is not enabled for operation.
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申请公布号 |
US7558969(B1) |
申请公布日期 |
2009.07.07 |
申请号 |
US20030383416 |
申请日期 |
2003.03.06 |
申请人 |
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION |
发明人 |
LUCERO ELROY M.;LUCERO DANIEL J.;LIN HENGYANG (JAMES);FRANKLIN ANDREW J.;POPLEVINE PAVEL |
分类号 |
G06F11/07 |
主分类号 |
G06F11/07 |
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