US Patent Application No: 2002/0150,252

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Secure intellectual property for a generated field programmable gate array

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Abstract

A way of protecting the configuration bits of the user of a configurable integrated circuit is described. The user-configurable integrated circuit has a decryption circuit block which decrypts configuration bits which have been encrypted by a plurality of encryption keys corresponding to a plurality of corresponding decryption keys for programming the integrated circuit into a desired configuration. The decryption circuit block receives the plurality of decryption keys from a corresponding plurality of decryption key circuits, at least one of which is embedded in the integrated circuit so as to prevent accessibility of the decryption key. Other decryption key circuits may be part of the integrated circuit or off-chip for accessibility of their decryption keys for ready identification of their owners; still other decryption key circuits may be embedded in the integrated circuit for inaccessibility. Such an arrangement permits the protection of the user's configuration from competitors and of the providers' IP from unauthorized usage by the user of the integrated circuit.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
AGATE LOGIC, INC.SANTA CLARA, CA56

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Wong, Dale San Francisco, CA 17 968

Patent Citation Ranking

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XILINX, INC. (10)
7,519,823 Concealed, non-intrusive watermarks for configuration bitstreams 3 2004
7,406,673 Method and system for identifying essential configuration bits 10 2004
7,343,578 Method and system for generating a bitstream view of a design 8 2004
7,757,294 Method and system for maintaining the security of design information 2 2004
7,971,072 Secure exchange of IP cores 1 2005
7,788,502 Method and system for secure exchange of IP cores 2 2005
7,809,544 Methods of detecting unwanted logic in designs for programmable logic devices 2 2007
8,024,688 Deterring reverse engineering 2 2008
8,417,965 Method and circuit for secure definition and integration of cores 0 2010
8,220,060 Method and system for maintaining the security of design information 2 2010
 
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (6)
7,840,803 Authentication of integrated circuits 5 2003
7,818,569 Data protection and cryptographic functions using a device-specific value 4 2006
7,757,083 Integrated circuit that uses a dynamic characteristic of the circuit 5 2006
7,681,103 Reliable generation of a device-specific value 9 2006
7,904,731 Integrated circuit that uses a dynamic characteristic of the circuit 1 2009
8,386,801 Authentication of integrated circuits 0 2011
 
VERAYO, INC. (3)
7,702,927 Securely field configurable device 4 2005
7,564,345 Volatile device keys and applications thereof 7 2005
7,839,278 Volatile device keys and applications thereof 0 2009
 
VIASAT, INC. (2)
8,166,289 Trusted boot 0 2009
8,156,321 Overlapping state areas for programmable crypto processing circuits 0 2009
 
ACTEL CORPORATION (1)
7,581,117 Method for secure delivery of configuration data for a programmable logic device 0 2005
 
DELL PRODUCTS L.P. (1)
7,693,596 System and method for configuring information handling system integrated circuits 1 2005
 
INTEL CORPORATION (1)
7,308,576 Authenticated code module 2 2001
 
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. (1)
7,639,798 High speed data encryption architecture 1 2005