US Patent Issued to CERA Licensing on July 21 for "Sensor secured by physical unclonable function (PUF)" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,529, issued on July 21, was assigned to CERA Licensing Ltd. (Central Hong Kong, Hong Kong).

"Sensor secured by physical unclonable function (PUF)" was invented by Bill Aronson (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secure sensor responsive to a physical or environmental phenomenon may include two electrical components connected to a voltage source and may include an analog comparator connected to the two components. The output of the comparator represents one bit of a key. An A/D converter may be connected to an opposing side of one of the components where the A/D converter output is related by a coefficient of the component's char...