ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,893, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (South Korea).

"Security device and operation method thereof" was invented by Gwangbae Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jisoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungho Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Younsung Chu (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a security circuit which includes an initial value adjustment circuit configured to adjust an initial value based on an index value and output an adjustment initial value, a security circuit including a plurality of unit security circuits, each of which outputs encrypted data or decrypted data or bo...