US Patent Issued to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING on Jan. 20 for "Memory device with physical unclonable function and operating method thereof" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,118, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Memory device with physical unclonable function and operating method thereof" was invented by Meng-Sheng Chang (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes: programming a first bit of a physical unclonable function into a first memory cell; and generating, by a first memory circuit in the first memory cell, a first current indicating a logic value of the first bit. The programming the first bit includes: turning on a first switch in the first memory circuit and at least one second switch in at least ...