Patents by Inventor Jefferson Hopkins

Jefferson Hopkins has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Permanent lockout attack detection
    Patent number: 9202041
    Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, an attack detection module configured to permanently shut down a slave device after a number of consecutive attacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Card, Jefferson Hopkins, Christian Klein, Myron J. Miske, Michael Smith, John R. Turner, Jaeyoung Yoo
  • SECURE CRYPTO KEY GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION
    Publication number: 20140219442
    Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, a method of distributing authentication keys that can prevent certain forms of circuit fabrication piracy. In an example, a method can include selecting a number of authentication keys for generation at a key generation computer, generating a random number using a random number generator of the key generation computer, generating the number of authentication keys using the random number and a key generation algorithm stored in the memory of the key generation computer, scrambling each of the number of authentication keys using a scrambling routine executing on the key generation computer, and distributing the scrambled authentication keys to an authorized manufacturers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Card, Jefferson Hopkins, Christian Klein, Myron J. Miske, Michael Smith, John R. Turner, Jaeyoung Yoo, Nathan Charland
  • PERMANENT LOCKOUT ATTACK DETECTION
    Publication number: 20140223557
    Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, an attack detection module configured to permanently shut down a slave device after a number of consecutive attacks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Card, Jefferson Hopkins, Christian Klein, Myron J. Miske, Michael Smith, John R. Turner, Jaeyoung Yoo