Patents by Inventor Kent Damberg

Kent Damberg 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).

  • Method and apparatus for secure hardware analysis
    Patent number: 9141776
    Abstract: A Hardware Analysis Module (“HAM”) embedded in an integrated circuit (IC) implements a dedicated hardware-controlled access control procedure. The secure hardware analysis features are unlocked by a key unit subject to successful completion of an access control procedure. The access control procedure prevents unlocking of the secure hardware analysis features by an unauthorized or compromised key unit by including an embedded control command in an authentication challenge sent by the HAM to the key unit during the access control procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Christian Gehrmann, Kent Damberg, Bernard Smeets
  • Method and Apparatus for Secure Hardware Analysis
    Publication number: 20090276844
    Abstract: A Hardware Analysis Module (“HAM”) embedded in an integrated circuit (IC) implements a dedicated hardware-controlled access control procedure. The secure hardware analysis features are unlocked by a key unit subject to successful completion of an access control procedure. The access control procedure prevents unlocking of the secure hardware analysis features by an unauthorized or compromised key unit by including an embedded control command in an authentication challenge sent by the HAM to the key unit during the access control procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Christian Gehrmann, Kent Damberg, Bernard Smeets