Patents by Inventor Natan Keren

Natan Keren 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).

  • Patent number: 10776527
    Abstract: A security device includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured for connecting to a bus that serves one or more peripheral devices, at least one of the peripheral devices being a memory device. The processor is connected to the bus in addition to the peripheral devices, and is configured to hold a definition that distinguishes between authorized and unauthorized transactions with the memory device, to identify on the bus a transaction in which a bus-master device attempts to access the memory device, and to initiate a responsive action in response to identifying that the transaction is unauthorized in accordance with the definition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ziv Hershman, Yoel Hayon, Natan Keren, Moshe Alon
  • Publication number: 20200004994
    Abstract: A security device includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured for connecting to a bus that serves one or more peripheral devices, at least one of the peripheral devices being a memory device. The processor is connected to the bus in addition to the peripheral devices, and is configured to hold a definition that distinguishes between authorized and unauthorized transactions with the memory device, to identify on the bus a transaction in which a bus-master device attempts to access the memory device, and to initiate a responsive action in response to identifying that the transaction is unauthorized in accordance with the definition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Ziv Hershman, Yoel Hayon, Natan Keren, Moshe Alon
  • Patent number: 9523736
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting fault injection includes a high-fanout network, which spans an Integrated Circuit (IC), and circuitry. In some embodiments, the high-fanout network is continuously inactive during functional operation of the IC, and the circuitry is configured to sense signal levels at multiple sampling points in the high-fanout network, and to identify a fault injection attempt by detecting, based on the sensed signal levels, a signal abnormality in the high-fanout network. In some embodiments, the circuitry is configured to sense signal levels at multiple sampling points in the high-fanout network, to distinguish, based on the sensed signal levels, between legitimate signal variations and signal abnormalities in the high-fanout network during functional operation of the IC, and to identify a fault injection attempt by detecting a signal abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ziv Hershman, Leonid Shamis, Natan Keren
  • Publication number: 20150369865
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting fault injection includes a high-fanout network, which spans an Integrated Circuit (IC), and circuitry. In some embodiments, the high-fanout network is continuously inactive during functional operation of the IC, and the circuitry is configured to sense signal levels at multiple sampling points in the high-fanout network, and to identify a fault injection attempt by detecting, based on the sensed signal levels, a signal abnormality in the high-fanout network. In some embodiments, the circuitry is configured to sense signal levels at multiple sampling points in the high-fanout network, to distinguish, based on the sensed signal levels, between legitimate signal variations and signal abnormalities in the high-fanout network during functional operation of the IC, and to identify a fault injection attempt by detecting a signal abnormality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Ziv Hershman, Leonid Shamis, Natan Keren