Patents by Inventor Rory Buchanan

Rory Buchanan 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).

  • Component authentication utilizing multi-level arbiter
    Patent number: 10038445
    Abstract: A method for component authentication includes delaying an input signal along a first propagation path and a second propagation path, each propagation path including a same number of delay stages. A plurality of control inputs alters the first propagation path to include at least one delay stage from the second propagation path, and alters the second propagation path to include at least one delay stage from the first propagation path. A time difference between a first output of the first propagation path and a second output of the second propagation path is quantized into a plurality of time bins represented by a multi-bit output. The multi-bit output is transformed with a non-linear transform to provide a response output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Rice, Rory Buchanan
  • COMPONENT AUTHENTICATION UTILIZING MULTI-LEVEL ARBITER
    Publication number: 20180198447
    Abstract: A method for component authentication includes delaying an input signal along a first propagation path and a second propagation path, each propagation path including a same number of delay stages. A plurality of control inputs alters the first propagation path to include at least one delay stage from the second propagation path, and alters the second propagation path to include at least one delay stage from the first propagation path. A time difference between a first output of the first propagation path and a second output of the second propagation path is quantized into a plurality of time bins represented by a multi-bit output. The multi-bit output is transformed with a non-linear transform to provide a response output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Rice, Rory Buchanan