Antifuse physically unclonable function unit and associated control method

An antifuse physically unclonable function (PUF) unit, comprising:

• a first sub-antifuse cell comprising a first select transistor, a first switching transistor and a first antifuse transistor, wherein a gate terminal of the first select transistor is connected with a word line, a first source/drain terminal of the first select transistor is connected with a first cell bit line, a second source/drain terminal of the first select transistor is connected with a first node, a gate terminal of the first switching transistor is connected with a switch control line, a first source/drain terminal of the first switching transistor is connected with the first node, a gate terminal of the first antifuse transistor is connected with a first antifuse control line, and a first source/drain terminal of the first antifuse transistor is connected with a second source/drain terminal of the first switching transistor;
• a second sub-antifuse cell comprising a second select transistor, a second switching transistor and a second antifuse transistor, wherein a gate terminal of the second select transistor is connected with the word line, a first source/drain terminal of the second select transistor is connected with a second cell bit line, a second source/drain terminal of the second select transistor is connected with a second node, a gate terminal of the second switching transistor is connected with the switch control line, a first source/drain terminal of the second switching transistor is connected with the second node, a gate terminal of the second antifuse transistor is connected with a second antifuse control line, and a first source/drain terminal of the second antifuse transistor is connected with a second source/drain terminal of the second switching transistor;
• a connection circuit connected with a second source/drain terminal of the first antifuse transistor and a second source/drain terminal of the second antifuse transistor,
• a first copying circuit connected with the first sub-antifuse cell, and comprising a third antifuse transistor;
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• a first reading circuit connected with the first copying circuit, wherein the first reading circuit generates a random code according to a state of the third antifuse transistor.