Random code generator and associated random code generating method
AssigneeeMemory Technology Inc.
InventorChing-Hsiang Hsu
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Abstract
A random code generator includes a power source, a sensing circuit, a first memory cell and a second memory cell. A first terminal of the first memory cell is connected with the power source. A second terminal of the first memory cell is connected with the sensing circuit. A first terminal of the second memory cell is connected with the power source. A second terminal of the second memory cell is connected with the sensing circuit. The power source provides a supplying voltage to both the first memory cell and the second memory cell during an enrollment. A random code is then determined according to the resistance difference between the first memory cell and the second memory cell after the enrollment.
Claims3
A random code generating method, comprising steps of:
- providing a supplying voltage by a power source;
- providing a sensing circuit;
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- providing a memory cell array comprising a first memory cell and a second memory cell, wherein a first terminal of the first memory cell is connected with the power circuit through a first power line, a second terminal of the first memory cell is connected with the sensing circuit through a first bit line, a third terminal of the first memory cell is connected with a first word line, a first terminal of the second memory cell is connected with the power circuit through a second power line, a second terminal of the second memory cell is connected with the sensing circuit through a second bit line, and a third terminal of the second memory cell is connected with the first word line;
- receiving an ON voltage by first word line, and receiving the supplying voltage by the first power line and the second power line during an enrollment;
- verifying by a first sense amplifier of the sensing circuit that the enrollment is completed if a first current generated by the first memory cell exceeds a threshold value;
- verifying by a second sense amplifier of the sensing circuit that the enrollment is completed if a second current generated by the second memory cell exceeds the threshold value;
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- determining a random code by the first sense amplifier and the second sense amplifier according to a resistance difference between the first memory cell and the second memory cell after the enrollment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.