Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Unique identifiers based on quantum effects
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Application No.: US16755405Application Date: 2018-07-25
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Publication No.: US11621840B2Publication Date: 2023-04-04
- Inventor: Shahram Mossayebi , Patrick Camilleri , Henry Edward William Montagu
- Applicant: Crypto Quantique Limited
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: Crypto Quantique Limited
- Current Assignee: Crypto Quantique Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
- Priority: GB1717056 20171017
- International Application: PCT/GB2018/052086 WO 20180725
- International Announcement: WO2019/077296 WO 20190425
- Main IPC: H04B10/00
- IPC: H04B10/00 ; G06N10/00 ; H04L9/08 ; H01L23/00 ; H04L9/32 ; H04B10/07 ; H01L29/12 ; H01L29/423 ; H01L29/66

Abstract:
A method is provided for determining a unique identifier of a device, the device including a quantum tunnelling barrier unique to the device. The method comprises applying a potential difference across the quantum tunnelling barrier, the potential difference sufficient to enable tunnelling of charge carriers through the quantum tunnelling barrier. The method further comprises measuring an electrical signal, the electrical signal representative of a tunnelling current through the quantum tunnelling barrier, the tunnelling current characteristic of the quantum tunnelling barrier. The method further comprises determining, from the measured electrical signal, a unique identifier for the device. Related apparatuses, systems, computer-readable media and methods are also provided herein.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200322144A1 UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS BASED ON QUANTUM EFFECTS Public/Granted day:2020-10-08
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