US Patent Issued on July 15 for "Semiconductor device with secure access key and associated methods and systems" (Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,921, issued on July 15.

"Semiconductor device with secure access key and associated methods and systems" was invented by Brenton P. Van Leeuwen (Meridian, Idaho) and Nathaniel J. Meier (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Memory devices, systems including memory devices, and methods of operating memory devices are described, in which security measures may be implemented to control access to a fuse array (or other secure features) of the memory devices based on a secure access key. In some cases, a customer may define and store a user-defined access key in the fuse array. In other cases, a manufacturer of the memory device may...