US 12,192,329 B2
Multi-factor authentication for a memory system based on internal asymmetric keys
Lance W. Dover, Fair Oaks, CA (US)
Assigned to Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed by Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed on May 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/663,124.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/270,924, filed on Oct. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0127278 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 9/0825 (2013.01) [H04L 9/085 (2013.01); H04L 9/3263 (2013.01); H04L 9/3278 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A memory system, comprising:
one or more memory devices; and
processing circuitry coupled with the one or more memory devices and configured to cause the memory system to:
generate a key based at least in part on a unique device secret associated with the memory system and on content stored at the memory system;
generate an asymmetric key pair comprising a private key based at least in part on the generated key and a public key based at least in part on the generated key;
generate a certificate based at least in part on the generated asymmetric key pair; and
transmit the generated certificate.