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HARDWARE SECURITY FOR AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT

  • US 20180217942A1
  • Filed: 01/27/2017
  • Published: 08/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle electronic control unit, comprising:

  • a main processor configured to process tasks assigned to the electronic control unit;

    a memory to store vehicle data for use by the main processor;

    a security processor configured to encrypt and to decrypt data from the memory for use by the main processor, the security processor executing encryption and decryption in hardware circuitry that is field programmable, the security processor being configured to encrypt and decrypt in parallel to the main processor; and

    a substrate in which is defined a bus to connect the main processor, the memory, and the security processor.

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