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CryptoAuthentication

Safeguard Your IP with Cost Effective Hardware Security Solutions

Design security isn’t always a top consideration. However, with security breaches becoming more common and more costly, protecting your intellectual property (IP) should be a key concern. The Atmel CryptoAuthentication™ family of solutions offers an extremely cost-effective hardware authentication capability in a wide variety of space-conscious packages. CryptoAuthentication ICs can securely validate a wide variety of physical or logical elements in virtually any microprocessor-based system. The device family supports the Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-256), one of the latest algorithms approved by cryptographic experts and governments around the world. By implementing a CryptoAuthentication IC into your design, you can take advantage of hardware security fortifications like full active metal shields, multiple tamper detection schemes and internal encryption.

Every CryptoAuthentication device contains a pre-programmed serial number that is guaranteed unique. The devices also include generous, secure storage segmented into zones which can be individually configured to meet a wide variety of applications. In addition, the devices feature a high-quality hardware random number generator usable for authentication or any other system purpose.

Atmel CryptoAuthentication™ Devices

Device Family Summary Benefit Applications Technologies Key Parameters
Cost-effective hardware authentication capability in a small package

Flexible use model for many applications

Latest open standards algorithms

Secure authentication and key exchange

Guaranteed unique 72-bit serial number

1MHz I2C interface

High speed single wire interface

Easy integration
Clone prevention

Property protection

Controlled access

Secure telecom

Mobile Electronics

Audio and Home Entertainment

Home and Building Automation

Home Appliances Industrial Automation

Lighting

Metering

PC Peripherals

Protection for software

SHA-256

NIST approved algorithms

Hardware Security technology

High Quality Random Number Generators (RNG)

Anti-cloning

Active Shield

Tamper monitors

Large key sizes

Hardware authentication

Physical hardware security

Turnkey security solutions

Nonreversible monotonic counters