Patent ID: 11901001
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. A memory device comprising:
a memory cell region including word lines stacked in a first direction, channel structures passing through the word lines in the first direction, and a first metal pad;
a peripheral circuit region including a second metal pad and connected to the memory cell region in the first direction by the first metal pad and the second metal pad; and
a physical unclonable function (PUF) circuit including a plurality of through electrodes passing through the memory cell region in the first direction, and configured to
generate PUF data according to resistance values of the plurality of through electrodes, and
generate the PUF data based on a node voltage between through electrodes connected in series, from among the plurality of through electrodes.