Microchip Technology ECC204 Secure Authentication IC

Microchip Technology ECC204 Secure Authentication IC is a member of the Microchip Technology Inc. CryptoAuthentication™ product family. The device is targeted for disposable and ecosystem control applications and is intended to be used as a companion device with Microchip or other vendors’ microcontrollers. Consider implementing an ATECC608 in the user’s host to perform the ECDSA P256 to verify the function of the signature the user’s disposable or accessory would return. The user could leverage that same ATECC608 for mutual authentication to an IoT cloud platform.

Features

  • Cryptographic Authentication device with secure hardware-based key storage
    • Protected storage for private keys, certificates, symmetric keys, or user data
  • Hardware support for the asymmetric sign
    • ECDSA: FIPS186-4 elliptic curve digital signature
    • NIST standard P-256 elliptic curve support
  • Joint Interpretation Laboratory (JIL) score for resistance to attackers with attack potential – High
    • Evaluated to the standard “JIL-Application-Of-Attack-Potential-To-Smartcards-V3.1”
    • Achieved through tamper-resistant countermeasures to resist environmental, non-invasive, and invasive fault attacks
  • FIPS 140-3 compliance mode configuration option
  • Field-programmable EEPROM
    • Single ECC private key–one device certificate and one CA signer certificate
    • Single symmetric secret key
    • 64-byte user memory
    • > 40-year data retention at +55℃
  • Hardware support for SHA-256 and HMAC
  • Internal asymmetric key generation
  • Internal high-quality NIST SP 800-90A/B/C Random Number Generator (RNG)
  • Monotonic counter with a maximum count value of 10,000
  • Unique 72-bit serial number
  • Two interface options are available
    • 125kbps Pulse-Width Modulated (PWM) single-wire serial interface (SWI)
    • Parasitic power support for single-wire interface with an external capacitor
    • 400kHz fast mode I2C interface
  • 130nA nominal sleep current
  • The extended industrial temperature of -40℃ to +105℃ ambient operating range
  • Human Body Model (HBM) ESD: I2C Devices: > 4kV; SWI Devices > 7kV
  • Packaging options
    • 8-pad UDFN (2mm x 3mm), 8-lead SOIC, 3-lead contact

Applications

  • Ecosystem control through asymmetric authentication / PKI
  • Disposables and accessory authentication
  • Disposable applications with limited use through programmable usage counter
  • Symmetric authentication through the use of an HMAC key

Microchip Technology ECC204 Secure Authentication IC