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STMicroelectronics STSAFE-A110

STSAFE-A110 - Authentication, state-of-the-art security for peripherals and IoT devices

Front and back side of ST’s STSAFE-A110 secure MCU

The STSAFE-A110 is a highly secure solution that acts as a secure element providing authentication and secure data management services to a local or remote host. It consists of a full turnkey solution with a secure operating system running on the latest generation of secure microcontrollers. The STSAFE-A110 can be integrated in IoT (Internet of things) devices, smart-home, smart-city and industrial applications, consumer electronics devices, consumables and accessories.

 

Features

  • Authentication for:
    • Consumables and peripherals
    • eCloud Internet of things (IoT) connected objects
    • USB Type-C™ power delivery chargers
    • Qi over-the-air chargers
  • Secure channel establishment with remote host including transport layer security (TLS) handshake
  • Signature verification service (secure boot and firmware upgrade)
  • Usage monitoring with secure counters
  • Pairing and secure channel with host application processor
  • Wrapping and unwrapping of local host envelopes
  • Symmetric data encryption or decryption (up to 16 keys)
  • On-chip key pair generation
  • LPWAN security ready:
    • Preloading with Sigfox™ or LoRaWAN® credentials
    • Frame signature and verification
    • Frame encryption and decryption
  • Security features
    • Latest generation of highly secure MCUs
      • Unique serial number on each die
      • CC EAL5+ AVA_VAN5 Common Criteria certified
      • Active shield
      • Monitoring of environmental parameters
      • Protection mechanism against faults
      • Protection against side-channel attacks
    • Advanced asymmetric cryptography
      • Elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) with NIST or Brainpool 256-bit and 384-bit curves
      • Elliptic curve digital signature algorithm (ECDSA) with SHA-256 and SHA-384 for digital signature generation and verification
      • Elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) for key establishment
    • Advanced symmetric cryptography
      • Secure operating system with protection against logical and physical attacks
    • Secure operating system
      • Secure STSAFE-A110 kernel for authentication and data management
      • Protection against logical and physical attacks
  • Hardware features
    • 6 Kbytes of configurable non-volatile memory
      • Highly reliable CMOS EEPROM technology
      • 30 years’ data retention at 25 °C
      • 500 000 erase / program cycles endurance at 25 °C
      • 1.62 V to 5.5 V continuous supply voltage
  • Protocol
    • I²C-bus slave interface
      • Up to 400 kbps transmission speed (Fast mode) and true open-drain pads
      • 7-bit addressing
  • Packages
    • ECOPACK-compliant SO8N 8-lead plastic small outline and UFDFPN 8-lead ultra thin profile fine pitch dual flat packages

 

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