Post-Layout Simulation of Quasi-Adiabatic Logic Based Physical Unclonable Function

Yasuhiro Takahashi, Hiroki Koyasu, S. Dinesh Kumar, Himanshu Thapliyal

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Abstract

Silicon based Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) is a popular hardware security primitive for mitigating security vulnerabilities. Recently, Quasi-adiabatic logic based physical unclonable function (QUALPUF) was first proposed by Kumar and Thapliyal. QUALPUF has ultra low-power dissipation; hence it is suitable to implement in low-power portable electronic devices such RFIDs, wireless sensor nodes, etc. In this paper, we present the post-layout simulation results of the 4-bit QUALPUF for low-power portable electronic devices. To evaluate the uniqueness and reliability, the 4-bit QUALPUF is implemented in 0.18 um standard CMOS process with 1.8 V supply voltage. The QUALPUF occupies 58.7x15.7 um2 of layout area. The post-layout simulation results illustrate that the 4-bit QUALPUF has good uniqueness and reliability with 29.73 fJ/cycle/bit energy consumption.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2019 IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI 2019
Pages443-446
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781538670996
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2019
Event18th IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI 2019 - Miami, United States
Duration: Jul 15 2019Jul 17 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI
Volume2019-July
ISSN (Print)2159-3469
ISSN (Electronic)2159-3477

Conference

Conference18th IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMiami
Period7/15/197/17/19

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.

Keywords

  • Adiabatic logic
  • PUF
  • hardware security
  • low-power

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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