CNPUF: A Carbon Nanotube-based Physically Unclonable Function for secure low-energy hardware design

S. T.Choden Konigsmark, Leslie K. Hwang, Deming Chen, Martin D.F. Wong

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Abstract

Physically Unclonable Functions (PUFs) are used to provide identification, authentication and secret key generation based on unique and unpredictable physical characteristics. Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistors (CNFETs) were shown to have excellent electrical and unique physical characteristics and are promising candidates to replace silicon transistors in future Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) designs. We present Carbon Nanotube PUF (CNPUF), the first PUF design that takes advantage of unique CNFET characteristics. CNPUF achieves higher reliability against environmental variations and increased resistance against modeling attacks. Furthermore, CNPUF has a considerable power and energy reduction in comparison to previous ultra-low power PUF designs of 89.6% and 98%, respectively. Additionally, CNPUF allows power-security tradeoff.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2014 19th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC 2014 - Proceedings
Pages73-78
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Event2014 19th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC 2014 - Suntec, Singapore
Duration: Jan 20 2014Jan 23 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC

Other

Other2014 19th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, ASP-DAC 2014
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySuntec
Period1/20/141/23/14

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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