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Implementing a Unique Chip ID on a Reconfigurable Polymorphic Circuit

SEKANINA, L.; RŮŽIČKA, R.; VAŠÍČEK, Z.; ŠIMEK, V.; HANÁČEK, P. Implementing a Unique Chip ID on a Reconfigurable Polymorphic Circuit. Information Technology and Control, 2013, vol. 42, no. 1, p. 7-14. ISSN: 1392-124X.
Czech title
Implementace unikátního identifikátoru čipu pomocí polymorfního rekonfigurovatelného obvodu
Type
journal article
Language
English
Authors
Sekanina Lukáš, prof. Ing., Ph.D. (DCSY)
Růžička Richard, doc. Ing., Ph.D., MBA (DCSY)
Vašíček Zdeněk, doc. Ing., Ph.D. (DCSY)
Šimek Václav, Ing. (DCSY)
Hanáček Petr, doc. Dr. Ing. (DITS)
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Keywords

Unclonable ID, Polymorphic Gate, Process Variation, Reconfigurable Circuit,
Security

Abstract

A unique unclonable chip ID has been implemented using various platforms in the
recent years. In this paper, we investigate the use of polymorphic gates as a new
mechanism for implementing a unique chip ID in systems already containing some
polymorphic gates. The proposed solution exploits the fact that switching time of
polymorphic gates (controlled by Vdd) is slightly different even for neighboring
gates on the same die because of fabrication variations. We applied a partial
reconfiguration in order to generate 48-bit IDs on the reconfigurable polymorphic
REPOMO32 chip that we have developed in our previous research. We achieved 94.44%
stable bits which is reasonably close to existing approaches.

Published
2013
Pages
7–14
Journal
Information Technology and Control, vol. 42, no. 1, ISSN 1392-124X
DOI
10.5755/j01.itc.42.1.925
UT WoS
000324699800001
EID Scopus
2-s2.0-84875163740
BibTeX 
@article{BUT103431,
  author="Lukáš {Sekanina} and Richard {Růžička} and Zdeněk {Vašíček} and Václav {Šimek} and Petr {Hanáček}",
  title="Implementing a Unique Chip ID on a Reconfigurable Polymorphic Circuit",
  journal="Information Technology and Control",
  year="2013",
  volume="42",
  number="1",
  pages="7--14",
  doi="10.5755/j01.itc.42.1.925",
  issn="1392-124X",
  url="http://www.itc.ktu.lt/index.php/ITC/article/view/925"
}
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