Securing Programmable Analog ICs Against Piracy

In this paper, we demonstrate a security approach for the class of highly-programmable analog Integrated Circuits (ICs) that can be used as a countermeasure for unauthorized chip use and piracy. The approach relies on functionality locking, i.e. a lock mechanism is introduced into the design such th...

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Published inProceedings - Design, Automation, and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition pp. 61 - 66
Main Authors Elshamy, Mohamed, Sayed, Alhassan, Louerat, Marie-Minerve, Rhouni, Amine, Aboushady, Hassan, Stratigopoulos, Haralampos-G.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published EDAA 01.03.2020
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Analog circuits
Calibration
Programming
Security
System-on-chip
Tuning
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Summary:In this paper, we demonstrate a security approach for the class of highly-programmable analog Integrated Circuits (ICs) that can be used as a countermeasure for unauthorized chip use and piracy. The approach relies on functionality locking, i.e. a lock mechanism is introduced into the design such that unless the correct key is provided the functionality breaks. We show that for highly-programmable analog ICs the programmable fabric can naturally be used as the lock mechanism. We demonstrate the approach on a multi-standard RF receiver with configuration settings of 64-bit words.
ISSN:1558-1101
DOI:10.23919/DATE48585.2020.9116520