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Author ORCID Identifier
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9076-2727
AccessType
Open Access Dissertation
Document Type
dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Degree Program
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Year Degree Awarded
2021
Month Degree Awarded
September
First Advisor
Sandip Kundu
Second Advisor
Wayne P. Burleson
Third Advisor
Daniel E. Holcomb
Fourth Advisor
Adam O'Neill
Subject Categories
Digital Circuits | Electronic Devices and Semiconductor Manufacturing | VLSI and Circuits, Embedded and Hardware Systems
Abstract
The continued growth of information technology (IT) industry and proliferation of interconnected devices has aggravated the problem of ensuring security and necessitated the need for novel, robust solutions. Physically unclonable functions (PUFs) have emerged as promising secure hardware primitives that can utilize the disorder introduced during manufacturing process to generate unique keys. They can be utilized as \textit{lightweight} roots-of-trust for use in authentication and key generation systems. Unlike insecure non-volatile memory (NVM) based key storage systems, PUFs provide an advantage -- no party, including the manufacturer, should be able to replicate the physical disorder and thus, effectively clone the PUF. However, certain practical problems impeded the widespread deployment of PUFs. This dissertation addresses such problems of (i) reliability and (ii) unclonability. Also, obfuscation techniques have proven necessary to protect intellectual property in the presence of an untrusted supply chain and are needed to aid against counterfeiting. This dissertation explores techniques utilizing layout and logic-aware obfuscation. Collectively, we present secure and cost-effective solutions to address crucial hardware security problems.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/24565324
Recommended Citation
Patil, Vinay C., "On Improving Robustness of Hardware Security Primitives and Resistance to Reverse Engineering Attacks" (2021). Doctoral Dissertations. 2297.
https://doi.org/10.7275/24565324
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_2/2297
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