Physical Unclonable Functions for Device Authentication and Secret Key Generation

Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) are innovative circuit primitives that extract secrets from physical characteristics of integrated circuits (ICs). We present PUF designs that exploit inherent delay characteristics of wires and transistors that differ from chip to chip, and describe how PUFs can enable low-cost authentication of individual ICs and generate volatile secret keys for cryptographic operations. Categories and Subject Descriptors K.6.5 [Management of Computing and Information Systems]: Security and Protection General Terms Design, Security Keywords IC authentication, Secret keys

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: DAC
• Authors: G. Edward Suh, Srinivas Devadas
• Keywords: DAC 2007, Design Automation, Inherent Delay Characteristics, Keywords IC Authentication, Volatile Secret Keys