An Eye-Opening Arbiter PUF for Fingerprint Generation Using Auto-Error Detection for PVT-Robust Masking and Bit Stabilization Achieving a BER of 2e-8 in 28nm CMOS

📋 论文概要

该论文提出了一种基于眼图开度概念的仲裁器PUF，通过自动错误检测机制实现PVT鲁棒的掩码和比特稳定，用于生成可靠的硬件指纹。解决了传统PUF在电压、温度和工艺变化下比特不稳定的问题。

💡 主要创新点

• 提出眼图开度仲裁器PUF架构，利用信号眼图开度作为稳定性判据，提高指纹生成的一致性。
• 引入自动错误检测机制，动态调整掩码以抵消PVT变化，实现无需存储的比特稳定。

🏷 关键词

📄 原文摘要

John G. Kauffman, Maurits Ortmanns University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany Physically Unclonable Functions (PUFs) enable hardware identification and security key generation without storing them in non-volatile memory or exposing them to the public. They rely on translation of inherent manufacturing variations as source of entropy into a digital fingerprint that should remain constant across varying voltage, temperature and time. (IC-) PUFs have mostly been implemented using bi-stable circuits [1–4], ring-oscillators (ROs) [5], (pre-)amplifiers [6], or delay-based arbiters [7]. Since every approach has different advantages, recent work combined different PUF archetypes, e.g., in [4] for high readout speed and small area/bit or [3] to achieve a low bit error rate (BER). While a low BER minimizes the need for area and power-intensive error correction codes, achieving high fingerprint stability over environmental changes remains challenging. Recent work

👥 作者与机构

Bjoern Driemeyer, Holger Mandry, David-Peter Wiens, Joachim Becker,