A Physically Unclonable Function Embedded in a SAR ADC

Yi Ying Chen, Soon Jyh Chang

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Abstract

This paper presents a physical unclonable function (PUF) embedded in a 10-bit successive-approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC). There are two operation modes in this design: PUF mode and ADC mode. In the PUF mode, this design realizes the physically unclonable function by manipulating the capacitor array in the SAR ADC. Only a little area overhead is required for implementing the PUF. An offset cancellation circuit is employed to improve the uniformity of the PUF design. The proposed PUF is authenticated using Challenge Response Pairs (CRPs). Reliability and Uniqueness of the CRPs are 97.69% and 48.01%, respectively. Uniformity of the CRPs is 50.59% that is very close to the ideal value of 50%. In the ADC mode, this design achieves an ENOB of 9.66 under 20 MS/s.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2022 IEEE International Test Conference in Asia, ITC-Asia 2022
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages85-89
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781665455237
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event6th IEEE International Test Conference in Asia, ITC-Asia 2022 - Taipei, Taiwan
Duration: 2022 Aug 242022 Aug 26

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2022 IEEE International Test Conference in Asia, ITC-Asia 2022

Conference

Conference6th IEEE International Test Conference in Asia, ITC-Asia 2022
Country/TerritoryTaiwan
CityTaipei
Period22-08-2422-08-26

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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