TY - JOUR
T1 - Circuit-based approaches to simpl systems
AU - Chen, Qingqing
AU - Csaba, György
AU - Lugli, Paolo
AU - Schlichtmann, Ulf
AU - Stutzmann, Martin
AU - Rührmair, Ulrich
PY - 2011/2
Y1 - 2011/2
N2 - This paper presents circuit-based approaches to SIMPL Systems (SIMulation Possible, but Laborious Systems), which could be regarded as a "public-key" version of Physical Unclonable Functions. The use of these systems can help us to avoid some of the potential vulnerabilities of conventional cryptography, such as its dependency on secret binary keys. Two specially designed circuits for SIMPL systems are discussed: "skew" memories and massively parallel analog processor arrays known as Cellular Nonlinear Networks. We argue that these circuits are able to serve as SIMPL systems in practice, and discuss their security against numerical and physical attacks.
AB - This paper presents circuit-based approaches to SIMPL Systems (SIMulation Possible, but Laborious Systems), which could be regarded as a "public-key" version of Physical Unclonable Functions. The use of these systems can help us to avoid some of the potential vulnerabilities of conventional cryptography, such as its dependency on secret binary keys. Two specially designed circuits for SIMPL systems are discussed: "skew" memories and massively parallel analog processor arrays known as Cellular Nonlinear Networks. We argue that these circuits are able to serve as SIMPL systems in practice, and discuss their security against numerical and physical attacks.
KW - Green design
KW - SIMPL systems
KW - cellular nonlinear network
KW - physical cryptography
KW - physical unclonable function
KW - public key cryptography
KW - skew memory
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78951492926&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1142/S0218126611007098
DO - 10.1142/S0218126611007098
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78951492926
SN - 0218-1266
VL - 20
SP - 107
EP - 123
JO - Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers
JF - Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers
IS - 1
ER -