Analog Sensor for Fault Injection Attack

הרקע לפרויקט:

This project is a combination of analog design and hardware security. There are many different ways of attacking a chip to extract secret information. One technique is using a laser or an electromagnetic pulse to change voltages on the chip and switch critical flip-flop states. Our sensor would use some precise analog circuits to detect that such an attack is underway and would then disable the chip to protect the secret information. This project would entail the design and implementation of the sensor circuitry, as well as taping out the Silicon and measuring the effectiveness of the sensor.

מטרת הפרויקט:

This project would entail the design and implementation of the sensor circuitry in virtuoso, as well as the possibility of taping out the Silicon and measuring the effectiveness of the sensor.

תכולת הפרויקט:

In this project the student will take a current design of the sensor and bring it to it’s final stage using digital and analog techniques. The schematics will be prepared in Virtuoso and simulated. Layout and post-layout simulations will be conducted to verify the circuit performance. This project will include a tapeout and Silicon measurements. The successful conclusion of this project may lead to an academic publication.

קורסי קדם:

768330301 אלקטרוניקה לינארית - חובה
768332501 מעבדה למעגלים אנלוגיים – חובה
8330801 מעגלים אלקטרוניים ספרתיים – חובה
83315 מעבדה מעגלים אלקטרוניים ספרתיים – חובה
768361101 מעגלים משולבים אנלוגיים – מומלץ

דרישות נוספות:

This is a paid research position for students who are interested in continuing to an MS degree.

מקורות:

1. Bastos, Rodrigo Possamai, and Frank Sill Torres. On-Chip Current Sensors for Reliable, Secure, and Low-Power Integrated Circuits. Springer, 2020. – The book is available for students that are interested
2. Miki, Takuji, et al. "Si-backside protection circuits against physical security attacks on flip-chip devices." IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits 55.10 (2020): 2747-2755.‏
3. Nagata, Makoto, Takuji Miki, and Noriyuki Miura. "Physical attack protection techniques for IC chip level hardware security." IEEE transactions on very large scale integration (VLSI) systems 30.1 (2021): 5-14.