3 papers
cs.CR2025
A TRNG Implemented using a Soft-Data Based Sponge Function within a Unified Strong PUF Architecture
Rachel Cazzola, Cyrus Minwalla, Calvin Chan +1
Hardware security primitives including True Random Number Generators (TRNG) and Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) are central components to establishing a root of trust in micro…
cs.CR2024
A Physical Layer Analysis of Entropy in Delay-Based PUFs Implemented on FPGAs
Jim Plusquellic, Jennifer Howard, Ross MacKinnon +3
Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) leverage signal variations that occur within the device as a source of entropy. On-chip instrumentation is utilized by some PUF architectures t…
cs.CR2024
Statistical Quality Comparison of the Bitstrings Generated by a Physical Unclonable Function across Xilinx, Altera and Microsemi Devices
Jenilee Jao, Kristi Hoffman, Cheryl Reid +3
Entropy or randomness represents a foundational security property in security-related operations, such as key generation. Key generation in turn is central to security protocols su…