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Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, EICE Electronics Express, 3(12), p. 20141043-20141043, 2015

DOI: 10.1587/elex.12.20141043

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Improving RO PUF Design Using Frequency Distribution Characteristics

Journal article published in 2015 by Yifei Yu, Chenghua Wang, Weiqiang Liu, Yijun Cui, Máire O'Neill
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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Abstract

A Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) can be used to provide authentication of devices by producing die-unique responses. In PUFs based on ring oscillators (ROs) the responses are derived from the oscillation frequencies of the ROs. However, RO PUFs can be vulnerable to attack due to the frequency distribution characteristics of the RO arrays. In this letter, in order to improve the design of RO PUFs for FPGA devices, the frequencies of RO arrays implemented on a large number of FPGA chips are statistically analyzed. Three RO frequency distribution (ROFD) characteristics, which can be used to improve the design of RO PUFs are observed and discussed.