SRAM-Based PUF Reliability Prediction Using Cell-Imbalance Characterization in the State Space Diagram

This work proposes a methodology to estimate the statistical distribution of the probability that a 6T bit-cell starts up to a given logic value in SRAM memories for PUF applications. First, the distribution is obtained experimentally in a 65-nm CMOS device. As this distribution cannot be reproduced...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Torrens, Gabriel, Alheyasat, Abdel, Alorda, Bartomeu, Bota, Sebastia A
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
Repositorio:Repisalud
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repisalud.isciii.es:20.500.12105/23525
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/23525
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:SRAM
Memory
PUF
Cell mismatch
SRAM-PUF
Descripción
Sumario:This work proposes a methodology to estimate the statistical distribution of the probability that a 6T bit-cell starts up to a given logic value in SRAM memories for PUF applications. First, the distribution is obtained experimentally in a 65-nm CMOS device. As this distribution cannot be reproduced by electrical simulation, we explore the use of an alternative parameter defined as the distance between the origin and the separatrix in the bit-cell state space to quantify the mismatch of the cell. The resulting distribution of this parameter obtained from Monte Carlo simulations is then related to the start-up probability distribution using a two-component logistic function. The reported results show that the proposed imbalance factor is a good predictor for PUF-related reliability estimation with the advantage that can be applied at the early design stages.