Reconfigurable Physical Unclonable Function based on SOT-MRAM Chips
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| author | Wang, Min Jiang, Chuanpeng Wang, Zhaohao Hou, Zhengyi Zhang, Zhongkui Zhao, Yuanfu Liu, Hongxi Zhao, Weisheng |
| author_facet | Wang, Min Jiang, Chuanpeng Wang, Zhaohao Hou, Zhengyi Zhang, Zhongkui Zhao, Yuanfu Liu, Hongxi Zhao, Weisheng |
| contents | Hardware-based security primitives have become critical to enhancing information security in the Internet of Things (IoT) era. Physical unclonable functions (PUFs) utilize the inherent variations in the manufacturing process to generate cryptographic keys unique to a device. Reconfigurable PUFs (rPUFs) can update cryptographic keys for enhanced security in dynamic operational scenarios involving huge amounts of data, which makes them suitable for implementation in CMOS-integrated spin-orbit torque magnetic random access memory (SOT-MRAM) chips. However, a key challenge is achieving real-time reconfiguration independent of the environmental conditions, particularly the operating temperature. We propose a dual-pulse reconfiguration strategy for rPUFs in CMOS-integrated SOT-MRAM chips that effectively widens the operating window and achieves resilience across a wide range of operating temperatures without the need for dynamic feedback that overly complicates circuit design. The proposed strategy lays a solid foundation for the next generation of hardware-based security primitives to protect IoT architectures. |
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| spellingShingle | Reconfigurable Physical Unclonable Function based on SOT-MRAM Chips Wang, Min Jiang, Chuanpeng Wang, Zhaohao Hou, Zhengyi Zhang, Zhongkui Zhao, Yuanfu Liu, Hongxi Zhao, Weisheng Cryptography and Security Applied Physics Hardware-based security primitives have become critical to enhancing information security in the Internet of Things (IoT) era. Physical unclonable functions (PUFs) utilize the inherent variations in the manufacturing process to generate cryptographic keys unique to a device. Reconfigurable PUFs (rPUFs) can update cryptographic keys for enhanced security in dynamic operational scenarios involving huge amounts of data, which makes them suitable for implementation in CMOS-integrated spin-orbit torque magnetic random access memory (SOT-MRAM) chips. However, a key challenge is achieving real-time reconfiguration independent of the environmental conditions, particularly the operating temperature. We propose a dual-pulse reconfiguration strategy for rPUFs in CMOS-integrated SOT-MRAM chips that effectively widens the operating window and achieves resilience across a wide range of operating temperatures without the need for dynamic feedback that overly complicates circuit design. The proposed strategy lays a solid foundation for the next generation of hardware-based security primitives to protect IoT architectures. |
| title | Reconfigurable Physical Unclonable Function based on SOT-MRAM Chips |
| topic | Cryptography and Security Applied Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16405 |