Physical unclonable functions based on crossbar arrays for cryptographic applications

International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 619-633

  Lugli, Paolo ^a   Mahmoud, Ahmed ^a   Csaba, György ^b   Algasinger, Michael ^c   Stutzmann, Martin ^c   Rührmair, Ulrich ^a,d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c WALTER SCHOTTKY INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SECURE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SIT   (Germany)

Author keywords

ALILE crystallization process; crossbars; physical cryptography; physical unclonable functions (PUFs); SHIC PUFs; ZnO Schottky junction

Indexed keywords

CROSSBARS; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; PHYSICAL UNCLONABLE FUNCTIONS; SCHOTTKY JUNCTIONS; SHIC PUFS;

ZINC OXIDE;

CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 84879422808     PISSN: 00989886     EISSN: 1097007X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cta.1825     Document Type: Article

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