Intrinsically Secure Non-Volatile Memory Using ReRAM Devices
The paper describes a device-level encryption approach for implementing intrinsically secure non-volatile memory (NVM) using resistive RAM (ReRAM). Data are encoded in the ReRAM filament morphology, making it robust to both electrical and optical probing methods. The encoded resistance states are ra...
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| author | Junjun Huan Nicholas Olexa Brett Hochman Swarup Bhunia Rashmi Jha Soumyajit Mandal |
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| description | The paper describes a device-level encryption approach for implementing intrinsically secure non-volatile memory (NVM) using resistive RAM (ReRAM). Data are encoded in the ReRAM filament morphology, making it robust to both electrical and optical probing methods. The encoded resistance states are randomized to maximize the entropy of the ReRAM resistance distribution, thus providing robustness to reverse engineering (RE) attacks. Simulations of data encryption and decryption using experimental data from Ru(BE)/ALD-HfO2 (MO)/Zr/W(TE) ReRAM devices reveals an uncorrected bit error rate (BER) < 0.02 and a maximum key entropy of ≈17.3 bits per device. A compensation procedure is also developed for maintaining BER in the presence of temperature changes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-34a261c0acde41c1b6d30f883f1827ca2022-12-22T04:29:47ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362022-01-011010457710458810.1109/ACCESS.2022.32091489900346Intrinsically Secure Non-Volatile Memory Using ReRAM DevicesJunjun Huan0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8921-9663Nicholas Olexa1Brett Hochman2Swarup Bhunia3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6082-6961Rashmi Jha4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2656-5945Soumyajit Mandal5https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9070-2337Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USADepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USADepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USADepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USADepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USAInstrumentation Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USAThe paper describes a device-level encryption approach for implementing intrinsically secure non-volatile memory (NVM) using resistive RAM (ReRAM). Data are encoded in the ReRAM filament morphology, making it robust to both electrical and optical probing methods. The encoded resistance states are randomized to maximize the entropy of the ReRAM resistance distribution, thus providing robustness to reverse engineering (RE) attacks. Simulations of data encryption and decryption using experimental data from Ru(BE)/ALD-HfO2 (MO)/Zr/W(TE) ReRAM devices reveals an uncorrected bit error rate (BER) < 0.02 and a maximum key entropy of ≈17.3 bits per device. A compensation procedure is also developed for maintaining BER in the presence of temperature changes.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9900346/ReRAMnon-volatile memory (NVM)hardware securityencryption |
| spellingShingle | Junjun Huan Nicholas Olexa Brett Hochman Swarup Bhunia Rashmi Jha Soumyajit Mandal Intrinsically Secure Non-Volatile Memory Using ReRAM Devices IEEE Access ReRAM non-volatile memory (NVM) hardware security encryption |
| title | Intrinsically Secure Non-Volatile Memory Using ReRAM Devices |
| title_full | Intrinsically Secure Non-Volatile Memory Using ReRAM Devices |
| title_fullStr | Intrinsically Secure Non-Volatile Memory Using ReRAM Devices |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intrinsically Secure Non-Volatile Memory Using ReRAM Devices |
| title_short | Intrinsically Secure Non-Volatile Memory Using ReRAM Devices |
| title_sort | intrinsically secure non volatile memory using reram devices |
| topic | ReRAM non-volatile memory (NVM) hardware security encryption |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9900346/ |
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