Mixed-Signal Hardware Security Using MixLock: Demonstration in an Audio Application

Julian Leonhard; Marie Minerve Louërat; Hassan Aboushady; Ozgur Sinanoglu; Haralampos G. Stratigopoulos

doi:10.1109/SMACD.2019.8795279

Mixed-Signal Hardware Security Using MixLock: Demonstration in an Audio Application

Julian Leonhard, Marie Minerve Louërat, Hassan Aboushady, Ozgur Sinanoglu, Haralampos G. Stratigopoulos

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Abstract

In this paper, we demonstrate a recently proposed security technique for mixed-signal circuits in the context of a real application. The security technique, called MixLock, is based on logic locking of the digital section of the mixed-signal circuit and can be used as a countermeasure for reverse engineering and counterfeiting. We demonstrate MixLock in an audio application, where the underlying ΣΔ ADC that digitizes the audio input is locked. We show the effect that locking has on the recorded audio quality based on a metric that counts the resultant glitches per second and by also providing a link where the interested reader can download and listen to output audio samples for locked and unlocked versions of the ΣΔ ADC.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	SMACD 2019 - 16th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design, Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	185-188
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728112015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SMACD.2019.8795279
State	Published - Jul 2019
Event	16th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design, SMACD 2019 - Lausanne, Switzerland Duration: Jul 15 2019 → Jul 18 2019

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Name	SMACD 2019 - 16th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design, Proceedings

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Conference	16th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design, SMACD 2019
Country/Territory	Switzerland
City	Lausanne
Period	7/15/19 → 7/18/19

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Modeling and Simulation
Instrumentation

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Leonhard, J., Louërat, M. M., Aboushady, H., Sinanoglu, O., & Stratigopoulos, H. G. (2019). Mixed-Signal Hardware Security Using MixLock: Demonstration in an Audio Application. In SMACD 2019 - 16th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design, Proceedings (pp. 185-188). Article 8795279 (SMACD 2019 - 16th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design, Proceedings). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/SMACD.2019.8795279

Mixed-Signal Hardware Security Using MixLock: Demonstration in an Audio Application. / Leonhard, Julian; Louërat, Marie Minerve; Aboushady, Hassan et al.
SMACD 2019 - 16th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design, Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. p. 185-188 8795279 (SMACD 2019 - 16th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design, Proceedings).

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Leonhard, J, Louërat, MM, Aboushady, H, Sinanoglu, O & Stratigopoulos, HG 2019, Mixed-Signal Hardware Security Using MixLock: Demonstration in an Audio Application. in SMACD 2019 - 16th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design, Proceedings., 8795279, SMACD 2019 - 16th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design, Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 185-188, 16th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design, SMACD 2019, Lausanne, Switzerland, 7/15/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/SMACD.2019.8795279

Leonhard J, Louërat MM, Aboushady H, Sinanoglu O, Stratigopoulos HG. Mixed-Signal Hardware Security Using MixLock: Demonstration in an Audio Application. In SMACD 2019 - 16th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design, Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2019. p. 185-188. 8795279. (SMACD 2019 - 16th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design, Proceedings). doi: 10.1109/SMACD.2019.8795279

Leonhard, Julian ; Louërat, Marie Minerve ; Aboushady, Hassan et al. / Mixed-Signal Hardware Security Using MixLock : Demonstration in an Audio Application. SMACD 2019 - 16th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design, Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. pp. 185-188 (SMACD 2019 - 16th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design, Proceedings).

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