• DocumentCode
    165562
  • Title

    A novel geometry based MRAM PUF

  • Author

    Das, J. ; Scott, K. ; Burgett, D. ; Rajaram, S. ; Bhanja, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    18-21 Aug. 2014
  • Firstpage
    859
  • Lastpage
    863
  • Abstract
    In this paper we have proposed a novel MRAM based physically unclonable function (PUF) using the uncontrollable geometric variation in MRAM cells. The geometric variations generate a preferred ground state in every MRAM cell that we have used for the novel PUF. We have also analyzed the security properties of this PUF using a combination of simulation and fabrication methods. Results show an intra-distance of 0.0225 and an inter-distance of 0.47 for this PUF.
  • Keywords
    MRAM devices; geometry; ground states; MRAM cell; PUF interdistance; PUF intradistance; fabrication methods; ground state; physically unclonable function; security properties; uncontrollable geometric variation; Arrays; Couplings; Geometry; Magnetic tunneling; Scanning electron microscopy; Shape; Stationary state; MRAM; PUF; easy axis; energy; geometric variations; process variations; randomness;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 2014 IEEE 14th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Toronto, ON
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NANO.2014.6968027
  • Filename
    6968027