DocumentCode :
2438318
Title :
A survey on memristor modeling and security applications
Author :
Arafin, M.T. ; Dunbar, C. ; Qu, G. ; McDonald, N. ; Yan, L.
Author_Institution :
ECE Dept., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
fYear :
2015
fDate :
2-4 March 2015
Firstpage :
440
Lastpage :
447
Abstract :
With the recent advances in memristors as a potential building block for future hardware, it becomes an important and timely topic to study the role that memristors may play in hardware security. To address this issue, this paper presents a survey on research activities on memristor modelling and potential application of memristors in hardware security. First, we give an overview of the current literature on memristor experimentation, characterization, and modeling which includes Chua´s original theoretical prediction model, more detailed models based on recent memristor implementations, and the SPICE simulation models. Then, we report the current research efforts on memristor-based security in three major areas: (1) memristor hardware primitives (e.g., physical unclonable function) that are based on the memristor effective resistance model, (2) encryption schemes that leverage the chaotic behavior of the memristor circuit, and (3) security concerns in memristor-based memory systems. We observe that most of these works have limited scope and are based on simplified memristor models which diminish their practical value in security applications. Security applications have strict demands on repeatability, reliability, robustness, unforgeability, cost, resilience, and so on. To address these deficiencies, we propose a list of research areas that need to be addressed for building memristor-based security applications. We also analyze how memristors, as a new hardware building block, will impact major challenges in hardware security.
Keywords :
SPICE; chaos; memristor circuits; SPICE simulation models; chaotic behavior; hardware security; memristor circuit; memristor modeling; Chaos; Hardware; Integrated circuit modeling; Mathematical model; Memristors; Resistance; Security; Hardware Security; Intellectual Property (IP) Protection; Memristors; Non-linear Circuit Theory; Non-volatile memory; Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs);
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Quality Electronic Design (ISQED), 2015 16th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Santa Clara, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-7580-8
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ISQED.2015.7085466
Filename :
7085466
Link To Document :
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