Watermarking-based copyright protection of sequential functions

Author

Torunoglu, Ilhami ; Charbon, Edoardo

Author_Institution

Cadence Design Syst. Inc., San Jose, CA, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

35

Lastpage

38

Abstract

Watermarking is proposed as a means to protect intellectual property contents of electronic systems from copyright infringement. The technique consists of implanting indelible stamps in the circuit´s inner structure, while not disrupting its functionality or degrading its performance. In this paper a novel method is proposed for the creation of watermarks in regular sequential functions operating on finite input/output sets. This is an important class of circuits, as it is the basis of most digital controllers. Algorithms are proposed for implanting and detecting watermarks so as to minimize implementation overhead for a specified level of robustness

Keywords

application specific integrated circuits; copyright; finite state machines; integrated circuit design; sequential circuits; copyright infringement; digital controllers; finite input/output sets; functionality; indelible stamps; inner structure; intellectual property contents; regular sequential functions; robustness level; watermarking-based copyright protection; Algorithm design and analysis; Circuit synthesis; Copyright protection; Degradation; Digital control; Intellectual property; Robustness; Signal synthesis; System-on-a-chip; Watermarking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Custom Integrated Circuits, 1999. Proceedings of the IEEE 1999

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5443-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CICC.1999.777239

Filename

777239