CURRENT-MODE PUF CIRCUIT BASED ON REFERENCE CURRENT SOURCE
A current-mode PUF circuit based on a reference current source comprises an input register, the reference current source, a deviation current comparator and a timing controller. The input register is used for ensuring synchronization of the input challenges to avoid influences of asynchronous challenges on output responses. The reference current source generates a reference current for temperature and voltage compensation. A deviation current source array generates two paths of deviation currents under the control of the input challenges. The deviation current comparator generates and outputs a judgement according to the magnitude of the current provided by the deviation current source array. The timing controller is used for generating timing information for operation of the PUF circuit. The invention has the following advantages: the deviation current source array outputs deviation currents with high robustness and high reliability. Simulation results show that the PUF circuit of the invention has good uniqueness and high reliability of 99.6% when operating under difference temperatures (−40˜120° C.) and different voltages (1.08˜1.32V).
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This application claims the priority benefit of China application serial no. 201710894913.6, filed on Sep. 28, 2017. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the InventionThe invention relates to a PUF circuit, in particular to a current-mode PUF circuit based on a reference current source.
Description of Related ArtWith the rapid development of the internet technology, information security has drawn increasing attention. Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) circuits provide an approach for improving information security on the aspect of hardware texture characteristic. Silicon-based PUF circuits are based on the characteristic recognition technique in the integrated circuit field. By capturing manufacturing process variations through corresponding comparing mechanism, PUF can produce a large number of identifications (IDs), which have the characteristics of uniqueness and unclonability. The uniqueness refers to that a given PUF circuit has unique function performance, namely the given PUF circuit can generate unique corresponding Challenge Response Pairs (CRPs). The unclonablility refers to that it is extremely difficult to clone a PUF with the same CRPs. With uniqueness and unclonablility, the PUF circuits have broad application prospects in the information security fields such as device identification, key generation and IP protection.
Random process deviations in the integrated circuit manufacturing process are embodied as differences in current, voltage and delay on the aspect of the electrical property. According to different types of deviation signals, silicon-based PUF circuits can be divided into three classes, namely current-mode PUF circuits, voltage-mode PUF circuits and delay-mode PUF circuits. As key modules of PUF circuits, the robustness of deviation signals generated by deviation signal generation circuit has a direct influence on the reliability of the current-mode PUF circuits. At present, the deviation signal generation circuits of the PUF circuits are designed based on geometric dimension deviations and process parameter deviations (such as the doping concentration, the oxide layer thickness and the diffusion depth) of MOS transistors in the integrated circuit manufacturing process. However, existing PUF circuits have defects in design of deviation signal generation circuits, and consequentially, the robustness of deviation signals is low. For example, the deviation signal generation circuits, for generating delay deviation signals, of Arbiter-PUF circuits are constructed based on switching delay cell, but the switching delay cells are likely to be affected by PVT, resulting in poor robustness of generated delay deviation signals. The deviation signal generation circuits, for generating frequency deviation signals, of RO-PUF circuits are constructed based on ring oscillators, but the ring oscillators are temperature sensitive, resulting in poor robustness of generated frequency deviation signals. The deviation signal generation circuits, used for generating current deviation signals, of SRAM-PUF circuits are constructed based on cross-coupling inverters, but the structure can generate positive feedback effect and is extremely sensitive to environment changes in the evaluation stage, thereby being poor in robustness. Due to the poor robustness of the deviation signal generation circuits, the reliability of the existing PUF circuits should be improved urgently.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe technical issue to be settled by the invention is to provide a high-reliability current-mode PUF circuit based on a reference current source.
Technical solutions used by the invention to settle aforesaid technical issue are stated as follows: A current-mode PUF circuit based on a reference current source comprises a timing controller, an input register, a deviation current comparator and a deviation signal generation circuit. The timing controller is provided with a clock terminal, a setting terminal, a 1st output terminal and a 2nd output terminal. Clock control signals are to be accessed to the clock terminal of the timing controller. Setting signals are to be accessed to the setting terminal of the timing controller. The input register is provided with an enable terminal, an input terminal and m output terminals, and m is an integer greater than or equal to 2. The deviation current comparator is provided with a power terminal, an enable terminal, a 1st input terminal, a 2nd input terminal and an output terminal. The 1st output terminal of the timing controller is connected to the enable terminal of the input register. The 2nd output terminal of the timing controller is connected to the enable terminal of the deviation current comparator. The input terminal of the input register is the input terminal of the current-mode PUF circuit based on the reference current source. The output terminal of the deviation current comparator is the output terminal of the current-mode PUF circuit based on the reference current source. The deviation signal generation circuit comprises a deviation current source array and the reference current source. The deviation current source array is provided with m input terminals, a 1st bias terminal, a 2nd bias terminal, a 1st output terminal and a 2nd output terminal. The reference current source is provided with a power terminal, a 1st output terminal and a 2nd output terminal.
The reference current source comprises a 1st PMOS transistor, a 2nd PMOS transistor, a 3rd PMOS transistor, a 4th PMOS transistor, a 5th PMOS transistor, a 6th PMOS transistor, a 7th PMOS transistor, a 1st NMOS transistor, a 2nd NMOS transistor, a 3rd NMOS transistor, a 4th NMOS transistor, a 5th NMOS transistor, a 6th NMOS transistor, a 7th NMOS transistor, an 8th NMOS transistor, a 9th NMOS transistor and a resistor. The source of the 1st PMOS transistor, the source of the 2nd PMOS transistor, the source of the 3rd PMOS transistor, the source of the 4th PMOS transistor and the source of the 5th PMOS transistor are connected, and the connecting terminal is the power terminal of the reference current source, and the power terminal of the reference current source is to be accessed to an external power supply. The gate of the 1st PMOS transistor, the drain of the 3rd PMOS transistor, the gate of the 3rd PMOS transistor, the gate of the 4th PMOS transistor and the gate of the 5th PMOS transistor are connected to one terminal of the resistor. The drain of the 1st PMOS transistor, the drain of the 1st NMOS transistor, the gate of the 1st NMOS transistor and the gate of the 2nd NMOS transistor are connected. The drain of the 2nd PMOS transistor, the gate of the 2nd PMOS transistor, the other terminal of the resistor, the gate of the 6th PMOS transistor and the gate of the 7th PMOS transistor are connected to the drain of the 3rd NMOS transistor. The drain of the 4th PMOS transistor is connected to the source of the 6th MPOS transistor. The drain of the 5th PMOS transistor is connected to the source of the 7th PMOS transistor. The source of the 1st NMOS transistor, the drain of the 2nd NMOS transistor, the gate of the 3rd NMOS transistor and the gate of the 4th NMOS transistor are connected to the gate of the 5th NMOS transistor, and the connecting terminal is the 1st output terminal of the reference current source. The source of the 2nd NMOS transistor and the drain of the 6th NMOS transistor are connected to the gate of the 6th NMOS transistor. The source of the 3rd NMOS transistor is connected to the drain of the 7th NMOS transistor. The source of the 4th NMOS transistor is connected to the drain of the 8th NMOS transistor. The drain of the 4th NMOS transistor, the drain of the 6th PMOS transistor and the gate of the 7th NMOS transistor are connected to the gate of the 8th NMOS transistor. The source of the 5th NMOS transistor is connected to the drain of the 9th NMOS transistor. The drain of the 5th NMOS transistor and the drain of the 7th PMOS transistor are connected to the gate of the 9th NMOS transistor, and the connecting terminal is the 2nd output terminal of the reference current source. The source of the 6th NMOS transistor, the source of the 7th NMOS transistor and the source of the 8th NMOS transistor are connected to the source of the 9th NMOS transistor, the connecting terminal is the ground terminal of the reference current source, and the ground terminal of the reference current source is grounded.
The ratio of the width-to-length ratio of the 3rd PMOS transistor to the width-to-length ratio of the 4th PMOS transistor is 1:1.
The ratio of the width-to-length ratio of the 4th PMOS transistor to the width-to-length ratio of the 5th PMOS transistor is 1:k, and k is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
The ratio of the width-to-length ratio of the 7th NMOS transistor to the width-to-length ratio of the 8th NMOS transistor is 2:1.
The 2nd PMOS transistor is a high-threshold PMOS transistor.
The deviation current source array comprises m deviation current source cells of the same circuit structure. Each deviation current source cell comprises a 10th NMOS transistor, a 11th NMOS transistor, a 12th NMOS transistor, a 13th NMOS transistor, a 14th NMOS transistor and a 15th NMOS transistor, wherein the drain of the 10th NMOS transistor is the 1st output terminal of the deviation current source cell, and the drain of the 11th NMOS transistor is the 2nd output terminal of the deviation current source cell; the gate of the 10th NMOS transistor is connected to the gate of the 11th NMOS transistor, and the connecting terminal is the input terminal of the deviation current source cell; the source of the 10th NMOS transistor is connected to the drain of the 12th NMOS transistor; the source of the 11th NMOS transistor is connected to the drain of the 13th NMOS transistor; the gate of the 12th NMOS transistor is connected to the gate of the 13th NMOS transistor, and the connecting terminal is the 1st bias terminal of the deviation current source cell; the source of the 12th NMOS transistor is connected to the drain of the 14th NMOS transistor; the source of the 13th NMOS transistor is connected to the drain of the 15th NMOS transistor; the gate of the 14th NMOS transistor is connected to the gate of the 15th NMOS transistor, and the connecting terminal is the 2nd bias terminal of the deviation current source cell; and the source of the 14th NMOS transistor is connected to the source of the 15th NMOS transistor.
The 1st bias terminals of the m deviation current source cells are connected, and the connecting terminal is the 1st bias terminal of the deviation current source array. The 2nd bias terminals of the m deviation current source cells are connected, and the connecting terminal is the 2nd bias terminal of the deviation current source array. The 1st output terminals of the m bias current source cells are connected, and the connecting terminal is the 1st output terminal of the deviation current source array. The 2nd output terminals of the m deviation current source cells are connected, and the connecting terminal is the 2nd output terminal of the deviation current source array. The input terminals of the m deviation current source cells are the m input terminals of the deviation current source array.
The 1st bias terminal of the deviation current source array is connected to the 1st output terminal of the reference current source, and the 2nd bias terminal of the deviation current source array is connected to the 2nd output terminal of the reference current source.
The 1st output terminal of the deviation current source array is the 1st output terminal of the deviation signal generation circuit. The 2nd output terminal of the deviation current source array is the 2nd output terminal of the deviation signal generation circuit. The m input terminals of the deviation current source array are m input terminals of the deviation signal generation circuit, the m input terminals of the deviation signal generation circuit are connected to the m output terminals of the input register in a one-to-one corresponding mode. The 1st output terminal of the deviation signal generation circuit is connected to the 1st input terminal of the deviation current comparator. The 2nd output terminal of the deviation signal generation circuit is connected to the 2nd input terminal of the deviation current comparator.
The deviation current comparator comprises an 8th PMOS transistor, a 9th PMOS transistor, a 10th PMOS transistor, a 11th PMOS transistor, a 1st capacitor, a 2nd capacitor, a 1st inverter and a 2nd inverter, wherein the 9th PMOS transistor and the 10th PMOS transistor are both low-threshold PMOS transistors; the source of the 8th PMOS transistor, the source of the 9th PMOS transistor and the source of the 10th PMOS transistor are connected to the source of the 11th PMOS transistor, and the connecting terminal is the power terminal of the deviation current comparator, and the power terminal of the deviation current comparator is to be accessed to the external power supply; the gate of the 8th PMOS transistor is connected to the gate of the 11th PMOS transistor, and the connecting terminal is the enable terminal of the deviation current comparator; the drain of the 8th PMOS transistor, the drain of the 9th PMOS transistor, the gate of the 10th PMOS transistor and the input terminal of the 1st inverter are connected to one terminal of the 1st capacitor, and the connecting terminal is the 1st input terminal of the deviation current comparator; the gate of the 9th PMOS transistor, the drain of the 10th PMOS transistor, the drain of the 11th PMOS transistor and the input terminal of the 2nd inverter are connected to one terminal of the 2nd capacitor, and the connecting terminal is the 2nd input terminal of the deviation current comparator; and the output terminal of the 2nd inverter is the output terminal of the deviation current comparator, and the other terminal of the 1st capacitor and the other terminal of the 2nd capacitor are grounded. In the circuit, the deviation current comparator generates an output response according to the magnitude of an input current. In the circuit, the 9th PMOS transistor and the 10th PMOS transistor form a pair of low-threshold cross-coupled PMOS transistors, and the 1st capacitor and the 2nd capacitor form a pair of node capacitors. The judgment process is divided into a precharging stage, a signal amplification stage and an evaluation stage. In the precharging stage, a node A and a node B are accessed to the external power supply VDD through an enable signal SAEN; when the enable signal SAEN reaches a high level, the node A and the node B are released, and the signal amplification stage starts; when currents (IA and IB) are output from branches on the two sides of the deviation current comparator, the node capacitors, namely the 1st capacitor and the 2nd capacitor, start to discharge, and the higher the discharge currents, the faster the voltages of the nodes on the corresponding sides drop; and the 9th responsive PMOS transistor or the 10th responsive PMOS transistor will be turned on no matter the voltage of which node drops to VDD+VTH (VTH is the threshold voltage of the 9th PMOS transistor and the 10th PMOS transistor) first, the evaluation stage starts at the moment, the deviation current comparator rapidly generates an output response according to positive feedback, and thus a response signal is output rapidly and accurately. The circuit is simple in structure, rapid in output response and high in precision.
The threshold voltage of the 2nd PMOS transistor is 613 mV.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following advantages: The PUF circuit is composed of the input register, the reference current source, the deviation current source array, the deviation current comparator and the timing controller, wherein the input register is used for ensuring the synchronization of input challenges so as to avoid the influence of asynchronous challenges on the output response, the reference current source generates a reference current for temperature and voltage compensation, the deviation current source array generates two paths of deviation currents controlled by the challenges, the deviation current comparator generates and outputs a judgment according to the magnitude of the deviation current provided by the deviation current source array, and the timing controller is used for generating timing information for operation of the PUF circuit; the reference current source comprises the 1st PMOS transistor, the 2nd PMOS transistor, the 3rd PMOS transistor, the 4th PMOS transistor, the 5th PMOS transistor, the 6th PMOS transistor, the 7th PMOS transistor, the 1st NMOS transistor, the 2nd NMOS transistor, the 3rd NMOS transistor, the 4th NMOS transistor, the 5th NMOS transistor, the 6th NMOS transistor, the 7th NMOS transistor, the 8th NMOS transistor, the 9th NMOS transistor and the resistor; the deviation current source array comprises the m deviation current source cells of the same circuit structure; each deviation current source cell comprises the 10th NMOS transistor, the 11th NMOS transistor, the 12th NMOS transistor, the 13th NMOS transistor, the 14th NMOS transistor and the 15th NMOS transistor; the reference current source generates the reference current I1 which will not be affected by temperature or voltage fluctuation and adopts MOS transistors with different threshold voltages to achieve temperature compensation; the resistor serves as a voltage division resistor, the 2nd PMOS transistor is a high-threshold PMOS transistor, the 3rd PMOS transistor is a normal-threshold PMOS transistor, and the threshold voltages of the 2nd PMOS transistor and the 3rd PMOS transistor have the same temperature coefficient; as the ratio of the width-to-length ratio of the 3rd PMOS transistor to the width-to-length ratio of the 4th PMOS transistor is 1:1 and the ratio of the width-to-length ratio of the 7th NMOS transistor to the width-to-length ratio of the 8th NMOS transistor is 2:1, the current across the 7th NMOS transistor and the current across the 8th NMOS transistor are 2I1 and I1 respectively, the current across the 3rd PMOS transistor and the current across the 4th PMOS transistor are both I1, in this way, the current I1 across the 2nd PMOS transistor is only related to the temperature coefficient of the resistor R1, and when resistors with different temperature coefficients are connected in series to form the resistor R1 with a first-order zero-temperature coefficient, the current I1 will not be affected by the first-order zero-temperature coefficient; as the ratio of the width-to-length ratio of the 4th PMOS transistor to the width-to-length ratio of the 5th PMOS transistor is 1:k, the magnitude of the current IREF output by the 2nd output terminal of the reference current source is kI1; the deviation current source array is composed of the m deviation current cells of the completely identical structure, the current ia and the current ib of each deviation current source cell are obtained by copying the reference current generated by the reference current source I1, and thus the deviation current source are insensitive to temperature and voltage fluctuation; as in current sources have completely identical design parameters and share the bias voltages (Vb1 and Vb2) output by the deviation current source, the output currents of the deviation current source cells are equal theoretically; however, random deviations inevitably exist between the deviation current cells under the influence of process deviations, and thus the magnitudes of the copied currents are different (due to the process deviations); when the 9th PMOS transistor and the 10th PMOS transistor of each deviation current source cell are connected, the amplitude of the current source hardly changes, namely the currents copied by the deviation current source cells do not change along with the voltage change, and the deviation current source array with random deviations is controlled by challenges (d1, d2, . . . , dm) output by the input register, and finally, deviation current signals IA, IB are generated and output; as the current ia, and the current ib in each deviation current source cell are spatially adjacent, global variations between the current ia and the current ib can be eliminated to prevent influences on IA and IB, and thus the robustness is high. Therefore, the PUF circuit of the invention has high reliability, the circuit layout of the invention is designed through a full customization method based on the TSMC-LP 65 nm CMOS process, and the circuit has an area of 38 μm 46 μm and the average power consumption of 25.7 μW (@100 MHz). Experimental results show that the PUF circuit of the invention has good uniqueness and high reliability of 99.6% when operating under different temperature (−40˜120° C.) and different voltages of (1.08˜1.32V).
The invention is further described as follows in combination with drawings and embodiments.
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In this embodiment, the threshold voltage of the 2nd PMOS transistor P2 is 613 mV, and the threshold voltage of the 9th PMOS transistor P9 and the 10th PMOS transistor P10 is −487 mV, and other NMOS transistors and other PMOS transistors are all normal-threshold MOS transistors, the threshold voltage of the normal-threshold NMOS transistors is 533 mV, and the threshold voltage of the normal-threshold PMOS transistors is 567 mV.
The TSMC-LP 65 nm CMOS process is used for the layout design of the PUF circuit of the invention, parasitic parameters are extracted and Cadence Virtuoso Spectre is used for computer simulation to respectively verify the uniqueness and reliability of the output response, and the power consumption and area of the circuit are evaluated. The layout of the PUF circuit with the excitation length of 64 bits (m=64) is designed through a full customization method. The layout area of the whole circuit is 38 μm 46 μm, the average consumption is 25.7 μW (@100 MHZ), and the static power consumption is 0.65 μW.
Claims
1. A current-mode PUF circuit based on a reference current source, characterized in that comprises:
- a timing controller;
- an input register;
- a deviation current comparator; and
- a deviation signal generation circuit;
- wherein the timing controller comprises a clock terminal, a setting terminal, a 1st output terminal and a 2nd output terminal,
- wherein clock control signals are to be accessed to the clock terminal of the timing controller and setting signals are to be accessed to the setting terminal of the timing controller;
- wherein the input register comprises an enable terminal, an input terminal and m output terminals, and m is an integer greater than or equal to 2;
- wherein the deviation current comparator comprises a power terminal, an enable terminal, a 1st input terminal, a 2nd input terminal and an output terminal,
- wherein the 1st output terminal of the timing controller is connected to the enable terminal of the input register and the 2nd output terminal of the timing controller is connected to the enable terminal of the deviation current comparator,
- wherein the input terminal of the input register is the input terminal of the current-mode PUF circuit based on the reference current source and the output terminal of the deviation current comparator is the output terminal of the current-mode PUF circuit based on the reference current source;
- wherein the deviation signal generation circuit comprises a deviation current source array and the reference current source, the deviation current source array is provided with m input terminals, a 1st bias terminal, a 2nd bias terminal, a 1st output terminal and a 2nd output terminal, the reference current source comprises a power terminal, a 1st output terminal and a 2nd output terminal;
- wherein the reference current source comprises a 1st PMOS transistor, a 2nd PMOS transistor, a 3rd PMOS transistor, a 4th PMOS transistor, a 5th PMOS transistor, a 6th PMOS transistor, a 7th PMOS transistor, a 1st NMOS transistor, a 2nd NMOS transistor, a 3rd NMOS transistor, a 4th NMOS transistor, a 5th NMOS transistor, a 6th NMOS transistor, a 7th NMOS transistor, an 8th NMOS transistor, a 9th NMOS transistor and a resistor,
- wherein a source terminal of the 1st PMOS transistor, a source terminal of the 2nd PMOS transistor, a source terminal of the 3rd PMOS transistor, a source terminal of the 4th PMOS transistor and a source terminal of the 5th PMOS transistor are connected, and a connecting terminal is the power terminal of the reference current source, and the power terminal of the reference current source is to be accessed to an external power supply,
- wherein a gate terminal of the 1st PMOS transistor, a drain terminal of the 3rd PMOS transistor, a gate terminal of the 3rd PMOS transistor, a gate terminal of the 4th PMOS transistor and a gate terminal of the 5th PMOS transistor are connected to first terminal of the resistor,
- wherein a drain terminal of the 1st PMOS transistor, a drain terminal of the 1st NMOS transistor, a gate terminal of the 1st NMOS transistor and a gate terminal of the 2nd NMOS transistor are connected, a drain terminal of the 2nd PMOS transistor, a gate terminal of the 2nd PMOS transistor, the second terminal of the resistor, a gate terminal of the 6th PMOS transistor and a gate terminal of the 7th PMOS transistor are connected to a drain terminal of the 3rd NMOS transistor,
- wherein a drain terminal of the 4th PMOS transistor is connected to a source terminal of the 6th MPOS transistor, and a drain terminal of the 5th PMOS transistor is connected to a source terminal of the 7th PMOS transistor,
- wherein a source terminal of the 1st NMOS transistor, a drain ten anal of the 2nd NMOS transistor, a gate terminal of the 3rd NMOS transistor and a gate terminal of the 4th NMOS transistor are connected to a gate terminal of the 5th NMOS transistor, and the connecting terminal is the 1st output terminal of the reference current source,
- wherein a source terminal of the 2nd NMOS transistor and a drain terminal of the 6th NMOS transistor are connected to a gate terminal of the 6th NMOS transistor, a source terminal of the 3rd NMOS transistor is connected to a drain terminal of the 7th NMOS transistor, a source terminal of the 4th NMOS transistor is connected to a drain terminal of the 8th NMOS transistor, a drain terminal of the 4th NMOS transistor, a drain terminal of the 6th PMOS transistor and a gate terminal of the 7th NMOS transistor are connected to a gate terminal of the 8th NMOS transistor, a source terminal of the 5th NMOS transistor is connected to a drain terminal of the 9th NMOS transistor, a drain terminal of the 5th NMOS transistor and a drain terminal of the 7th PMOS transistor are connected to a gate terminal of the 9th NMOS transistor, and the connecting terminal is the 2nd output terminal of the reference current source,
- wherein a source terminal of the 6th NMOS transistor, a source terminal of the 7th NMOS transistor and a source terminal of the 8th NMOS transistor are connected to a source terminal of the 9th NMOS transistor, the connecting terminal is the ground terminal of the reference current source, and the ground terminal of the reference current source is grounded,
- wherein the ratio of the width-to-length ratio of the 3rd PMOS transistor to the width-to-length ratio of the 4th PMOS transistor is 1:1;
- wherein the ratio of the width-to-length ratio of the 4th PMOS transistor to the width-to-length ratio of the 5th PMOS transistor is 1:k, and k is an integer greater than or equal to 1;
- wherein the ratio of the width-to-length ratio of the 7th NMOS transistor to the width-to-length ratio of the 8th NMOS transistor is 2:1;
- wherein the 2nd PMOS transistor is a high-threshold PMOS transistor;
- wherein the deviation current source array comprises m deviation current source cells of the same circuit structure and each deviation current source cell comprises a 10th NMOS transistor, a 11th NMOS transistor, a 12th NMOS transistor, a 13th NMOS transistor, a 14th NMOS transistor and a 15th NMOS transistor,
- wherein a drain terminal of the 10th NMOS transistor is the 1st output terminal of the deviation current source cell, and a drain terminal of the 11th NMOS transistor is the 2nd output terminal of the deviation current source cell;
- wherein a gate terminal of the 10th NMOS transistor is connected to a gate terminal of the 11th NMOS transistor, and the connecting terminal is the input terminal of the deviation current source cell; a source gate of the 10th NMOS transistor is connected to a drain terminal of the 12th NMOS transistor; a source terminal of the 11th NMOS transistor is connected to a drain terminal of the 13th NMOS transistor; a gate terminal of the 12th NMOS transistor is connected to a gate terminal of the 13th NMOS transistor, and the connecting terminal is the 1st bias terminal of the deviation current source cell; a source terminal of the 12th NMOS transistor is connected to a drain terminal of the 14th NMOS transistor; a source terminal of the 13th NMOS transistor is connected to a drain terminal of the 15th NMOS transistor; a gate terminal of the 14th NMOS transistor is connected to a gate terminal of the 15th NMOS transistor, and the connecting terminal is the 2nd bias terminal of the deviation current source cell; and a source terminal of the 14th NMOS transistor is connected to a source terminal of the 15th NMOS transistor,
- wherein the 1st bias terminals of the m deviation current source cells are connected, and the connecting terminal is the 1st bias terminal of the deviation current source array,
- wherein the 2nd bias terminals of the in deviation current source cells are connected, and the connecting terminal is the 2nd bias terminal of the deviation current source array,
- wherein the 1st output terminals of the m bias current source cells are connected, and the connecting terminal is the 1st output terminal of the deviation current source array,
- wherein the 2nd output terminals of the in deviation current source cells are connected, and the connecting terminal is the 2nd output terminal of the deviation current source array,
- wherein the input terminals of the m deviation current source cells are the m input terminals of the deviation current source array,
- wherein the 1st bias terminal of the deviation current source array is connected to the 1st output terminal of the reference current source, and the 2nd bias terminal of the deviation current source array is connected to the 2nd output terminal of the reference current source,
- wherein the 1st output terminal of the deviation current source array is the 1st output terminal of the deviation signal generation circuit, the 2nd output terminal of the deviation current source array is the 2nd output terminal of the deviation signal generation circuit, the m input terminals of the deviation current source array are m input terminals of the deviation signal generation circuit, the m input terminals of the deviation signal generation circuit are connected to the m output terminals of the input register in a one-to-one corresponding mode, the 1st output terminal of the deviation signal generation circuit is connected to the 1st input terminal of the deviation current comparator, the 2nd output terminal of the deviation signal generation circuit is connected to the 2nd input terminal of the deviation current comparator.
2. A current-mode PUF circuit based on a reference current source according to claim 1, wherein the deviation current comparator comprises an 8th PMOS transistor, a 9th PMOS transistor, a 10th PMOS transistor, a 11th PMOS transistor, a 1st capacitor, a 2nd capacitor, a 1st inverter and a 2nd inverter,
- wherein the 9th PMOS transistor and the 10th PMOS transistor are both low-threshold PMOS transistors; a source terminal of the 8th PMOS transistor, a source terminal of the 9th PMOS transistor and a source terminal of the 10th PMOS transistor are connected to a source terminal of the 11th PMOS transistor, and the connecting terminal is the power terminal of the deviation current comparator, and the power terminal of the deviation current comparator is to be accessed to the external power supply; a gate terminal of the 8th PMOS transistor is connected to a gate terminal of the 11th PMOS transistor, and the connecting terminal is the enable terminal of the deviation current comparator; a drain terminal of the 8th PMOS transistor, a drain terminal of the 9th PMOS transistor, a gate terminal of the 10th PMOS transistor and an input terminal of the 1st inverter are connected to first terminal of the 1st capacitor, and the connecting terminal is the 1st input terminal of the deviation current comparator; a gate terminal of the 9th PMOS transistor, a drain terminal of the 10th PMOS transistor, a drain terminal of the 11th PMOS transistor and an input terminal of the 2nd inverter are connected to one terminal of the 2nd capacitor, and the connecting terminal is the 2nd input terminal of the deviation current comparator; and an output terminal of the 2nd inverter is the output terminal of the deviation current comparator, and the second terminal of the 1st capacitor and the other terminal of the 2nd capacitor are grounded.
3. A current-mode PUF circuit based on a reference current source according to claim 1, wherein the threshold voltage of the 2nd PMOS transistor is 613 mV.
Type: Application
Filed: Jul 19, 2018
Publication Date: Mar 28, 2019
Applicant: Ningbo University (Zhejiang)
Inventors: Pengjun WANG (Zhejiang), Gang LI (Zhejiang), Huihong ZHANG (Zhejiang)
Application Number: 16/039,351