STBC: Side-channel Attack Tolerant Balanced Circuit with Reduced Propagation Delay

Jul 1, 2017·
James Hyunmin Kim
James Hyunmin Kim
,
Seokhie Hong
,
Bart Preneel
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Ingrid Verbauwhede
· 0 min read
Abstract
This paper presents STBC, a side-channel attack tolerant balanced circuit design methodology that achieves reduced propagation delay while maintaining strong resistance against power analysis attacks. The approach balances power consumption across all logic transitions without incurring significant timing overhead.
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In IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI 2017)
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James Hyunmin Kim
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Senior SoC Architect & Hardware Security Expert
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from KU Leuven (imec-COSIC), with 15+ years of expertise in secure SoC architecture, hardware security, and cryptographic implementations. Specialized in ARM/RISC-V security subsystems, side-channel countermeasures, and post-quantum cryptography. 4 silicon tape-outs, CAVP-certified security IPs.