Dynamic differential self-timed logic families for robust and low-power security ICs

  • Authors:
  • Ilham Hassoune;Francois Mace;Denis Flandre;Jean-Didier Legat

  • Affiliations:
  • Microelectronics Laboratory, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Place du Levant 3, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium;Microelectronics Laboratory, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Place du Levant 3, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium;Microelectronics Laboratory, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Place du Levant 3, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium;Microelectronics Laboratory, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Place du Levant 3, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

  • Venue:
  • Integration, the VLSI Journal
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

This paper describes two new dynamic differential self-timed logic families that can be used either to implement low-power security components or low-power high-speed self-timed circuits. Electrical simulations in 0.13@mm partially depleted (PD) SOI CMOS under a V"d"d of 1.2V have shown that the substitution box (S-box), a module of the Khazad cipher algorithm, implemented with the improved feedback low swing current mode logic (IFLSCML) features a power consumption standard deviation almost five times smaller than that of the self-timed DDCVSL one, while consuming 37% less. On the other hand, the 8b CLA implemented with dynamic differential swing limited logic (DDSLL) features a power delay product about 19% lower than that of its counterpart implemented with self-timed DDCVSL.