A Security-Enhanced, Charge-Pump-Free, ISO14443-A-/ISO10373-6-Compliant RFID Tag With 16.2-μW Embedded RRAM and Reconfigurable Strong PUF

Qirui Ren; Qiang Huo; Zhisheng Chen; Qi Gao; Yiming Wang; Yiming Yang; Hao Wu; Xiangqu Fu; Xiaoxin Xu; Qing Luo; Jianfeng Gao; Chengying Chen; Xiaojin Zhao; Dengyun Lei; Xinghua Wang; Feng Zhang; Yong Chen; Pui In Mak

doi:10.1109/TVLSI.2022.3222522

A Security-Enhanced, Charge-Pump-Free, ISO14443-A-/ISO10373-6-Compliant RFID Tag With 16.2-μW Embedded RRAM and Reconfigurable Strong PUF

Qirui Ren, Qiang Huo, Zhisheng Chen, Qi Gao, Yiming Wang, Yiming Yang, Hao Wu, Xiangqu Fu, Xiaoxin Xu, Qing Luo, Jianfeng Gao, Chengying Chen, Xiaojin Zhao, Dengyun Lei^*, Xinghua Wang^*, Feng Zhang^*, Yong Chen^*, Pui In Mak

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School of Integrated Circuits and Electronics

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Abstract

Radio frequency identification technology (RFID) has empowered a wide variety of automation industries, such as logistics and freight transportation. To further promote RFID tags adoption, security, power consumption, and cost have always been issues of general concern. This article presents the first synergy of the RFID tag with embedded resistive RAM (RRAM) array and RRAM-based reconfigurable strong physical unclonable function (R-SPUF). The RRAM not only meets the mass storage and technology downscaling but also renders the ultralow-cost '1-cent RFID tag' more feasible. Moreover, the R-SPUF facilitates multiple initializations until a satisfactory distribution and has strong secure keys benefiting from its reconfigurability that improves both safety and reliability. The complete system operates at 13.56 MHz and is compliant with the ISO14443-A and ISO10373-6 (test) protocols. The RFID tag was fabricated on a 1.1-mm2 die based on the 0.18-μm CMOS process. Without resorting to the charge pumps for RRAM read-write operations, the total power consumption is as low as 52.3 μW, of which the RRAM dissipates 16.2μW under a wireless power supply.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	243-252
Number of pages	10
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems
Volume	31
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TVLSI.2022.3222522
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2023

Keywords

Current sense amplifier (CSA)
low cost
low power
physical unclonable function (PUF)
radio frequency identification technology (RFID)
resistive RAM (RRAM)
security

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Ren, Q., Huo, Q., Chen, Z., Gao, Q., Wang, Y., Yang, Y., Wu, H., Fu, X., Xu, X., Luo, Q., Gao, J., Chen, C., Zhao, X., Lei, D., Wang, X., Zhang, F., Chen, Y., & Mak, P. I. (2023). A Security-Enhanced, Charge-Pump-Free, ISO14443-A-/ISO10373-6-Compliant RFID Tag With 16.2-μW Embedded RRAM and Reconfigurable Strong PUF. IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, 31(2), 243-252. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVLSI.2022.3222522

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A Security-Enhanced, Charge-Pump-Free, ISO14443-A-/ISO10373-6-Compliant RFID Tag With 16.2-μW Embedded RRAM and Reconfigurable Strong PUF

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