A Reconfigurable Arbiter PUF with 4 x 4 Switch Blocks
Elena Dubrova · 2018
Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) exploit manufacturing process variation to create responses that are unique to individual integrated circuits (ICs). Typically responses of a PUF cannot be modified once the PUF is fabricated. In applications which use PUFs as a long-term secret key, it would be useful to have a simple mechanism for reconfiguring the PUF in order to update the key periodically. In this paper, we present a new type of arbiter PUFs which use 4 x 4 switch blocks instead of the conventional 2 x 2 ones. Each 4 x 4 switch block can be reconfigured in many different ways during the PUF's lifetime, making possible regular key updates.