Register transfer level based side channel leakage assessment
US11520960B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 15, 2021 |
| Grant date | Dec 6, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 15, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2119/06
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, machine readable media and systems for performing side channel analysis are described. In one embodiment, a method, performed on a data processing system, can receive input data that contains an RTL representation of a design of a circuit and then determine, from the input data, a set of registers that store security related data during operation of the circuit, wherein the set of registers are a subset of all of the registers in the design. The method then determines, in a simulation of power consumption of the set of registers in the RTL representation, security metrics that indicate a level of potential leakage of security related data such as secret or private cryptographic keys.
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