Low level watermarking of VLSI designs for intellectual property protection

David L. Irby; Rexford D. Newbould; Jo Dale Carothers; Jeffrey J. Rodriguez; W. Timothy Holman

Low level watermarking of VLSI designs for intellectual property protection

David L. Irby, Rexford D. Newbould, Jo Dale Carothers, Jeffrey J. Rodriguez, W. Timothy Holman

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Abstract

We propose a method for watermarking, called `fingermarking,' for integrated circuit design at the physical design level. The watermark is embedded in the transistor layout, making our method applicable to digital, analog, and mixed-signal SOC designs. We show that a robust watermark can be applied to many designs, and can be implemented with little or no cost in circuit area or performance.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	136-140
Number of pages	5
Journal	Proceedings of the Annual IEEE International ASIC Conference and Exhibit
State	Published - Jan 1 2000
Event	Proceedings of the 13th Annual IEEE International ASIC/SOC Conference - Arlington, VA, USA Duration: Sep 13 2000 → Sep 16 2000

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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