FPGA Implementation of RSA Public-Key Cryptographic Coprocessor for Restricted System

In this paper, the hardware implementation of the RSA public-key cryptographic algorithm is presented. The RSA cryptographic algorithm is depends on the computation of repeated modular exponentials. The Montgomery algorithm is used and modified to reduce hardware resources and to achieve reasonable operating speed for smart card. An efficient architecture for modular multiplications based on the array multiplier is proposed. We have implemented a 10240it RSA cryptographic processor based on proposed scheme in IESA system developed for smart card emulating system. As a result, it is shown that proposed architecture contributes to small area and reasonable speed for smart cards.