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Thin Film Effects on Side Channel Signals  

Sun, Y.B. (Semiconductor Display Mechatronics Program, GS_CEI, Kyonggi University)
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Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology / v.12, no.2, 2013 , pp. 51-56 More about this Journal
Abstract
Even if transmissions through normal channel between ubiquitous devices and terminal readers are encrypted, any extra sources of information retrieved from encrypting module can be exploited to figure out the key parameters, so called side channel attack. Since side channel attacks are based on statistical methods, making side channel signal weak or complex is the proper solution to prevent the attack. Among many countermeasures, shielding the electromagnetic signal and adding noise to the EM signal were examined by applying different thicknesses of thin films of ferroelectric (BTO) and conductors (copper and gold). As a test vehicle, chip antenna was utilized to see the change in radiation characteristics: return loss and gain. As a result, the ferroelectric BTO showed no recognizable effect on both shielding and adding noise. Cu thin film showed increasing shielding effect with thickness. Nanometer Au exhibited possibility in adding noise by widening of bandwidth and red shifting of resonating frequencies.
Keywords
Side channel attack; shielding; adding noise; nano film; red shift;
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