Paper Info
Title
Security-Enabled Near-Field Communication Tag With Flexible Architecture Supporting Asymmetric Cryptography
Abstract
This paper presents the design and implementation of a complete near-field communication (NFC) tag system that supports high-security features. The tag design contains all hardware modules required for a practical realization, which are: an analog 13.56-MHz radio-frequency identification (RFID) front-end, a digital part that includes a tiny (programmable) 8-b microcontroller, a framing logic for data transmission, a memory unit, and a crypto unit. All components have been highly optimized to meet the fierce requirements of passively powered RFID devices while providing a high level of flexibility and security. The tag is fully compliant with the NFC Forum Type-4 specification and supports the ISO/IEC 14443A (layer 1–4) communication protocol as well as block transmission according to ISO/IEC 7816. Its security features include support of encryption and decryption using the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES-128), the generation of digital signatures using the elliptic curve digital signature algorithm according to NIST P-192, and several countermeasures against common implementation attacks, such as side-channel attacks and fault analyses. The chip has been fabricated in a 0.35-$\\mu{\\rm m}$ CMOS process technology, and requires 49999 GEs of chip area in total (including digital parts and analog front-end). Finally, we present a practical realization of our design that can be powered passively by a conventional NFC-enabled mobile phone for realizing proof-of-origin applications to prevent counterfeiting of goods, or to provide location-aware services using RFID technology.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/TVLSI.2012.2227849
IEEE Trans. VLSI Syst.
Keywords
Field
DocType
CMOS integrated circuits,cryptography,identification technology,mobile handsets,8-b microcontroller,CMOS process technology,NFC forum type-4 specification,NIST P-192,RFID devices,RFID technology,asymmetric cryptography,block transmission,communication protocol,data transmission,decryption,digital part,digital signatures,hardware modules,location-aware services,memory unit,mobile phone,radio-frequency identification,security-enabled near-field communication tag,8-b microcontroller,VLSI design,advanced encryption standard (AES),elliptic curve cryptography,elliptic curve digital signature algorithm (ECDSA),embedded system,implementation security,near-field communication (NFC),radio-frequency identification (RFID)
Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm,Near field communication,Data transmission,Computer science,Advanced Encryption Standard,Cryptography,Real-time computing,Electronic engineering,Digital signature,Encryption,Public-key cryptography,Embedded system
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
21
11
1063-8210
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.44
0
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Thomas Plos123519.19
Michael Hutter234525.26
Martin Feldhofer330122.92
M. Stiglic450.44
F. Cavaliere550.44