报告题目：Analog IP Protection

演讲摘要：Analog ICs are the most counterfeited semiconductor products as they have high profit margin and are relatively easy to be reverse-engineered. However, analog IP protection is much less studied than its digital counterpart. In this presentation, recent studies on analog IP protection will be introduced. The first is a combinational locking technique built upon configurable current mirror, which is a prevalent component in many analog IC designs. The second approach exploits process variations to achieve circuit locking. The first technique emphasizes protection against reverse-engineering while the second is mostly to defend against over-production at foundries. Both techniques make analog IC counterfeiting or IP piracy much more difficult. Last but not the least, a Schmitt trigger-based key provisioning technique will be described. This technique facilitates an area-efficient realization of the analog IP protection techniques. 

讲者简介：Jiang Hu is currently a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University. His research interests include design and automation of VLSI circuits and systems, computer architecture optimization and hardware security. He has published over 220 technical papers. He received a best paper award at the ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC) in 2001, an IBM Invention Achievement Award in 2003, a best paper award at the IEEE/ACM International Conference on ComputerAided Design (ICCAD) in 2011 and a best paper award at the IEEE International Conference on Vehicular Electronics and Safety in 2018. He served as associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on CAD and the ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems. He was the technical program chair and the general chair of the ACM International Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD) in 2011 and 2012, respectively. He received Humboldt Research Fellowship in 2012. He was named IEEE fellow in 2016.