Security-enabled NFC Tag with Flexible Architecture Supporting Asymmetric Cryptography

Thomas Plos, Michael Hutter, Martin Feldhofer, Maksimiljan Stiglic, Francesco Cavaliere

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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- μm 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.
Originalspracheenglisch
Seiten (von - bis)1965 - 1974
FachzeitschriftIEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems
Jahrgang21
Ausgabenummer11
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2013

Fields of Expertise

  • Information, Communication & Computing

Treatment code (Nähere Zuordnung)

  • Application
  • CRYPTA - Cryptographic Protected Tags for new RFID Applications

    Posch, K.-C. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Feldhofer, M. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Dominikus, S. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Plos, T. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Aigner, M. J. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Hutter, M. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Schmidt, J.-M. (Projektleiter (Principal Investigator)) & Posch, R. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator))

    1/02/0930/06/11

    Projekt: Forschungsprojekt

  • EU - ECRYPT II - European network of excellence in cryptology - Phase II

    Schmidt, J.-M. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Nad, T. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Kirschbaum, M. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Feldhofer, M. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Schläffer, M. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Aigner, M. J. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Rechberger, C. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Lamberger, M. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Tillich, S. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Medwed, M. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Hutter, M. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Rijmen, V. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Mendel, F. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)) & Posch, R. (Projektleiter (Principal Investigator))

    1/08/0831/01/13

    Projekt: Forschungsprojekt

  • RFID Security

    Wenger, E. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Hutter, M. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Oswald, M. E. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Posch, K.-C. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Plos, T. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Herbst, C. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Schmidt, J.-M. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Feldhofer, M. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Szekely, A. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Dominikus, S. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Aigner, M. J. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Kirschbaum, M. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)), Medwed, M. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator)) & Posch, R. (Teilnehmer (Co-Investigator))

    1/01/0515/07/19

    Projekt: Arbeitsgebiet

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