Gate Camouflaging Using Reconfigurable ISFET-Based Threshold Voltage Defined Logic. (arXiv:2304.05686v1 [cs.ET])

Most chip designers outsource the manufacturing of their integrated circuits
(ICs) to external foundries due to the exorbitant cost and complexity of the
process. This involvement of untrustworthy, external entities opens the door to
major security threats, such as reverse engineering (RE). RE can reveal the
physical structure and functionality of intellectual property (IP) and ICs,
leading to IP theft, counterfeiting, and other misuses. The concept of the
threshold voltage-defined (TVD) logic family is a potential mechanism to
obfuscate and …

addresses chip complexity concept cost defined design designers door engineering entities external family ics intellectual property logic major manufacturing physical process protect reverse reverse engineering security security threats theft threats