Having access to a unique quantum circuit that one wants to protect against use by others is a very likely scenario in industrial computing. However, currently, users rely on classical computer security schemes, which have known shortcomings. In this...
The significant rise in the cost of manufacturing nanoscale integrated circuits (ICs) has led the majority of IC design companies to outsource the fabrication of their products to other companies, often located in different countries. The multination...
Integrated circuit (IC) piracy and overproduction are serious issues that threaten the security and integrity of a system. Logic locking is a type of hardware obfuscation technique where additional key gates are inserted into the circuit. Only the co...
The current trend to globalize the supply chain in the Integrated Circuits (ICs) industry has raised several security concerns including, among others, IC overproduction. Over the past years, logic locking has grown into a prominent countermeasure to...
The outsourcing of integrated circuit (IC) fabrication services to overseas manufacturing foundry has raised security and privacy concerns with regard to intellectual property (IP) protection as well as the integrity maintenance of the fabricated chi...
The current trend of globalization of the supply chain in the integrated circuit (IC) industry has led to numerous security issues, such as intellectual property (IP) piracy, overbuilding, hardware Trojan (HT), and so on. Over the past decade or so,...
Effective resistance to intellectual property theft, reverse engineering, and hardware Trojan insertion in integrated circuit supply chains is increasingly essential, for which many solutions have been proposed. Accordingly, strong attacks are also d...
In recent years, discovering various vulnerabilities in the IC supply chain has raised security concerns in electronic systems. Recent research has proposed numerous attack and defense mechanisms involving various nanoelectronic devices. Spintronic d...
To simultaneously track the ideal slip rate and realize ideal energy recovery efficiency under different complex road conditions, an electro-hydraulic compound anti-lock braking system based on interval type-2 fuzzy logic control strategy and its cor...
Emerging spintronics devices in recent research have received much interest in various fields. Their unique physical aspects are being explored to keep Moore’s law alive. Therefore, the hardware security aspects of system-on-a-chip (SoC) design...
Hardware implementations of cryptographic primitives require protection against physical attacks and supply chain threats. This raises the question of secure composability of different attack countermeasures, i.e., whether protecting a circuit agains...
Test time per chip plays an essential role in manufacturing tests. Keeping a low number of test patterns becomes one of the prime objectives in concurrence with achieving the desired fault coverage. Unfortunately, finding an optimum set is an NP-hard...
Key-based circuit obfuscation or logic-locking is a technique that can be used to hide the full design of an integrated circuit from an untrusted foundry or end-user. The technique is based on creating ambiguity in the original circuit by inserting &...
Design-for-test/debug (DfT/D) introduces scan chain testing to increase testability and fault coverage by inserting scan flip-flops. However, these scan chains are also known to be a liability for security primitives. In previous research, the dynami...
The goal of this research is to develop a fuzzy logic-based vehicle door control system to avoid motorcycle–vehicle door crash accidents. Accidents of this nature usually occur when the driver has parked the car, opens the door getting out of the car...
This paper presents the design and performance analysis of a wideband charge-pump phase-locked loop (CPPLL) characterized by low reference spur and low phase noise. The proposed CPPLL, operating as a wideband phase-locked loop (PLL) with a reference...
Traditional friction braking torque and motor braking torque can be used in braking for electric vehicles (EVs). A sliding mode controller (SMC) based on the exponential reaching law for the anti-lock braking system (ABS) is developed to maintain the...
Solar energy solutions have become increasingly popular worldwide due to the growing need for renewable energy. This article presents a photovoltaic (PV) system connected to a three-phase power grid, modeled under varying climatic conditions. It cons...
This study explores the design and implementation of a control system integrating the anti-lock braking system (ABS) with frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar technology to enhance safety and performance in autonomous vehicles. The propos...
Frequency divider circuits divide the frequency of an input signal by a specified ratio. They are critical components in analog, digital, and mixed-signal microelectronics. In power-constrained environments, such as cryogenic electronics or implanted...
Split manufacturing was introduced as a countermeasure against hardware-level security threats such as IP piracy, overbuilding, and insertion of hardware Trojans. However, the security promise of split manufacturing has been challenged by various att...
Anti-lock braking systems (ABSs) play a vital role in vehicle safety by preventing wheel lockup and maintaining stability during braking. However, their performance is strongly affected by variations in tire–road friction, which often limits th...
A voltage source inverter (VSI) is the key component of grid-tied AC Microgrid (MG) which requires a fast response, and stable, robust controllers to ensure efficient operation. In this paper, a fuzzy logic controller (FLC)-based direct power control...
The paper presents the study of an anti-lock braking system (ABS) that has been complemented by a fuzzy controller. The fuzzy controller was used to improve the braking performance of the vehicle, particularly in critical situations, for example, whe...
Ship lock zones represent bottlenecks and a particular challenge for authorities managing vessel traffic. Traditionally, the control strategy of such systems has relied heavily on the subjective judgment, experience, and tacit knowledge of ship lock...
Logic locking is a technique that can help hinder reverse-engineering-based attacks in the IC supply chain from untrusted foundries or end-users. In 2015, the Boolean Satisfiability (SAT) attack was introduced. Although the SAT attack is effective in...
This paper develops a decision-making model to assist the improvement of the carrying capacity of ship locks by combing fuzzy logic, the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method, and the technique for order preference by similarity to an ideal solutio...
The paper introduces the concept of a True Random Number Generator (TRNG) based on an unstable circuit that uses only two types of logic devices: XOR gates and logic inverters forming delay lines. The core circuit ensures randomness in both the volta...
A gateless lateral p-n junction with reconfigurability is demonstrated on graphene by ion-locking using solid polymer electrolytes. Ions in the electrolytes are used to configure electric-double-layers (EDLs) that induce p- and n-type regions in grap...
This paper presents a regenerative braking logic that aims to maximize the recovery of energy during braking without compromising the stability of the vehicle. This model of regenerative braking ensures that the regenerative torque of the electric mo...
A 65–67 GHz phase-locked loop (PLL) with a novel low power phase-frequency detector (PFD) in 65 nm LP CMOS is presented. The PLL consists of a V-band voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), a divide-by-two injection-locked frequency divider (ILFD)...
This paper presents a Q-band image-rejection receiver using a 65 nm CMOS technology. For a high image-rejection ratio (IMRR), the Q-band receiver employs the Hartley architecture which consists of a Q-band low-noise amplifier, two down-conversion mix...
A high-speed programmable frequency divider for a Ka-band phase-locked loop (PLL)-type frequency synthesizer system is presented and fabricated in 90 nm CMOS technology. It consists mainly of a divided-by-8/9 dual-modulus prescaler (DMP) and pulse sw...
The Advanced Virgo Plus project aims to increase the sensitivity of the Virgo gravitational-wave detector, given the forthcoming O4 Observing Run. One of the major upgrades is the addition of the Signal Recycling Mirror in the optical layout. This ad...
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A low-power delay-locked loop (DLL)-based frequency multiplier is presented. The multiplier is designed in 22 nm FDSOI and achieves 8× multiplication. The proposed DLL uses a new simple duty cycle correction circuit and is XOR logic-based for f...
This paper presents a multiplexer-based extended range multi-modulus divider (ER-MMD) technique for multi-band phase locked loop (PLL). The architecture maintains a modular structure by using conventional 2/3 divider cells and a multiplexer without a...
This paper presents a buck converter with a novel constant frequency controlled technique, which employs the proposed frequency detector and adaptive on-time control (AOT) logic to lock the switching frequency. The control scheme, design concept, and...
In this paper, a digital-to-time converter (DTC) based on the three delay lines (3D) Vernier principle is proposed and implemented with field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Based on the 3D Vernier principle, the DTC is realized by three period app...
Automotive driving safety systems such as an anti-lock braking system (ABS) and an electronic stability program (ESP) assist drivers in controlling the vehicle to avoid road accidents. In this paper, ABS and the ESP, based on the fuzzy logic theory,...
This paper presents a comparative study between two maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithms, the incremental conductance algorithm (InC) and the fuzzy logic controller (FLC). The two algorithms were applied to a low photovoltaic power conversi...
With the advancement of beyond-CMOS devices to keep Moore’s law alive, several emerging devices have found application in a wide range of applications. Spintronic devices offer low power, non-volatility, inherent spatial and temporal randomness...
This study addresses the sustainable revitalization of the Canal de Castilla through a community-focused approach and an assessment via fuzzy logic of the implementation of hydroelectric turbines. The canal, built in the 18th century, played a key ro...
Global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers use tracking loops to lock onto GNSS signals. Fixed loop settings limit the tracking performance against noise, receiver dynamics, and the current scenario. Adaptive tracking loops adjust these sett...
We propose a dual-channel interface architecture that allocates high and low transition-density bit streams to two separate channels. The transmitter utilizes the stacked drivers with charge-recycling to reduce the power consumption. The direct curre...
This study presents a heterogeneous PLC-based distributed controller integrating an embedded logic-monitoring blackbox for real-time failover and fault detection in industrial control environments. Industrial automation and water treatment systems he...
This paper presents a design of a 48 GHz CMOS phase-locked loop (PLL) for 60 GHz millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication systems. For the sliding intermediate frequency (sliding-IF) transceiver applications, a fundamental frequency PLL with quadrature...
Rubidium fountain clocks are operated by a control system. In this study, first, the control requirements of a rubidium fountain clock are analyzed; then, a control system is designed and divided into a timing sequence control system, a data acquisit...
The paper investigates various implementations of a master–slave paradigm using the popular OpenMP API and relative performance of the former using modern multi-core workstation CPUs. It is assumed that a master partitions available input into a batc...
To remedy the defects of conventional pneumatic ABS (anti-lock Braking system) controller testing equipment for commercial vehicles, such as low efficiency and difficult testing condition configurations, a workflow was proposed based on the unit inte...
This paper presents a voltage-controlled phase shifter (VCPS) capable of 360° continuous adjustment, applied in laser frequency-locking systems to obtain maximum amplitude error signals with minimal dispersion. The phase-shifting unit is realized...
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