Establishing trust in untrusted IC testing and provisioning environment

Abstract

A system for secure testing and provisioning of an integrated circuit (IC) includes, in part, a secure reconfigurable key provisioning architecture (SLEEVE) module disposed in the IC, and a secure asset provisioning hardware entity (SAPHE) module. The IC may include, in part, a modified IEEE 1500 wrapper to control its operation modes. The SLEEVE module may include, in part, an encoding/decoding module and an unlocking module. The encoding/decoding module may include, in part, a decode key stream cipher module, an encode key stream cipher module, Seed Key programmable linear-feedback shift registers (LFSRs), Initialization Vector (IV) LFSRs, and configuration registers. The encoding/decoding module may be configured to generate key bits for decoding and encoding inputs and outputs of the IC. The unlocking module may include, in part, a pattern matching block and a counter. The unlocking module may be configured to enable write access to the configuration registers. The SAPHE module may include, in part, a microcontroller, a logging module, a provisioning module, and a communications module. The SAPHE module may be configured to interact with the IC to obtain a status of the IC during a testing and provisioning process. The logging module may include, in part, dedicated memory segments to store values for configuring the SLEEVE module and unlocking patterns for enabling write access to the configuration registers. The provisioning module may include, in part, a content accessible memory (CAM) module to store encrypted test patterns and encoded asset provisioning vectors for intellectual property (IP) blocks in the IC.

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