A Simulation Flow for Time Domain Magnetic Radiations of ICs

摘要

If for many years ElectroMagnetic (EM) radiations of Integrated Circuits (IC) constitute a main problem from an ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC)- point-of-view, it is now also a critical problem for secure IC designers. Indeed, EM radiations of an IC, and more precisely the magnetic component, can be exploited to retrieve sensible data such as, the secret key of cryptographic algorithms. Within this context, this paper aims at introducing a magnetic field simulation flow allowing predicting, with high spatial and time resolutions, the magnetic radiations of IC cores. Such a flow being mandatory to predict the robustness of secure ICs before fabrication against EM attacks.