Title :
A self-timed arithmetic unit for elliptic curve cryptography
Author :
Feldhofer, Martin ; Trathnigg, Thomas ; Schnitzer, Bernd
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Appl. Inf. Process. & Commun., Graz Univ. of Technol., Austria
Abstract :
This paper describes an efficient implementation of a crypto arithmetic unit, which computes the modular-operations of addition, multiplication, and inversion in prime fields. These calculations are important for an application in elliptic curve cryptography (ECC). The hardware is designed in a self-timed and low-power approach. The paper discusses the pros and cons of this approach compared to a synchronous implementation.
Keywords :
digital arithmetic; public key cryptography; addition; crypto arithmetic unit; datapath; elliptic curve cryptography; inverse prime fields; multiplication; self-timed arithmetic unit; Arithmetic; Clocks; Costs; Elliptic curve cryptography; Elliptic curves; Galois fields; Hardware; Information processing; Logic; Public key cryptography;
Conference_Titel :
Digital System Design, 2002. Proceedings. Euromicro Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1790-0
DOI :
10.1109/DSD.2002.1115389
