Title :
Mixed signal design watermarking for IP protection
Author :
Newbould, Rexford D. ; Irby, David L. ; Carothers, Jo Dale ; Rodriguez, Jeffrey J. ; Holman, W. Timothy
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
It has become apparent that a means of protecting physical design intellectual property (IP) is necessary in the global IP block commerce market. IP design is a costly enterprise, making block theft a lucrative trade. This work builds on previous analog watermarking research, extending the methodology into the mixed signal realm with a modification of the analog technique, and the addition of a compatible digital watermarking scheme. Results of analysis and testing on a small digital design-a priority decoder-is presented. The next step is integration of this technique into a full implementation of the automated mixed signal watermarking software
Keywords :
copy protection; industrial property; integrated circuit design; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; IP protection; block theft; global IP block commerce market; mixed signal design; physical design intellectual property; priority decoder; watermarking; Business; Circuits; Design engineering; Intellectual property; Physics computing; Protection; Robustness; Signal design; Testing; Watermarking;
Conference_Titel :
Mixed-Signal Design, 2001. SSMSD. 2001 Southwest Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Austin, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6742-1
DOI :
10.1109/SSMSD.2001.914948