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Image Stitching and Matching Tool in the Automated Iterative Reverse Engineer (AIRE) Integrated Circuit Analysis Suite

Bowman, David C.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1533766175549951

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2018, Master of Science in Computer Engineering (MSCE), Wright State University, Computer Engineering.
Due to current market forces, leading-edge semiconductor fabrication plants have moved outside of the US. While this is not a problem at first glance, when it comes to security-sensitive applications, over-production, device cloning, or design alteration becomes a possibility. Since these vulnerabilities exist during the fabrication phase, a Reverse Engineering (RE) step must be introduced to help ensure secure device operation. This thesis proposes several unique methods and a collection of tools to ensure trust assurance in integrated circuit design by detecting fabrication flaws and possible hardware Trojans using several image processing techniques; fused into a singular view of the design. This suite of tools, the Automated Iterative Reverse Engineer (AIRE), addresses these security concerns. AIRE is comprised of an Image Stitcher, Stitch Assembler, Design Parser, Image Matcher, and IC Image Fusion Viewer. These tools work in concert to assist the design validation test engineers in assessing and analyzing the structure and performance of the IC. The first tool, the Image Stitcher, is the focus of this thesis.
Marty Emmert, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Travis Doom, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
John Gallagher, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
66 p.
Computer Engineering; Electrical Engineering
image processing; image stitching; image matching; reverse engineering; multimodal matching; hardware Trojans; hardware Trojan detection; integrated circuit

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  • Bowman, D. C. (2018). Image Stitching and Matching Tool in the Automated Iterative Reverse Engineer (AIRE) Integrated Circuit Analysis Suite [Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1533766175549951

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bowman, David. Image Stitching and Matching Tool in the Automated Iterative Reverse Engineer (AIRE) Integrated Circuit Analysis Suite. 2018. Wright State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1533766175549951.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bowman, David. "Image Stitching and Matching Tool in the Automated Iterative Reverse Engineer (AIRE) Integrated Circuit Analysis Suite." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1533766175549951

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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