Abstract. This paper describes a low power hardware implementation of the Trivium stream cipher based on shift register parallelization techniques. The design was simulated with Modelsim, and synthesized with Synopsys in three CMOS technologies with different gate lengths: 180nm, 130nm and 90 nm. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the suitability of this technique and compare the power consumption and the core area of the low power and standard implementations. The results show that the application of the technique reduces power consumption by more than 20% with only a slight penalty in area and operating frequency.
The design of mixed-signal ASICs for space requires a detailed knowledge of the behaviour of the technology to be used in an environment imposing radiation levels and temperatures beyond those found in standard applications. Commercial foundries providing standard CMOS technologies do not usually have or make available data on the behaviour of their devices under those conditions. Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla and Universidad de Sevilla (IMSE-USE) have started a long term collaboration with the Spanish Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA) to extend its experience on mixed-signal design to the field of ASICs for space applications. The assessment of a commercial (austriamicrosystems) 0.35µm CMOS technology is a first step towards the development of a mixed-signal design methodology, including the development of an RHBD digital library suitable for use in space conditions.
This paper describes a monolithically integrated ω z -gyroscope fabricated in a surface-micromaching technology. As functional structure, a 10 µm thick Silicon-Germanium layer is processed above a standard high voltage 0.35 µm CMOS-ASIC. Drive and Sense of the in plane double wing gyroscope is fully capacitively. Measurement of movement is also done fully capacitively in continuous-time baseband sensing. For characterization, the gyroscope chip is mounted on a breadboard with auxiliary circuits. A noise floor of 0.01 °/s/sqrt(Hz) for operation at 3 mBar is achieved.
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