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March 4, 2026
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Dual-Doped Reconfigurable FETs for Hardware Security: A TCAD Approach

Publicated to: IEEE Access. 14 8366-8374 - 2026-01-01 14(), DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3653483

Authors:

Ortega, Ruben; Hervas, Antonio; Donetti, Luca; Martinez, Alberto; Marquez, Carlos; Cano-Garcia, Manuel; Gamiz, Francisco; Navarro, Carlos
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Univ Granada, CITIC, Dept Elect & Tecnol Comp, Granada 18014, Spain - Author

Abstract

A novel variant of reconfigurable FETs (RFETs), employing source and drain doped terminals instead of Schottky contacts, is explored through TCAD simulations for implementing logic circuits that integrate Design-for-Trust (DfTr) techniques. These include security strategies such as circuit camouflaging and advanced logic locking. Polymorphic Logic Gates (PLGs) based on dual-doped RFET (DD-RFET) technology are designed and validated through mixed-mode simulations at both gate and circuit levels. To demonstrate practical applicability, camouflaging and an URSAT logic-locking scheme are implemented on a small benchmark circuit, and security is evaluated using custom brute-force and SAT-like attacks. While the limited circuit size allows efficient key recovery, results show non-trivial attack effort and significant output corruption for incorrect keys. In addition, DD-RFETs provide enhanced reconfigurability and potentially reduced transistor count compared to conventional CMOS implementations, making them suitable as complementary building blocks for Design-for-Trust applications and as a platform to explore security-oriented circuit design.
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Keywords

Dd-rfetDesign for trustDual dopingHardwareHardware securityLogicLogic functionsLogic gatesLogic lockingMathematical modelsMosfetPerformance evaluationReconfigurableReconfigurable devicesRfetSecuritySemiconductor process modeling

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This work was supported in part by MICIU/AEI /10.13039 /501100011033 under Grant PID2020-119668GB-I00 and GrantPID2023-152467OA-I00, in part by MICIU/AEI /10.13039 /501100011033 and by ''European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR'' underGrant PDC2023-145915-I00, in part by MCIN/AEI /10.13039/501100011033 under Grant MCIN/AEI PID2021-128547OB-I00, and inpart by the CONCEPT-2D funded by Horizon Europe: MSCA under Grant +QCHIP TSI-069100-2023-0003 and Grant 101062995
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