Design of a Chip Destructible Hardware Trojan

Nowadays, the security of chip is getting more important. The research of hardware Trojans, which is closely related with the security of the chip, is becoming a new research hotspot. In this paper, based on the main technology of chip manufacturing and the latch up effect of CMOS process, a physical destruction hardware Trojan based on the latch up effect is designed. In the activation of the hardware Trojan trigger latch up effect, resulting in a short circuit current in the chip circuit and cause irreversible damage. The research is based on 65nm bulk silicon process and make inverter as an example, combined with the actual full custom layout of hardware Trojan, equivalent simulation shows that the design of a chip destructible hardware Trojan is feasible.