Implementation of HIGHT cryptic circuit for RFID tag

Abstract

This paper presented a simplified hardware architecture of the block cryptographic algorithm, HIGHT, for wireless applications like a RFID system. We have modified the original HIGHT algorithm that reduced the critical path in the key scheduler and dismissed redundant logics sharing encryption and decryption datapathes, and thereby yield a smaller silicon area. The proposed HIGHT supporting both encryption and decryption had 2,608 gates, 13% smaller than the original HIGHT design excluding decryption block. It consumes the average power 10.8μW at 2.5V for 100kHz. It can be applicable to passive RFID tag without serious difficulty in size and power. Also, the maximum clock frequency of 125MHz allows a data throughput rate of 235 Mbps that can support cryptography of high-speed multimedia data. © IEICE 2009.