University of South Florida Scholar Commons Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate School 11-23-2013 Theory, Synthesis, and Application of Adiabatic and Reversible Logic Circuits For Security Applications Matthew Arthur Morrison University of South Florida,
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[email protected]. Theory, Synthesis, and Application of Adiabatic and Reversible Logic Circuits For Security Applications by Matthew A. Morrison A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Computer Science and Engineering College of Engineering University of South Florida Major Professor: Nagarajan Ranganathan, Ph.D. Sanjukta Bhanja, Ph.D. Srinivas Katkoori, Ph.D. Jay Ligatti, Ph.D. Kandethody Ramachandran, Ph.D. Hao Zheng, Ph.D. Date of Approval: November 22, 2013 Keywords: Charge Based Computing, DPA Attacks, Encryption, Memory, Power Copyright © 2014, Matthew A. Morrison DEDICATION To my parents, Alfred and Kathleen Morrison, and to my grandparents, Arthur and Betty Kempf, and Alfred and Dorothy Morrison, for making all the opportunities I have possible. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank my advisor, Dr.