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Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016

Filed:

May. 06, 2015
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Roberto Avanzi, Munich, DE;

David Jacobson, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); G06F 7/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/0693 (2013.01); G06F 7/4812 (2013.01);
Abstract

One feature pertains to an electronic device that includes a memory circuit and a processing circuit. The processing circuit computes a scalar multiplication output Z where Z=k·P by receiving an input multiplier k and a base P, and adds a modifier s to the input multiplier k to generate k'. The processing circuit also computes an intermediate scalar multiplication output Z′ where Z′=k′·P by using a digit expansion of k′ that includes a sequence of digits kbelonging to a digit set D. Additionally, the processing circuit subtracts s·P from Z′ to obtain the scalar multiplication output Z if k′ is odd or subtracts (s+1)·P from Z′ to obtain the scalar multiplication output Z if k′ is even. The scalar multiplier output Z may be used in a cryptographic security algorithm to secure data.


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