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Most hardware manufacturers outsource the fabrication of their integrated circuits (ICs) to third party foundries in order to reduce the cost of silicon chip fabrication. This increases the vulnerability to malicious activities. Third party foundries may modify the circuit’s design or its physical parameters. These modifications are known as Hardware Trojan Horses (HTHs). An adversary can insert a Trojan in the design to disable and/or destroy a system, or leak information to the adversary. Several Methods are proposed for HTH Detection, and Design for Hardware Trust (DfHT) in the last decade. However, the lack of a comprehensive approach in this area is sensed. Moreover, the previously... 

Today's latest technology integrated circuits are manufactured for a wide range of applications. With the constant increase in the usage rate of integrated circuits, designing a high reliable system is of utmost importance. The avoidance of counterfeit components is a major challenge of hardware security and trust. Counterfeit components cause lower performance and reduced life span. They are of great concern to the manufacturers and consumers of electronic systems, impacting the security and reliability of these systems. If these parts end up in critical applications like medical systems, satellites, aerospace, or power plants, the results could be catastrophic. So far, there are different...