RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS AND METHODS OF GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS USING ADJUSTABLE META-STABLE VOLTAGE

    公开(公告)号:US20180143806A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-24

    申请号:US15634276

    申请日:2017-06-27

    IPC分类号: G06F7/58

    CPC分类号: G06F7/582 G06F7/588

    摘要: A random number generator may include a first meta-stable inverter having an input terminal and an output terminal connected to each other and configured to generate a meta-stable voltage, an amplifier configured to amplify the meta-stable voltage, control circuitry configured to adjust a threshold voltage of the meta-stable voltage, and a sampler configured to generate a random number based on sampling the meta-stable voltage. The random number generator may be configured to be operated according to different modes of operation of a plurality of modes of operation. The amplifier may be a second meta-stable inverter configured to amplify the meta-stable voltage or include an input terminal and an output terminal that are connected to each other based on the random number generator being operated according to a first mode of operation or a second mode of operation, respectively, of the plurality of modes of operation.

    RANDOM NUMBER GENERATING CIRCUIT FOR GENERATING RANDOM NUMBER BASED ON PLURALITY OF SAMPLING SIGNALS, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20230025153A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-26

    申请号:US17867150

    申请日:2022-07-18

    IPC分类号: G06F7/58

    摘要: A random number generating circuit includes: an oscillation circuit including a plurality of first delay elements connected to each other in series to generate an oscillation signal; a sampling circuit including a plurality of second delay elements connected to each other in series to generate a plurality of sampling signals by sampling the oscillation signal at a plurality of sampling points in time based on the plurality of second delay elements; and a random number determining circuit configured to generate a random number based on a target sampling point in time associated with a target sampling signal in which a first logic level transition occurs from among the plurality of sampling signals, wherein the plurality of sampling points includes the target sampling point.

    RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF RING OSCILLATORS

    公开(公告)号:US20200159497A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-21

    申请号:US16541705

    申请日:2019-08-15

    摘要: A random number generator including: a first ring oscillator including a first inverter chain, the first inverter chain including a plurality of serially connected first inverters, the first ring oscillator configured to output a first random signal generated at a first sub-node between two neighboring first inverters among the plurality of first inverters; a second ring oscillator including a second inverter chain, the second inverter chain including a plurality of serially connected second inverters, the second ring oscillator configured to output a second random signal generated at a second sub-node between two neighboring second inverters among the plurality of second inverters; and a signal processing circuit for generating a random number by combining the first random signal with the second random signal.