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MVTRNG: Majority Voter-Based Crossed Loop Quantum True Random Number Generator in QCA Nanotechnology

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Computational Advancement in Communication Circuits and Systems

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering ((LNEE,volume 575))

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True random number generator, commonly known as TRNG, is an important candidate in today’s cryptography process. TRNG is only innovative design which can generate non-deterministic and unique digital bit stream to any communication systems or secured system. Quantum cellular automata (QCA) technology is adopted to design TRNG due to its low area, ultra high operating frequency, and low power dissipation. This article presents a QCA majority voter-based TRNG, which is comprised of crossed loop circuit and seed circuit. The random bits are extracted from crossed loop circuit which is composed of “OR” gate. Again the seed circuits are used here to enhance the unpredictability of generated number sequence and quality of random number. The proposed TRNG design is verified through QCADesigner tool 2.0.3, and its architecture is passed industry standard successfully. In area, latency, and energy point of view, the proposed 8-bit TRNG is consumed 0.36 um2 area, 1 QCA clock cycle latency, and 49.7 mev energy (per bit). So, proposed TRNG will be interpreted as a promising design in next-generation cryptography domain.

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The authors Dr. Kunal Das, Arindam Sadhu are grateful to the Science and Engineering Research Board (DST-SERB), Government of India, for providing with the grant for accomplishment of the project under the Project File No. CR/2016/000613.

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  1. Narula Institute of Technology, 81, Nilganj Road, Agrapara, Kolkata, 700109, West Bengal, India

    Arindam Sadhu, Kunal Das & Maitreyi Ray Kanjilal

  2. West Bengal University of Technology, BF-142, Salt Lake, Kolkata, India

    Debashis De

  3. School of Physics, University of Western Australia, M013 35, S.H., Crawley, Perth, Australia

    Debashis De

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Sadhu, A., Das, K., De, D., Kanjilal, M.R. (2020). MVTRNG: Majority Voter-Based Crossed Loop Quantum True Random Number Generator in QCA Nanotechnology. In: Maharatna, K., Kanjilal, M., Konar, S., Nandi, S., Das, K. (eds) Computational Advancement in Communication Circuits and Systems. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 575. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8687-9_22

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