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CRYPTO 1984: Advances in Cryptology pp 203–230Cite as

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An LSI Random Number Generator (RNG)

An LSI Random Number Generator (RNG)

  • R. C. Fairfield3,
  • R. L. Mortenson3 &
  • K. B. Coulthart3 
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  • First Online: 24 November 2000
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Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS,volume 196)

Abstract

This paper describes a CMOS digital LSI device which generates a random bit stream based on the frequency instability of a free running oscillator. The output of the device is a truly random binary number; not pseudo random.

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  1. The RAND Corporation, “A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates”, The Free Press, New York.

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  2. Motorola Data Book, “Phase-Locked Loop Systems”, Motorola Semiconductor Products Inc., second edition, August, 1973.

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  3. Asad A. Abidi and Robert G. Meyer, “Noise in Relaxation Oscillators”, IEEE Journal of Solid-state Circuits, Vol. SC-18, No 6, December 1983.

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  1. AT&T Bell Laboratories, 25 Lindsley Drive, Morristown, New Jersey, 07960, USA

    R. C. Fairfield, R. L. Mortenson & K. B. Coulthart

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843-3368, USA

    George Robert Blakley

  2. Center for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI), Kruislaan 413, 1098 SJ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    David Chaum

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Fairfield, R.C., Mortenson, R.L., Coulthart, K.B. (1985). An LSI Random Number Generator (RNG). In: Blakley, G.R., Chaum, D. (eds) Advances in Cryptology. CRYPTO 1984. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 196. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-39568-7_18

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