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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
May. 29, 2015
Trentino Sviluppo S.p.a., Rovereto, IT;
Lorenzo Pavesi, Trento, IT;
Paolo Bettotti, Levico Terme, IT;
Massimo Cazzanelli, Novaledo, IT;
Leonardo Gasparini, Pergine Valsugana, IT;
Nicola Massari, Pergine Valsugana, IT;
Georg Pucker, Pergine Valsugana, IT;
Anna Rimoldi, Castellanza, IT;
Massimiliano Sala, Trento, IT;
Alessandro Tomasi, Trento, IT;
Trentino Sviluppo S.P.A., Rovereto (TN), IT;
Abstract
A random number generator includes a photon source and one or more photon detectors of the SPAD type () configured to detect a photon flow equal to λ, wherein the photons are generated by the photon source. The random number generator furthermore includes an electronic sampler. The electronic sampler is configured in such a way as to detect the arrival time t of a photon incident on each SPAD photon detector () for each one of the observation windows Tw, and are also configured in such a way as to convert the arrival time t into a binary sequence. In the generator of the invention the photon source and the electronic sampler are configured in such a way that the product λ*Tw is lower than or equal to 0.01.