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Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 18, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Chia-yu Chen, White Plains, NY (US);

Damon Farmer, White Plains, NY (US);

Suyog Gupta, White Plains, NY (US);

Shu-jen Han, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/58 (2006.01); H01L 29/423 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/582 (2013.01); G06F 7/588 (2013.01); H01L 29/42324 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method (and system) for generating random numbers includes setting a drain voltage Vd on an MOSFET (metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor) device and a gate voltage Vg of the MOSFET device so that the MOSFET device comprises a noise source configured in a manner such as to tune as desired a random number statistical distribution of an output of the MOSFET device. An output voltage of the MOSFET is provided as an input signal into a low noise amplifier and an output voltage of the low noise amplifier provides values for a random number generator.


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