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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 10, 2022
Applicant:

Nuvoton Technology Corporation, Hsin-chu, TW;

Inventors:

Ziv Hershman, Givat Shmuel, IL;

Tamir Golan, Kibbutz Givat-Chaim Meuchad, IL;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/58 (2006.01); H03K 3/84 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/58 (2013.01); G06F 7/588 (2013.01); H03K 3/84 (2013.01);
Abstract

An integrated circuit includes signal-source circuitry (SSC), an SSC power supply circuit (SSC-PS) and a digitization circuit. The SSC is configured to generate an output signal, which is guaranteed to meet specified electrical parameters provided that a supply voltage to the SSC is within a specified operating voltage range. The SSC-PS is configured to power the SSC with a reduced voltage that is below the specified operating voltage range, thereby causing the output signal to be noisy. The digitization circuit is configured to digitize the noisy output signal so as to generate a respective sequence of random numbers.


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