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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eric J Hoffman, Chandler, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
708251 ; 708253 ; 331 78 ;
Abstract
A random number generator using, for example, a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) which receives a noise input and at least one differential oscillator. The differential oscillator(s) provided oscillator signals to a differential sense amplifier which is sampled under control of the VCO.