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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1998
Toru Onodera, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shigeru Kanemoto, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shigeaki Tsunoyama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A physical random number generator including a noise source configured to generate a noise signal, an alternating current AC coupling amplifying device which amplifies the noise signal while removing a direct current DC component therefrom by AC coupling to generate an amplified noise signal, an analog/digital A/D conversion device having an accuracy of not less than two bits which A/D converts the amplified noise signal to digital values composed of bit data of not less than two bits, and a processing device which processes the amplified noise signal and which processes digital values converted from a processed amplified noise signal to generate random number data of not less than two bits with an increased differential nonlinearity as compared to digital values unprocessed by the processing device.