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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2009
Applicants:
Donald Preston Matthews, Jr., Longmont, CO (US);
Laszlo Hars, Lafayette, CO (US);
Inventors:
Donald Preston Matthews, Jr., Longmont, CO (US);
Laszlo Hars, Lafayette, CO (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus includes: a plurality of bit producing circuits; a controller setting a sample frequency at which bits from the bit producing circuits are sampled; and a plurality of test circuits determining if bits sampled from each of the bit producing circuits are random, wherein the controller adjusts the sample frequency if the test circuits determine that the sampled bits are not random. A method performed by the apparatus is also included.