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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:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Silicon Image, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, Portland, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 29/00 (2006.01); H03K 3/03 (2006.01); G06F 7/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/0315 (2013.01); G06F 7/58 (2013.01); G06F 7/588 (2013.01);
Abstract
A random number generator and method for testing the same are described. In one embodiment, the random number generator comprises one or more ring oscillator structures, each of the one or more ring oscillator structures having a ring oscillator for use in generating random numbers and having a test structure to reconfigure the ring oscillator into a testable structure.