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US 10,437,559 B2Granted
Method for generating random numbers and associated random number generator
AssigneeQuantum Numbers Corp.
InventorBertrand Reulet
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Abstract
A random signal can be obtained from a random tunneling of charges from one conductor to another conductor across a quantum tunneling barrier. The random signal can be amplified and associated to a random number. The association can be performed repetitively to generate a sequence of random numbers.
Claims8
A method for generating at least one random number, the method comprising the steps of:
- generating a current of charges tunneling from a first one of two conductors to a second one of the two conductors across an insulator material, the current of the tunneled charges having an instantaneous level varying randomly due to quantum tunneling and forming a random signal, wherein each one of the two conductors is configured to be connectable to a corresponding terminal of a voltage source;
- associating the instantaneous level of the random signal to a random number;
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- generating a signal indicative of the random number.
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