Flip-flop based true random number generator (TRNG) structure and compiler for same

A flip-flop chain, comprising:

• a plurality of chains configured to provide a plurality of logical numbers in accordance with a plurality of polynomials, each chain from among the plurality of chains comprising:
• a plurality of flip-flops configured to provide a corresponding set of logical numbers from among the plurality of logical numbers in accordance with a plurality of degrees of a corresponding polynomial from among the plurality of polynomials, each flip-flop from among the plurality of flip-flops corresponding to a degree from among the plurality of degrees and a coefficient from among a plurality of coefficients of the corresponding polynomial,
• wherein at least one flip-flop from among the plurality of flip-flops comprises:
• first flip-flop circuitry configured to sense one or more statistically random entropy noise signals corresponding to one or more microscopic phenomena to provide a first output bit,
• first logic circuitry configured to perform one or more first logical operations on the first output bit in accordance with a digital seed signal to provide a first output sequence of bits, and
• second flip-flop circuitry configured to re-time the first output sequence of bits in accordance with a clocking signal to provide a first number from among the plurality of logical numbers, and
• second logic circuitry configured to perform one or more second logical operations on a digital input and logical numbers from among the corresponding set of logical numbers corresponding to flip-flops from among the plurality of flip-flops whose coefficients from among the plurality of coefficients are ones to provide a digital output to the plurality of flip-flops.