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US 2017/0262259 A1Published application
Method for generating random numbers and assoicated random number generator
AssigneeQuantum Numbers Corp.
InventorBertrand REULET
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Abstract
A random signal can be obtained from a random tunnelling of charges from one conductor to another conductor across a quantum tunnelling 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.
Claims20
A method for generating at least one random number, the method comprising the steps of:
- quantum tunnelling charges from one conductor to another conductor across a quantum tunnelling barrier;
- receiving a random signal stemming from the quantum tunnelling of the charges;
- associating the random signal to a random number;
- and
- generating a signal indicative of the random number.
2 more elements
A random number generator comprising :
- a board;
- a quantum tunnelling barrier mounted to the board between two conductors and allowing charges to randomly tunnel from one of the conductors to the other to generate a random signal;
- an amplifier mounted to the board, the amplifier being connected to one of the two conductors for amplifying the random signal;
- a sampling device mounted to the board and connected to the amplifier for associating, in real time, the random signal to at least one random number.
1 more element
A method for generating at least one random number, the method comprising the steps of:
- applying a difference of potential across two conductive layers separated by an insulator, the difference of potential causing a random signal stemming from a random quantum tunnelling of charges across the insulator;
- associating the random signal to a random number;
- and generating a signal indicative of the random number.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.