Physical unclonable function based true random number generator, method for generating true random numbers, and associated electronic device

Abstract

A Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) based true random number generator (TRNG), a method for generating true random numbers, and an associated electronic device are provided. The PUF based TRNG may include a first obfuscation circuit, a cryptography circuit coupled to the first obfuscation circuit, and a second obfuscation circuit coupled to the cryptography circuit. The first obfuscation circuit obtains a first PUF value from a PUF pool of the electronic device, and performs a first obfuscation function on a preliminary seed based on the first PUF value to generate a final seed. The cryptography circuit utilizes the final seed as a key of a cryptography function to generate preliminary random numbers. The second obfuscation circuit obtains a second PUF value from the PUF pool, and performs a second obfuscation function on the preliminary random numbers based on the second PUF value to generate final random numbers.

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