Random sequence generator
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
InventorSven Mattisson
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Abstract
A device for generating a random sequence (10) of bits is disclosed. The device comprises oscillating means (13), which will generate a random sequence of bits when biased with a noise signal. The oscillating means comprises at least one oscillator amplifier being protected from interfering signals by means of a load and a tail-current source for providing high noise-interference ratio. Further, the present invention relates to an integrated circuit and an electronic apparatus comprising the device for generating a random sequence according to the invention.
Claims15
A device for generating a random sequence of bits comprising:
- an oscillating means having:
- an input terminal for receiving a bias as input, and;
- at least one oscillator amplifier;
- an amplifying means including the at least one oscillator amplifier and a corresponding at least one differential amplifier coupled to each of the at least one oscillator amplifier, wherein the amplifying means comprise P-Type MOS transistors;
- a load further comprising cascoded transistors coupled to the amplifying means and a power supply, wherein the cascoded transistors comprise P-Type Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) transistors, the load being adapted to protect the amplifying means from interfering signals;
- a tail current source coupled to the amplifying means, wherein the tail-current source comprise N-Type MOS transistors;
- wherein the width-over-length ratio of the transistors of the amplifying means is at least 3 times the width-over-length ratio of the transistors of the tail-current source and the width-over-length ratio of a second transistor pair of the load is at least 3 times the size of the width-over-length ratio of a first transistor pair of the load;
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- a grounding means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.