• DocumentCode
    1514943
  • Title

    Field-programmable true random number generator

  • Author

    Murphy, J.P.

  • Author_Institution
    ECIT, Queen´s Univ. Belfast, Belfast, UK
  • Volume
    48
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    565
  • Lastpage
    566
  • Abstract
    True random number generation is crucial in cyber-security applications. Proposed is a voltage-controlled true random number generator that is inherently field-programmable. This facilitates increased entropy as a randomness source because there is more than one configuration state which lends itself to more compact and low-power architectures. It is evaluated through electrical characterisation and statistically through industry-standard randomness tests. To the best of the author´s knowledge, it is one of the most efficient designs to date with respect to hardware design metrics.
  • Keywords
    entropy; low-power electronics; random number generation; security of data; voltage control; cyber-security; entropy; field programmable number generator; low-power architectures; randomness source; true random number generator; voltage control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2012.0432
  • Filename
    6198522