Integrated cross-coupled chaos oscillator applied to random number generation

Tavas V., DEMIRKOL A. S., Ozoguz S., ZEKI A., TOKER A.

IET CIRCUITS DEVICES & SYSTEMS, vol.3, no.1, pp.1-11, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 3 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Doi Number: 10.1049/iet-cds:20080144
  • Journal Name: IET CIRCUITS DEVICES & SYSTEMS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1-11
  • Istanbul Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A new cross-coupled LC chaos oscillator suitable for IC realisation is presented. The proposed circuit was fabricated using a 0.35 mu m CMOS process and test results showing its feasibility are given. As a possible application, a method for using the proposed oscillator as the core of a random number generator is described. Experimental binary data obtained according to the proposed method pass the four tests of FIPS-140-2, the full NIST-800-22 and DIEHARD random number test suites.