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Pseudo-random generator

US5218559A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 8, 1992
Grant dateJun 8, 1993
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Expiry dateJan 8, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2209/125
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The generator of the invention includes an initialization circuit (CI) delivering four initialization words (QI, RI, SI, TI), one calculation circuit (CC) composed of four sub-units (SQ, SR, SS, ST) corresponding to four generating polynomials of orders 5, 5, 7 and 7, and finally one output logic circuit (CS) delivering a pseudo-random byte sequence. Application for systems with access control, especially television systems.

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