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Device and method for generating a pseudorandom sequence of numbers

US7502814B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

Gerd Dirscherl · Munich, DE
Rainer Goettfert · Taufkirchen, DE
Bernd Meyer · Munich, DE
Jean-Pierre Seifert · Landeck, AT

Key dates

Filing date	May 2, 2005
Grant date	Mar 10, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 8, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F7/584
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device for generating a pseudorandom sequence of numbers includes a feedforward coupler, which has a plurality of memory units, and a feedback coupler connected between an input and an output of the feedforward coupler. The feedback coupler includes a changeable feedback characteristic and is embodied to change the feedback characteristic depending on a state of a memory unit of the plurality of memory units of the feedforward coupler.

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