A Contact-Resistive Random-Access-Memory-Based True Random Number Generator

A new type of true random number generator, based on the random telegraph noise of a contact-resistive random access memory device, is proposed in this letter. The random-number generator consists of only a simple bias circuit plus a comparator, leading to small circuit area and low power consumption. By realizing this generator by the 65-nm complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor logic process, the occupied area can be as low as 45 μm2, demonstrating substantial saving in the circuit area.

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