The present paper shows possible ways to design monolithic Quantum Random Number Generators ( QRNGs) in a standard CMOS technology. While all commercial QRNGs based on SPAD technology use an external light as main source of entropy, in the present implementation silicon-based photon sources are used. This approach allows the integration of monolithic QRNGs paving the way towards miniaturized and low-cost devices. Moreover, being the QRNG realized in a standard CMOS technology, in perspective, it can potentially be embedded in secure microprocessor. In the paper we show that the proposed approach is compact, produces a minimum event rate of about 1kHz, possibly extended in case of the implementation of multi-QRNGs working in parallel.

Towards low cost monolithic QRNGs / Massari, Nicola; Zou, Yu; Garcia, Manuel Moreno; Parmesan, Luca; Tontini, Alessandro; Mazzucchi, Sonia; Leone, Nicolo; Azzini, Stefano; Pavesi, Lorenzo; Herrmann, Ingo; Strohm, Thomas. - 12133:(2022). (Intervento presentato al convegno SPIE Photonics Europe tenutosi a Strasbourg nel 3-7/04/2022) [10.1117/12.2621617].

Towards low cost monolithic QRNGs

Zou, Yu;Tontini, Alessandro;Mazzucchi, Sonia;Leone, Nicolo;Azzini, Stefano;Pavesi, Lorenzo;
2022-01-01

Abstract

The present paper shows possible ways to design monolithic Quantum Random Number Generators ( QRNGs) in a standard CMOS technology. While all commercial QRNGs based on SPAD technology use an external light as main source of entropy, in the present implementation silicon-based photon sources are used. This approach allows the integration of monolithic QRNGs paving the way towards miniaturized and low-cost devices. Moreover, being the QRNG realized in a standard CMOS technology, in perspective, it can potentially be embedded in secure microprocessor. In the paper we show that the proposed approach is compact, produces a minimum event rate of about 1kHz, possibly extended in case of the implementation of multi-QRNGs working in parallel.
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Massari, Nicola; Zou, Yu; Garcia, Manuel Moreno; Parmesan, Luca; Tontini, Alessandro; Mazzucchi, Sonia; Leone, Nicolo; Azzini, Stefano; Pavesi, Lorenz...espandi
Towards low cost monolithic QRNGs / Massari, Nicola; Zou, Yu; Garcia, Manuel Moreno; Parmesan, Luca; Tontini, Alessandro; Mazzucchi, Sonia; Leone, Nicolo; Azzini, Stefano; Pavesi, Lorenzo; Herrmann, Ingo; Strohm, Thomas. - 12133:(2022). (Intervento presentato al convegno SPIE Photonics Europe tenutosi a Strasbourg nel 3-7/04/2022) [10.1117/12.2621617].
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