Patent ID: 11868742
Assignee: TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. A QRNG, comprising:
a Quanta Image Sensor (QIS) comprising an array of jots that are each configured to provide single-photon detection of photons emitted from a photon source having Poisson photon-emission statistics, wherein each jot is configured with sufficient in-pixel conversion gain, and without in-pixel avalanche gain, to provide for readout from the jot of an electrical signal representing a number of photons detected by the jot within a time interval, wherein the electrical signal has single-charge sensitivity and resolution corresponding to single-photon sensitivity and resolution; and
wherein the QRNG is configured to output random number data, wherein for each jot the number of photons detected by the jot within the time interval is a quantum random variable used for generation of the random number data.