Patent ID: 9252756
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: G06F,H03K,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A random number generating device comprising: receiving circuitry configured to receive, in a contactless manner, energy transmitted from a transmitting unit, and to convert the received energy into a reception voltage; a voltage controlled oscillator configured to output an oscillating output signal based on the reception voltage; pseudorandom number generation circuitry configured to generate pseudorandom numbers varying in accordance with an oscillation frequency of the output signal from the voltage controlled oscillator; and a limiter circuit configured to limit the reception voltage of the receiving circuitry to be in a predetermined voltage range, wherein: the voltage controlled oscillator is configured to make, based on an operation signal, a switch between an ON period in which the voltage controlled oscillator outputs the output signal based on the reception voltage and an OFF period in which the voltage controlled oscillator outputs the output signal with a predetermined fixed voltage level, the pseudorandom number generation circuitry is configured to generate pseudorandom numbers varying based on a wavenumber of the output signal that is inputted to the pseudorandom number generation circuitry during the ON period and varies in accordance with a distance between the transmitting unit and the receiving circuitry, and the limiter circuit has such a temperature-dependent property that an output voltage value varies depending on a temperature.