Monolithic Implementation of Chaos Modulated VCO-based Random Number Generator

This paper introduces the implementation of a monolithic random number generator. For that purpose, dual oscillator architecture with an irregular sampling of a regular signal is designed and simulated. The irregular sampling clock is generated by voltage controlled oscillator(VCO), which is modulated by a continuous-time chaotic oscillator. The proposed architecture is fully CMOS compatible and suitable for monolithic implementation. Therefore, it is robust against tempering attacks and external interference. It is designed in TSMC 180 nm process and requires a chip area of 0.004 mm(2). To the best of the authors' knowledge, this work is the first monolithic implementation of chaos modulated VCO-based random number generator.