公开(公告)号：US10372528B1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-06

申请号：US14571279

申请日：2014-12-15

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： William Erik Anderson ,  William A Paulsen

IPC: G06F11/10

Abstract: Random values can be very beneficial in systems needing to generate random number or encryption keys. Systems and methods are presented herein that can generate a random value based on errors in data. For example, an error vector can be generated when data having errors (e.g. stored data, data received by a receiver, etc.) is compared with corresponding corrected data. A circuit, such as a data channel, can generate the corrected data by applying error correcting codes to the data with errors. One or more error vectors may be used to produce a random value. In some cases, multiple error vectors can be combined to produce a random value.