[Cryptech Tech] Alpha Avalanche Noise Block

Basil Dolmatov dol at reedcat.net
Thu Apr 23 18:32:23 UTC 2015



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> 22 апр. 2015 г., в 23:46, Павел Шатов <meisterpaul1 at yandex.ru> написал(а):
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>> On 22.04.2015 9:18, Basil Dolmatov wrote:
>> Not the end users, but board manufacturers.
> 
> This will require ordering tuning services from board manufacturer after assembly. Can't we follow Benedikt's suggestion and use increased supply voltage instead?
Cannot have definite answer until having noise samples from all these voltages being analyzed.
Not only just producing some noise is necessary, the characteristics of the noise produced do matter. 
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> With best regards,
> Pavel Shatov
> 
> 
>> dol@ с iPad
>> 
>>>> 20 апр. 2015 г., в 22:12, Павел Шатов <meisterpaul1 at yandex.ru> написал(а):
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>>>>> On 19.04.2015 18:05, Basil Dolmatov wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 14 апр. 2015 г., в 23:21, Павел Шатов <meisterpaul1 at yandex.ru> написал(а):
>>>>> 
>>>>> Speaking of voltage required for avalanche effect, you should consider part-to-part parameter variation. Transistors are analog components, if you buy ten BC818 transistors, they will all have different DC current gain. Because of this, if you have 10 identical boards, they may require slightly different voltages for avalanche effect.
>>>> 
>>>> They _will_ require.
>>>> So production boards with noise source should have possibility to tune parameters for given source diode.
>>>> We made that by putting set of resistors into design and getting necessary voltage by short cutting some of them.
>>> 
>>> How are end users supposed to figure out what resistors to short?
>>> 


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