APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A RANDOM NUMBER

摘要

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus, particularly a transponder, for generating a random number by means of a feedback shift register (1). According to the invention, a first precharge value (S1) is generated by means of a first automaton, a second precharge value (S2) is generated by means of a second automaton, the first automaton and the second automaton operate according to different functional principles such that the first precharge value (S1) and the second precharge value (S2) have different properties, and the shift register (1) is recharged with the first and/or the second precharge value (S1, S2).