\BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.1}{Abstract}{}% 1 \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.2}{Drawings}{}% 2 \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.3}{Invention background}{}% 3 \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.3.1}{Random number generation}{section.3}% 4 \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.3.2}{Randomness extraction}{section.3}% 5 \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.3.3}{Prior arts}{section.3}% 6 \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.4}{Summary of the disclosure}{}% 7 \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.5}{Description of the drawings}{}% 8 \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.6}{Description of the invention}{}% 9 \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.6.1}{Randomness from physical sources}{section.6}% 10 \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.6.2}{Shannon entropy of a randomness source}{section.6}% 11 \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.6.3}{Linear Feedback Shift Register \(LFSR\)}{section.6}% 12 \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.6.4}{LFSR based randomness extractors}{section.6}% 13 \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.6.4.1}{Serial Fibonacci type randomness extractor}{subsection.6.4}% 14 \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.6.4.2}{Serial Galois type randomness extractor}{subsection.6.4}% 15 \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.6.4.3}{Parallel Fibonacci type randomness extractor}{subsection.6.4}% 16 \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.6.4.4}{Parallel Galois type randomness extractor}{subsection.6.4}% 17