On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Thomas Jentzsch wrote:
> Adam Wozniak wrote:
> > 4 bit LFSR sequence [ 4 3 ]:
> > 5 bit LFSR sequence [ 5 3 ]:
> > 9 bit LFSR sequence [ 9 5 ]:
>
> Interesting.
>
> So they used always the minimum number of taps (2). Any technical
> reason for that?
The next step up would require four taps (maximal sequences always have
an even number of taps). Easier to do an XOR gate with a smaller number
of taps?
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