Table 2 Typical NIST SP 800-22 tests results performed on 100 Mbit-long bitstreams collected from Bits 3 to 6 from the ADC register at the sampling rate of 100 MS/s.

From: Atmospheric pressure air microplasma current time series for true random bit generation

Statistical test

Bit 3

Bit 4

Bit 5

Bit 6

P-value

Proportion

Assessment

P-value

Proportion

Assessment

P-value

Proportion

Assessment

P-value

Proportion

Assessment

F

0.1088

98/100

Success

0.2493

98/100

Success

0

0/100

Fail

0

0/100

Fail

BF

0.9114

98/100

Success

0.5544

98/100

Success

0

0/100

Fail

0

0/100

Fail

CS

0.4823

98/100

Success

0.4466

97/100

Success

0

0/100

Fail

0

0/100

Fail

R

0.4373

99/100

Success

0.8832

99/100

Success

0

0/100

Fail

0

0/100

Fail

LR

0.4190

99/100

Success

0.2622

98/100

Success

0

0/100

Fail

0

0/100

Fail

Rk

0.0856

99/100

Success

0.6787

99/100

Success

0.6371

100/100

Success

0.2368

100/100

Success

FFT

0.8343

100/100

Success

0.4012

99/100

Success

0.2493

99/100

Success

0

0/100

Fail

NOT

0.4718

98/100

Success

0.5151

98/100

Success

0.3116

99/100

Success

0.2696

98/100

Success

OT

0.3505

100/100

Success

0.7598

99/100

Success

0.0010

95/100

Fail

0

0/100

Fail

U

0.4944

97/100

Success

0.1816

99/100

Success

0

0/100

Fail

0

0/100

Fail

AE

0.6371

98/100

Success

0.6163

100/100

Success

0

0/100

Fail

0

0/100

Fail

RE

0.5689

51/52

Success

0.0533

16.8/17

Success

0

0/100

Fail

0

0/100

Fail

REV

0.4292

51/52

Success

0.0609

17/17

Success

0

0/100

Fail

0

0/100

Fail

S

0.5422

99/100

Success

0.8069

100/100

Success

0.0966

97/100

Success

0

0/100

Fail

LC

0.5141

99/100

Success

0.3041

100/100

Success

0.4559

99/100

Success

0.7598

97/100

Success

  1. The inter-electrode distance of the APAMP system is \(\sim\) 3–4 mm (no visible current arc). (F stands for test Frequency, BF for Block Frequency, CS for Cumulative Sums, R for Runs, LR for Longest Run, Rk for Rank, FFT for Fast Fourier Transform, NOT for Non Overlapping Template, OT for Overlapping Template, U for Universal, AE for Approximate Entropy, RE for Random Excursions, REV for Random Excursions Variant, S for Serial, and LC for Linear Complexity).