Apparatus for resistance measurement of short, small-diameter conductors

Author

Thompson, C.A.

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA

Volume

43

Issue

4

fYear

1994

fDate

8/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

675

Lastpage

677

Abstract

A system for determining the dc resistance of individual conductors 2 μm in diameter and 0.5-1 mm in length is described. The system uses a four-wire measurement, computerized data acquisition, and unique sample handling and contacting methods. To demonstrate system operation, data from measurements made on small-diameter copper wires are presented. These wires were first measured in long lengths on another system and then cut into short lengths and remeasured on this system. The results from these two measurement systems shown that this system is an effective tool for determining the resistance per unit length of short, small-diameter conductors

Keywords

computerised instrumentation; data acquisition; electric resistance measurement; 0.5 to 1 mm; 2 mum; ample handling; computerized data acquisition; contacting methods; copper wires; dc resistance; four-wire measurement; resistance measurement; Conductors; Copper; Data acquisition; Electrical resistance measurement; Glass; Length measurement; Rough surfaces; Temperature measurement; Voltage; Wires;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/19.310189

Filename

310189