A High-Voltage Test Bed for the Evaluation of High-Voltage Dividers for Pulsed Applications

Author

Bastos, Miguel Cerqueira ; Hammarquist, Maria ; Bergman, Anders

Author_Institution

Eur. Organ. for Nucl. Res. CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Volume

60

Issue

7

fYear

2011

fDate

7/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2462

Lastpage

2468

Abstract

The design, evaluation, and commissioning of a high-voltage reference test bed for pulsed applications to be used in the precision testing of high-voltage dividers is described. The test bed is composed of a pulsed power supply, a reference divider based on compressed-gas capacitor technology, and an acquisition system that makes use of the fast measurement capabilities of the HP3458 digital voltmeter. The results of the evaluation of the reference system are presented.

Keywords

digital voltmeters; power capacitors; pulsed power supplies; reference circuits; voltage dividers; HP3458 digital voltmeter; compressed-gas capacitor technology; high-voltage dividers; high-voltage reference test bed; pulsed applications; pulsed power supply; reference divider; Capacitance; Capacitors; Measurement uncertainty; Power supplies; Pulse measurements; Uncertainty; Voltage measurement; Capacitance measurement; high-voltage techniques; large Hadron Collider; linear particle accelerator; measurement uncertainty; pulse measurement; pulsed power supplies; voltage measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIM.2010.2099950

Filename

5682402