Comparison of high-frequency AC-DC voltage transfer standards at NRC, VSL, PTB, and NIST

Author

Filipski, Piotr S. ; Van Mullem, C.J. ; Janik, Dieter ; Klonz, Manfred ; Kinard, Joseph R. ; Lipe, Thomas E. ; Waltrip, Bryan C.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Nat. Meas. Stand., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

50

Issue

2

fYear

2001

fDate

4/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

349

Lastpage

352

Abstract

The paper summarizes results of two international comparisons relating thermal voltage converter (TVC) HF voltage standards of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) to the standards of three National Metrology Institutes (NMIs): NMi Van Swinden Laboratorium (VSL), The Netherlands, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Germany, and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA. The first comparison was part of the CCE 92-05 Intercomparison of AC-DC Voltage Transfer Standards at HF (1-50 MHz). The second comparison was carried out using a calorimetric thermal voltage converter (CTVC) of NRC design. Results of both comparisons show very good agreement in the frequency range (10 Hz-100 MHz) between NRC and the three other NMIs, thus validating the design of the NRC CTVC as a wideband reference standard of the AC-DC voltage transfer difference

Keywords

calibration; calorimetry; convertors; transfer standards; voltage measurement; 1 to 50 MHz; 10 Hz to 100 MHz; AC-DC voltage transfer standards; HF voltage standards; calibration; calorimetric converter; coaxial transmission lines; international comparisons; thermal voltage converter; wideband reference standard; Calibration; Frequency conversion; Hafnium; Laboratories; Metrology; NIST; Standards publication; USA Councils; Voltage; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/19.918139

Filename

918139