The GT-RF/95-1 key comparison of power measurements at 62 GHz

Author

Achkar, Joseph ; Mellouet, Bernard ; Velasco, L. ; Swarnowski, S. ; Akhiezer, A.N. ; Seredniy, V.P. ; Pavlenko, Y.F. ; Juroshek, John R.

Author_Institution

BNM-LCIE, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France

Volume

50

Issue

2

fYear

2001

fDate

4/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

406

Lastpage

408

Abstract

An international key comparison of effective efficiency was carried out from 1996 to 1998 between four National Metrology Institutes (NMIs) at 62 GHz in IEC R620 rectangular waveguide standard. The traveling item was a waveguide temperature compensated thermistor mount. The following NMIs participated: National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Malvern, U.K.; State Scientific Industrial Association (SSIA), Kharkov, Ukraine; National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO; and Bureau National de Metrologie-Laboratoire Central des Industries Electriques (BNM-LCIE), Fontenay-aux-Roses, France, which acted as the pilot laboratory for the GT-RF/95-1 key comparison. Good agreement was found among the results from the different NMIs, with all results agreeing within one standard uncertainty (k=1), which ranged from approximately 0.5% to 0.9%

Keywords

measurement standards; measurement uncertainty; microwave measurement; power measurement; 62 GHz; BNM-LCIE; Boulder; France; GT-RF/95-1; IEC R620 rectangular waveguide standard; Kharkov; NIST; NPL; National Institute of Standards and Technology; National Physical Laboratory; SSIA; State Scientific Industrial Association; Ukraine; power measurement; standard uncertainty; temperature compensated thermistor mount; Bolometers; Bridges; IEC standards; Laboratories; Measurement standards; NIST; Power measurement; Radio frequency; Reflection; Thermistors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/19.918153

Filename

918153