Internet calibration direct to national measurement standards for automatic network analysers

Author

Dudley, R.A. ; Ridler, N.M.

Author_Institution

Centre for Electromagn. & Time Metrol., Nat. Phys. Lab., Teddington, UK

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

21-23 May 2001

Firstpage

255

Abstract

At the UK´s National Physical Laboratory, the Internet has been utilised to provide highly efficient and cost-effective calibration services for automatic network analysers (ANA). Remote calibration of ANAs from two of the leading instrument manufacturers has been achieved with direct access to primary national measurement standards and procedures, via the Internet for microwave frequencies in the range 45 MHz-110 GHz

Keywords

Internet; calibration; certification; computerised instrumentation; data acquisition; measurement standards; measurement uncertainty; microwave reflectometry; network analysers; peripheral interfaces; 45 MHz to 110 GHz; DAQ; Internet calibration; accreditation; automatic network analysers; certification; control firmware; cost-effective calibration services; iPIMMS technology; measurement uncertainty; national measurement standards; remote calibration; secure sockets layer; traceability; Calibration; Electric variables measurement; Electromagnetic analysis; IP networks; Instruments; Laboratories; Measurement standards; Testing; Transmission line measurements; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2001. IMTC 2001. Proceedings of the 18th IEEE

Conference_Location

Budapest

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6646-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2001.928822

Filename

928822