Jae-Kap Jung

Loading effect of the AC-DC transfer standard for low level AC voltage standard

AC-DC transfer standard and micro-potentiometer are widely used for AC voltage standard at low level. Input impedance and 50-Ω load dependency of the standard are discussed for the ac voltage application below 200 mV and 1 MHz. The load dependency of the unit reaches 385 µV/V at 1 MHz, and this loading error should be corrected when calibrate the 50-Ω AC source using the standard.

Development of an automatic measurement system for the AC-DC current transfer difference of the thermal current converter

We have developed a dual-channel type automatic measurement system to evaluate AC-DC current transfer difference of the thermal current converter(TCC) which is primary standard of AC current. The output drift effect of the TCC is minimized by measuring simultaneously the output voltages of two TCCs using voltmeter. Furthermore, the offset voltage of the voltmeter is cancelled nearly out by taking the average values of two outputs of TCCs measured with the forward-reverse directions using dual channel scanner. The uncertainties of the automatic system were 7 to for 3 mA to 10 A at 40 Hz to 20 kHz, which were evaluated by the comparisons between adjacent range of TCCs and inter-comparison with national measurement institute of Germany(PTB). The capability for ac-dc transfer difference measurement was improved by one order compared with that for the manual ac-dc measurement system.