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http://dx.doi.org/10.5369/JSST.2005.14.5.350

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

Kwon, Sung-Won (Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
Jung, Jae-Kap (Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
Kim, Mun-Seog (Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
Kim, Kye-Tae (Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
Ryu, Je-Cheon (KMC Technology Co., Ltd.)
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Journal of Sensor Science and Technology / v.14, no.5, 2005 , pp. 350-356 More about this Journal
Abstract
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 $86{\mu}A/A$ 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.
Keywords
thermal current converter; ac-dc current transfer difference; automatic ac-dc difference measurement system; uncertainty;
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