• DocumentCode
    1179126
  • Title

    Thermocouple Ammeters for Ultra-High Frequencies

  • Author

    Miller, John H.

  • Author_Institution
    Weston Electrical Instrument Corporation, Newark, New Jersey
  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1936
  • Firstpage
    1567
  • Lastpage
    1572
  • Abstract
    Thermocouple ammeters are shown to have errors at frequencies from 10 to 100 megacycles depending almost entirely on the skin effect in the heated member. The use of a tubular heater of suitable dimensions is shown to reduce the error to smaller acceptable values.
  • Keywords
    Ammeters; Current measurement; Frequency; Instruments; Resistance heating; Skin effect; Strips; Temperature; Thermal resistance; Wire;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Radio Engineers, Proceedings of the Institute of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0731-5996
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JRPROC.1936.228039
  • Filename
    1686051