DocumentCode
1455799
Title
High-current thin-film multijunction thermal converters and multiconverter modules
Author
Kinard, Joseph R. ; Lipe, Thomas E. ; Childers, Clifton B. ; Novotny, Donald B. ; Huang, De-Xiang
Author_Institution
Semicond. Electron. Div., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Volume
46
Issue
2
fYear
1997
fDate
4/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
391
Lastpage
394
Abstract
High-current, thin-film multijunction thermal converters (FMJTC´s) have been fabricated at NIST with heater ranges from a few milliamperes to 1 A. Multiconverter modules containing high-current FMJTC´s have also been constructed to measure currents up to 6 A at frequencies up to 100 kHz
Keywords
convertors; electric current measurement; measurement standards; modules; thermocouples; thin film devices; 1 A; 100 kHz; 6 A; NIST; high-current FMJTC; high-current thin-film multijunction thermal converters; multiconverter modules; thin-film multijunction thermal converters; Fabrication; Frequency; Heat sinks; Inductance; Laboratories; NIST; Skin effect; Tellurium; Transistors; US Department of Commerce;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9456
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/19.571863
Filename
571863
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