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
fDate :
4/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
