International comparison of a pulse calibrator used in high-voltage impulse calibration

Author

Li, Yi ; Rungis, Juris ; McComb, Terry R. ; Lucas, Wolfgang

Author_Institution

Nat. Meas. Lab., CSIRO, Lindfield, NSW, Australia

Volume

50

Issue

2

fYear

2001

fDate

4/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

430

Lastpage

435

Abstract

Measurements on a pulse generator have been made at the NRC in Canada and the PTB in Germany. Most of the measured peak values (V_p) among the laboratories agree to ±0.5%, the front times (T ₁) to ±2.0%, and the times to half values (T₂) to ±1.0%. The differences between calculated calibrator outputs and measured averages were found to be 0.13%, 0.63%, and 0.32% for V_p, T₁, and T₂, respectively. Contributions of impulse analysis software to the measurement errors are also discussed

Keywords

calibration; high-voltage techniques; impedance matching; measurement errors; measurement standards; measurement uncertainty; pulse generators; pulse measurement; voltage measurement; calculated calibrator outputs; high-voltage impulse calibration; impulse analysis software; impulse measurement; international comparison; low source impedance; matched calibrator; measured averages; measurement errors; measurement uncertainty; peak voltage measurement; pulse calibrator; pulse generator; Australia; Calibration; Circuit simulation; Councils; Laboratories; Pulse generation; Pulse measurements; Resistors; Switches; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/19.918159

Filename

918159