Linearity analysis of a calorimetric thermal voltage converter for RF-DC transfer difference up to 1 GHz

Author

Yueyan Shan ; Yu Song Meng ; Filipski, Piotr S.

Author_Institution

Nat. Metrol. Centre, Agency for Sci., Technol. & Res. (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore

fYear

2014

fDate

24-29 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

346

Lastpage

347

Abstract

Linearity analysis of a calorimetric thermal voltage converter (CTVC) designed by the National Research Council of Canada for RF-DC transfer difference up to 1 GHz is presented in this paper. At higher frequencies, the CTVC is evaluated in terms of the calibration factor of a RF power sensor and the reflection coefficients at its Type-N connector. Good performance has been observed which indicates that CTVC could be a potential candidate for calibrating RF power sensors in terms of its RF-DC transfer difference.

Keywords

calibration; calorimetry; electric connectors; electric sensing devices; transfer standards; voltage measurement; CTVC; RF power sensor calibration; RF-DC transfer difference; Type-N connector; calorimetric thermal voltage converter; frequency 1 GHz; linearity analysis; reflection coefficients; Calibration; Connectors; Linearity; Power measurement; Radio frequency; Reflection coefficient; Standards; CTVC; RF-DC transfer difference; linearity; mathematical modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM 2014), 2014 Conference on

Conference_Location

Rio de Janeiro

ISSN

0589-1485

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5205-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CPEM.2014.6898401

Filename

6898401