• DocumentCode
    845522
  • Title

    An improved transportable DC voltage standard

  • Author

    Field, Bruce F. ; Mccaleb, Michael R.

  • Author_Institution
    NBS, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
  • Volume
    38
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    4/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    324
  • Lastpage
    329
  • Abstract
    The problems of transporting a unit of voltage, and the properties of available Zener standards, were studied to develop a set of characteristics essential for an optimum transport standard. Some of the results of this requirements study are reported and the design of this improved transport standard is explained. Efforts to select Zener diodes for the standard, and present data obtained from prototype Zener reference modules to be used in the standard are discussed
  • Keywords
    Zener diodes; measurement standards; units (measurement); voltage measurement; Zener diodes; Zener reference modules; Zener standards; measurement standard; transport standard; transportable DC voltage standard; unit of voltage; Electric shock; Laboratories; Light emitting diodes; Potentiometers; Prototypes; Standards development; Temperature; Transportation; Uncertainty; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9456
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/19.192299
  • Filename
    192299