Title :
Recharacterization of thermal voltage converters after thermoelement replacement
Author :
Kinard, Joseph R. ; Lipe, Thomas E.
Author_Institution :
NBS, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
fDate :
4/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The relationship between the characteristics of various thermoelements (TEs) as voltage or current converters and the overall AC-DC differences of a voltage range in a coaxial thermal voltage converter (TVC) set is described. An algorithm to predict the relationships between the AC-DC differences of individual voltage ranges with different TEs is presented, and a method for recharacterizing A TVC containing a replacement TE is given. The measured results show that for most applications a complete recharacterization of the TVC set is unnecessary
Keywords :
convertors; electric current measurement; thermoelectric conversion; voltage measurement; AC-DC differences; electric current measurement; thermal voltage converters; thermoelement replacement; voltage measurement; Analog-digital conversion; Coaxial components; Dielectric losses; Impedance; Joining processes; Prediction algorithms; Resistors; Tellurium; Testing; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
