AC Power Standard Using a Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard

Published

April 1, 2009

Author(s)

Bryan C. Waltrip, Bo Gong, Thomas L. Nelson, Yicheng Wang, Charles J. Burroughs, Alain Rufenacht, Samuel Benz, Paul Dresselhaus

Abstract

This paper describes the implementation of a new quantum-based system for the generation of 120 V rms, 5 A rms, sinusoidal, active and reactive power over the 50 Hz to 400 Hz frequency range. The system accurately relates the spectral amplitudes and phases of the voltage and current waveforms of the generated power to a programmable Josephson voltage standard (PJVS) using a novel differential sampling technique. The system also employs a new voltage amplifier that performs self-calibration and corrections of gain and phase errors. Details of the system design, measurement techniques, and significant sources of error are presented.

Citation

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volume

58

Issue

4

Pub Type

Journals

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Keywords

Josephson arrays, Voltage measurement, Current measurement, Power measurement, Signal synthesis, Quantization, Digital-analog conversion, Analog-digital conversion, Permuting capacitance

Citation

Waltrip, B. , Gong, B. , Nelson, T. , Wang, Y. , Burroughs, C. , Rufenacht, A. , Benz, S. and Dresselhaus, P. (2009), AC Power Standard Using a Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=33201 (Accessed October 1, 2025)