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Metrology

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Operating Conditions for a Pulse-Quantized AC and DC Bipolar Voltage Source

June 1, 1999
Author(s)
Samuel Benz, Charles J. Burroughs, Todd E. Harvey, Clark A. Hamilton
We have developed an accurate ac and dc bipolar voltage source based on the quantized pulses of Josephson junctions. A factor-of-6 increase in output voltage over previous unipolar waveforms is achieved by generating bipolar waveforms where arrays of

Operating Margins for a Superconducting Voltage Waveform Synthesizer

June 1, 1999
Author(s)
Samuel Benz, Clark A. Hamilton, Charles J. Burroughs
Operating margins for biolar superconducting voltage waveform synthesizer were measured. Current ranges were determined for 101 equally spaced dc voltage steps between - 18.6 and + 18.6 mV. The measured voltages of these steps deviated from the expected

A Result from the NIST Watt Balance and an Analysis of Uncertainties

April 1, 1999
Author(s)
Richard L. Steiner, David B. Newell, Edwin R. Williams
An improved determination of the ratio of power, measured in terms of the Josephson and quantum Hall effects, and also the meter, kilogram, and second, has been completed. The result is expressed as: W 90/W = 1 + (8187) x 10 -9. This is an order of

Fabrication of High-Value Standard Resistors

April 1, 1999
Author(s)
Ronald F. Dziuba, Dean G. Jarrett, L. L. Scott, Andrew J. Secula
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has fabricated stable, transportable 10 MΩ} and 1 GΩ} standard resistors for use in an international comparison of high resistances. This fabrication process is being applied to the construction of

The NIST Watt Balance: Recent Results and Future Plans

March 1, 1999
Author(s)
David B. Newell, Richard L. Steiner, Edwin R. Williams
The last remaining SI base unit defined by an artifact is the kilogram. The NIST watt balance has been designed to measure the ratio of mechanical to electrical power, linking the artifact kilogram, the meter, and the second to the practical realizations

A Problem in AC Quantized Hall Resistance Measurements and a Proposed Solution

November 1, 1998
Author(s)
Marvin E. Cage, Anne-Marie Jeffery
In all experiments reported to date the measurement values of the ac quantized Hall resistances R H varied with the applied current frequency, and differed significantly from the dc values of R H, making it difficult to use the ac quantum Hall effect as an

The Next Generation of the NIST Watt Balance

August 1, 1998
Author(s)
David B. Newell, Richard L. Steiner, Edwin R. Williams, Alain Picard
Reduction in the total uncertainty of the NIST Watt Balance is limited by the present configuration of the experiment. Most of the major relative uncertainty components arise from the fact that the experiment is performed in air. To reduce the contribution

Charge Offset and Noise in SET Transistors

July 1, 1998
Author(s)
Neil M. Zimmerman, J. L. Cobb
We report on several previous and ongoing investigations into the source of, and the amelioration of, the charge offset noise in SET (single-electron tunneling) transistors, made of Al/AlOx/Al tunnel junctions. Previous work has shown that significant time

Experimental Noise Sources in the NIST Watt Balance

July 1, 1998
Author(s)
Richard L. Steiner, David B. Newell, Edwin R. Williams
The present NIST Watt Balance has a relative combined standard uncertainty of about 145 nW/W. The final results of this phase of the experiment are presented. Improvements in the Type B (nonstatistical) uncertainty contributions, along with several

Fabrication of High-Value Standard Resistors

July 1, 1998
Author(s)
Ronald F. Dziuba, Dean G. Jarrett, L. L. Scott, Andrew J. Secula
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has fabricated stable, transportable 10 MΩ} and 1 GΩ} standard resistors for use in an international comparison of high resistances. This fabrication process is being applied to the construction of

Improvements in 10 Kilohm Resistance Measurements at NIST

July 1, 1998
Author(s)
L. L. Scott
The 10 kilohm measurement system at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has been improved. The guarded resistance bridge is based on the Warshawsky bridge model and is self-balancing through the use of a precision feedback system. A unique

Resistance Measurement Assurance Program at NIST

July 1, 1998
Author(s)
Ronald F. Dziuba, June E. Sims
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) offers resistance Measurement Assurance Program (MAP) transfers at the 1 ohm} and 10 kohm} levels, to provide a method of assessing and maintaining the quality of a customer's measurement process
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