Primary RF-Power Standard Realization in a Single-step Measurement Process

Emil Vremera, Luciano Brunetti

Abstract

The RF power standard realized by the microcalorimeter technique has many problems related to the measurement time and the necessity of operating the measurements in two steps, measurement and calibration. In the paper, a new type is proposed of dry microcalorimeter, which has hardware facilities that allow a self-calibration of the system through convenient algorithms and without dismounting/mounting operation. A shorter measurement time without accuracy loss is the most significant result obtainable, provided that the manner changes in which the primary broadband RFpower standards are considered and designed.

Keywords

RF power standard, twin microcalorimeter, thermoelectric sensor, adiabatic transmission line

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TC4 - Measurement of Electrical Quantities

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