Ultimate current resolution of a cryogenic current comparator

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1306-1313

  Sesé, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DC TRANSFORMERS; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; INDUCTANCE MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC CORES; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SQUIDS; SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE; TRANSFORMER WINDINGS;

CRYOGENIC CURRENT COMPARATOR; FERROMAGNETIC CORE; PRIMARY WINDING; QUANTUM HALL RESISTANCE; SECONDARY WINDING;

COMPARATOR CIRCUITS;

EID: 0033352184     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.816153     Document Type: Article

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