Uncertainty evaluation of a broadband attenuation standard

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 705-708

  Lee, Joo Gwang ^a   Kim, Jeong Hwan ^a   Park, Jeong Il ^a   Kang, Ung Taeg ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Calibration; Microwave attenuation; Microwave measurement; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BOLOMETERS; CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; THERMISTORS; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS; VOLTMETERS; WAVEGUIDE ATTENUATORS;

ATTENUATION STANDARD; INDUCTIVE VOLTAGE DIVIDER; MICROWAVE ATTENUATION; POWER RATIO MEASUREMENT; RADIO FREQUENCY; STEP ATTENUATOR; UNCERTAINTY EVALUATION;

MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 17444420039     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2004.843336     Document Type: Article

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