Primary ac power standard based on programmable Josephson junction arrays

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 534-537

  Palafox, Luis ^a   Ramm, Günther ^a   Behr, Ralf ^a   Kürten Ihlenfeld, Waldemar G ^a   Moser, Harald ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Precision power measurements (active, reactive, apparent); Programmable Josephson voltage standards; Superconductor insulator insulator normal conductivity insulator superconductor (SINIS) Josephson junctions

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; SAMPLING; STANDARDS; VOLTMETERS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

POWER STANDARD; PRECISION POWER MEASUREMENT; PROGRAMABLE JOSEPHSON JUNCTION ARRAYS;

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES;

EID: 34047228632     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.891092     Document Type: Conference Paper

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