Reduced nonlinearity effect on the electronic measurement of the Boltzmann constant

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2427-2433

  Qu, Jifeng ^a   Benz, Samuel P ^b   Pollarolo, Alessio ^b   Rogalla, Horst ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Correlation; digital analog conversion; Josephson arrays; noise; nonlinearities; quantization; signal synthesis; standards; superconductor normal superconductor devices; temperature

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL-ANALOG CONVERSION; JOSEPHSON ARRAYS; NOISE; NON-LINEARITY; QUANTIZATION; SIGNAL SYNTHESIS; SUPERCONDUCTOR DEVICES;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 79958279259     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2010.2099310     Document Type: Article

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