RLC bridge based on an automated synchronous sampling system

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2393-2398

  Overney, Frédéric ^a   Jeanneret, Blaise ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF METROLOGY METAS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bridge circuits; calibration; impedance; measurement techniques; metrology; sampling methods

Indexed keywords

ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL; CAPACITANCE BRIDGE; CAPACITANCE STANDARD; CONSISTENCY CHECKS; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTERS; DOWNHILL SIMPLEX ALGORITHMS; FREQUENCY RANGES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-ACCURACY; IMPEDANCE STANDARDS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; SAMPLING METHODS; SYNCHRONOUS SAMPLING; VOLTAGE RATIOS;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; BRIDGE CIRCUITS; CALIBRATION; CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; DIGITAL CIRCUITS; STANDARDS;

CAPACITANCE;

EID: 79958280947     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2010.2100650     Document Type: Article

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