Design considerations for a CCC bridge with complete digital control

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3907-3912

  Williams, Jonathan M ^a,b   Rietveld, Gert ^c   Houtzager, Ernest ^c   Janssen, Theodoor J B M ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NMi Van Swinden Laboratorium   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryogenic current comparator (CCC); digital feedback loops; digital measurement; noise measurement; resistance measurement

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENIC CURRENT COMPARATOR; DIGITAL FEEDBACK LOOP; DIGITAL MEASUREMENT; NOISE MEASUREMENTS; RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHMS; BRIDGES; COMPARATORS (OPTICAL); CRYOGENICS; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT;

ELECTRIC MEASURING BRIDGES;

EID: 81255152005     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2011.2149330     Document Type: Article

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