CALIBRATION OF CAPACITANCE STANDARDS WITH A QUADRATURE BRIDGE

Luca Callegaro, Vincenzo D'Elia, Bruno Trinchera
Abstract:
National Metrology Institutes employ the quadrature bridge in the traceability chain to derive the farad from the ohm (represented with the quantum Hall effect). The bridge calibrates the capacitance product of the two capacitors being measured; a separate measurement with a ratio bridge is usually required to estimate each capacitor independently.
We describe here a method which, by measuring three capacitance standards with the quadrature bridge only, permits to derive the value of each capacitor without resorting to other measurement systems. The method has been checked with an automated quadrature bridge at the level of 1 nF, and verified by measurement on a ratio bridge.
Keywords:
capacitance measurement, bridge circuits, digital systems
Download:
IMEKO-WC-2009-TC4-424.pdf
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Event details
Event name:
XIX IMEKO World Congress
Title:

Fundamental and Applied Metrology

Place:
Lisbon, PORTUGAL
Time:
06 September 2009 - 11 September 2009