High-current performance evaluation of DCCTs

The evaluation of high performance DCCT's to the ppm level has never been an easy task. With the LHC demanding currents up to 13 kA, a whole series of problems has arisen in the accurate measurement of these devices. In order to tackle these problems, new facilities have been designed for laboratory measurements under full power operating conditions. These include a high performance low voltage 20 kA power converter, quasi-coaxial bus-bar structures, Kusters Bridge range extenders and a novel bipolar 0 - 10 A current calibrator with resolution and linearity better than ± 0.5 ppm. This paper will present an overview of the complete facility and give more detail on the new current calibrator. Initial results will be presented, along with application areas which advance the state of the art in this field of measurements.