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Evaluation of Uncertainties of the Null-Balanced Total-Power Radiometer System NCS1

Standard uncertainties are evaluated for the null-balanced, total-power, heterodyned radiometer system with a switched input that was recently developed at NIST to calibrate thermal noise sources. Eight significant sources of uncertainty due to systematic effects are identified, two attributable to...

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Autor principal: Pucic, Sunchana P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: [Gaithersburg, MD] : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology 1994
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8345252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37404358
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.099.007
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Sumario:Standard uncertainties are evaluated for the null-balanced, total-power, heterodyned radiometer system with a switched input that was recently developed at NIST to calibrate thermal noise sources. Eight significant sources of uncertainty due to systematic effects are identified, two attributable to the two noise standards, and one each to connectors, the input mismatch, the input switch asymmetry, the isolator, the broadband mismatch and the attenuator. The combined standard uncertainty of a typical coaxial noise source calibration at a representative frequency of 2 GHz is about 1%, A strategy for reducing uncertainties is discussed.