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#heNationalInstituteofStandardsandTechnologywasestablished in1988byCongressto"assistindustryin thedevelopmentoftechnology ...neededtoimproveproductquality,tomodernizemanufacturingprocesses,to ensureproductreliability...a...
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NISTSpecialPublication250-52 NISTMEASUREMENTSERVICES: ErrorAnalysisandCalibrationUncertainty ofCapacitanceStandardsatNIST YMayChang ElectricityDivision ElectronicsandElectricalEngineeringLaboratory NationalInstituteofSta...
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NationalInstituteofStandardsandTechnologySpecialPublication250-52 Natl.Inst.Stand.Technol.Spec.Publ.250-62,109pages(Jan.2000) CODEN:NSPUE2 U.S.GOVERNMENTPRINTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON: 2000 ForsalebytheSuperintendent ofDocume...
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TABLEOFCONTENTS page ListofTables v ListofFigures vii ListofSymbols viii ABSTRACT 1 LINTRODUCTION 1 2.DESCRIPTIONOFSYSTEMSANDMEASUREMENTPROCEDURES 2 2.1Type-2CapacitanceBridgeandStandards 3 2.2Type-12CapacitanceBridge 3...
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4.3.1.2 Analysis 24 4.3.2Two-TerminalMeasurementsofHigh-CapacitanceValues 25 4.3.2.1 BasicEquationsofBalance 25 4.3.2.2 Analysis 25 4.3.3Three-TerminalMeasurementsofLow-CapacitanceValues 26 4.3.3.1 BasicEquationsofBalanc...
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ListofTables Page Table1.DialCorrectionsoftheType-2Bridge 40 Table2. StandardUncertaintiesinDialCorrectionsoftheType-2Bridge 41 Table3.CombinedUncertaintiesinDialCorrectionsUsingtheType-2Bridgeto MeasureCapacitorsofNomin...
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Table14a.SummaryofComponentsofStandardUncertaintiesinMicaCapacitor DialCorrectionsforTwo-TerminalMeasurements 54 Table14b.SummaryofComponentsofStandardUncertaintiesinMicaCapacitor DialCorrectionsforThree-TerminalMeasurem...
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ListofFigures page Figure1.BlockDiagramoftheFaradTransferandCalibrationProcessbyUsing theType-2Bridge 66 Figure2a.SchematicDiagramoftheNISTType-2CapacitanceBridge 67 Figure2b.SimplifiedCircuitDiagramoftheNISTType-2Capaci...
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ListofSymbols 1.Type-2System aandb In-phaseandquadraturecorrectionsofthe1:1ratio. CjtoCg DialcapacitorsoftheType-2bridge. CjtoCg NominalvaluesofcapacitorsCjtoCg. CjtoCg RealvaluesofcapacitorsCjtoCg. Cg,Cj,&CjjReferenceca...
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u^,u^,& Combined,TypeAandTypeBstandarduncertainties. Uand Expandedandtotal(assigned)uncertainties. Fg,Y^,& AdmittanceofC^,C^andc^- YandZ Effectiveadmittanceandimpedanceofthecapacitor,whereY=(1/Z). 2.TheType-12System Cjan...
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i?landi?2 ValuesofratioresistorsRjand R^^andRj.2 Contactresistanceofthetwobalances. Standarduncertaintyduetoleadimpedance. Sjjp2andS|jp3StandarduncertaintiesduetocorrectionsofplatesP2andP3. s^^ Standarduncertaintyofexter...
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ERRORANALYSISANDCALIBRATIONUNCERTAINTY OFCAPACITANCESTANDARDSATNIST Y.MayChang ElectricityDivision NationalInstituteofStandardsandTechnology ABSTRACT Thisdocumentpresentstheanalysisoferrorsourcesthatcontributetothetotalu...
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metrologist. Thecombinedstandarduncertainty,u^,isdefinedasthe"RSS"(root-sum-of-squares) ofbothtypes, as: r 2 , 2-,'/2 where isthecombinedstandarduncertainty,and andWj^areTypeAandTypeBstandarduncertainties,respectively. A...
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100Hz,400Hz,and1kHz.TheotheristheType-12bridge,whichisaresistanceratiocapacitance measuringsystemforcalibrationofcapacitorsofnominalvaluesfrom0.001)iFto1^iFat frequenciesof66Hz,100Hz,400Hz,1kHz,and10kHz.Since1992,commerc...
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mainlyusedtocalibratemica-dielectriccapacitorsofexposedbinding-postconnectorsintherange from0.001|iFto1|iF.Ingeneral,calibrationofcustomers'capacitors isperformedusingtwo measurements (ata1:1ratiooftheresistancearms)toel...
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and areadmittancesof andC^^ ,respectively, r,-isthedialreadingofi dialapplyingvoltagetocapacitor c,-,where0<r,-< 1,in incrementsof0.1, V;istheadmittanceofc,-, • th g-istheeffectiveadmittanceassociatedwiththesettingsofthe...
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(8) AssumingE^=lYasthereference,andbythedefinitionof1:1ratio,(E^I E^) -- 1,then: E^=-{l+a+ib), (9) whereaisthein-phasecorrectiontotheratio,and bisthequadraturecorrectiontotheratio. Theerrorsinthein-phaseandquadraturecorr...
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10:1(and1:10)ratio,respectively. 3.2DialCorrections TheinternalcapacitorsoftheType-2bridgeareasetofeightthree-terminal aircapacitors,CjtoCg, withadjustabledials,asshowninFig.3.Onesideofeachcapacitorisconnectedtothedetect...
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diandc/^^-^j^aredialcorrectionsofC^-andC^^-+j^ ,respectively, /«= 10istheratio,and cj^isthesumofdialreadingsgivingthecapacitancevalueatbalance,fork>i+l. ThebalanceequationforcalibratingC3(whereC3=1pF)withthe10pFreference...
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whereVar( t/j )isthevarianceofthedialcorrectionofthethirddial,d^^, s^^isthein-phasestandarduncertaintyinthe1:10ratio,asgiveninEq.(11), 5„isthestandarduncertaintyofthereferencestandard, th r^^isthedialreadingforthe^dial,w...
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5„„<7.2X 10"' pF. 3) Table 1givesasetoftypicaldataoftheaveragevaluesandstandarddeviationsofdial correctionsoftheType-2bridgefrom15measurementstakenoveraperiodofoneyear. Measurementrecordsshowthatonlythethreelowestdialsar...
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3.3.1VoltageDependenceofStandards Thevoltagedependenceofagroupoften10pFcapacitorswasobservedin [6]bymeasuringtheir capacitanceanddissipationfactorsfrom100Vto200V.Usingtheaveragevaluesofthe measurements, aswellasthesystem...
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Therefore,noadditionalerrorsduetofrequencydependenceareincurredexceptforcalibrations performedatfrequenciesotherthan1kHz. 3.3.3HysteresisEffectsinTemperatureCorrectionsofStandards EachNlST-made10pFfused-silicadielectricc...
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Therefore,Eq.(23)canbewrittenas: Z= + ( G^./(oV )]+ j0) [ Ij- (C/w^C^ )], (24) Thus,theequivalentequationofadmittance,7=(1/Z)isexpressedas: Y= ((o^C^)/[(Rio)^C^+ )+ jG)C(G)^ Z-iC- 1)], (25) whereYistheeffectiveadmittance...
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AG =3.94XlO-'^S<4X 10"'nS Table4givesasummaryoftheuncertaintiesduetoleadimpedanceformeasurementsofvarious nominalcapacitancevaluesatfrequenciesof100Hz,400Hz,and1kHz. 3.3.5UncertaintyintheReferenceStandard Therelativestab...
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silicacapacitorinICLisassignedtobe0.72ppm,includingthecomponentsoftransformerratio, dialcorrections,andexternalbridgecomponents. Othercalculationsusingtheoil-bathtype capacitorasthereferencestandardutilizes^^=0.72ppmasth...
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2) Sincetheassignedvalueoftheoil-bathtypefused-silicareferencecapacitorintheICLis measuredat1kHz,thereisanuncertaintycomponentof1.6ppmfromitsfrequency dependency,whenusingitasareferencetocalibrateothercapacitorsat100Hz....
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Table11containsthecalibrationuncertaintiesfortwotypesofHFcoaxialaircapacitors.Thelower- valuedtype,withnominalvaluesthatrangefrom1pFto20pF,hasarelativelyflatfrequency responsetoafewhundredmegahertz(seeFig.3inRef12).These...
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toprovidecapacitanceandconductancevaluesofthemicacapacitorsbeingcalibratedbytheType- 12bridge. 4.1BasicEquationsofCapacitanceMeasurements Figure5bisasimplifiedschematicoftheType-12bridgeshowingthecomponentsforcapacitance...
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tothedialreadingsareobtainedinaccordancewithEq.(36)andwiththefollowingprocedurefor switchingthecapacitors: Atdialreadingr= 0,allfourcapacitorsareconnectedtoarmCD,then Q =50pFand =0;therefore,C^=0. Atdialreadingr= 1,the5p...
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4.2.1RatioResistors AccordingtothespecificationsfortheType-12bridge[13],themaximumboundsoferrorinthe1:1 ratioare±30ppm.Thus,accordingtoEq.(4),theuncertaintyintheratioof1:1isestimatedas: =17.3ppm<18ppm, (39) wheres^^isthe...
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measurements, respectively. 2) Temperaturevariations Thetemperaturecoefficientsofairandmicacapacitorsare10ppm/°Cand45ppm/°C, respectively.ThetemperatureintheICLisalwaysmaintainedat(23±1)°C.Therefore, themaximumboundsofer...
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^rc^C-^dr+^tp^-^ds+-^tf ) '^nd (43) = (^mr ^+ ^mp ^ + ^ds ^ + '^mf ^ )^ (44) wheres^^and arethecombineduncertaintiesintheairandmicacapacitordials,respectively, whicharealsoincludedinTables13ato14b. 4.2.3ExternalBridgeCom...
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twocomponents,whichareestimatedfromeachtypeofmeasurement, as: , 2 , 2X ('/2) "^br^^-^bp +'^bz ) ' (48) wheres^^^isequaltoeitherS)^^^ -^bpS' dependingonwhichplate(eitherP2orP3)isbeing ThesearegiveninTables15aand15d. used....
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Theratioresistorsarealwayssettobeequal,{R^=Rj)sothatEq.(52)becomes: q = ( -C,o), (53) whichistheequationusedtocalculatethevalueoftheunknowncapacitor. 4.3.1.2Analysis TherelationshipamongthevariancesofthetermsofEq.(52)can...
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4.3.2Two-TerminalMeasurementsofHigh-CapacitanceValues (0.005^iF<C^^<1^iF) 4.3.2.1BasicEquationsofBalance Measurementproceduresofthistypearethesameasthoseforlow-capacitance values,exceptthat themicadialcapacitorsareneeded...
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BysubstitutingEq.(62)and(=i?2)intoEq.(61),itbecomes: Var(q)<(C^s^^f+sJ + , (63) 2 2 wheres^^= +^^^0 • FromEq.(39),theuncertaintycontributedbytheratioresistors,s^^,forthetwo-terminalhigh- capacitancemeasurements is18ppm.(...
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whereCj.j=2C^,and =2 aredialreadingsofinternalaircapacitorsatbalancewithC^, connectedtoarmADandtoarmCD,respectively. 4.3.3.2Analysis TherelationshipamongthevariancesofthetermsofEq.(66)canbeestimatedby: Var(q)= C/2)^,,i'...
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whereC^jand arevaluesoftheinternalaircapacitorsatbalancewiththeunknowncapacitor, connectedtoarmAD, andC^2 valuesoftheinternalaircapacitorsatbalancewithC ^ connectedtoarmCD, arevaluesoftheinternalmicacapacitorsatthesecond...
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measurementsofthesamenominalvalues,exceptthatthecapacitanceoftheplate,P3,is0.006pF, andtheseareestimatedtobelessthan3ppmatfrequenciesof100Hzand1kHz.However,ata frequencyof10kHz,theseuncertaintiesincreasesubstantiallyforh...
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q =[i?i/(i?,+/?2)](C^2+C^3) +C/^)[(Cr2-Cri)+(C,3-C,4)L (80) whereCj.jtoCj.4and to Qn3 micadialreadings,respectively,corresponding toeach measurement. Theratioresistorsarealwayssettobeequal =R2),soEq.(80)becomes: Q =(V2)...
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measuretheunknowncapacitorofvalueequalto1|iiF.Thecombineduncertaintyinthemica capacitordialreadings,[(Vi)s^],isestimatedtobelessthan16ppm.Theuncertaintyintheair capacitancedialreadings,[(V2)s^.^],isestimatedtobe5ppm.(See...
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maintainedat23°C±1°C.Uncertaintiesinunknowncapacitorsduetotemperaturechangesare dependentonthelengthoftimeneededtoperformmeasurementsandtoconnectadditional components. Ifanexternaldecadecapacitanceboxisneeded(suchasinthr...
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SimilarmeasurementshavealsobeenperformedonfourNISTstandardsatfrequenciesof100Hz and10kHz,andstandarduncertaintiesoftheirpredictedvaluesarealsogivenintheTables 16aand 16b.TheType-12bridgeisemployedtoperformmeasurementsonm...
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where istheconductanceoftheinternalmicacapacitorswithC^connectedtoarmCD, Gj-i istheconductancedialreadingswithoutconnectingC^, Gj.2istheconductancedialreadingswithC^^connectedtoarmCD,and Kgisthedividersetting. Forthecase...
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Thisresistanceisconsideredasbeinginserieswiththeinternalcapacitanceofthedecadeswitches. Sincetherearetwoormorebalancesrequiredforeachmeasurement,andresultsarecalculatedfrom thedifferenceofthesereadings,themaximumboundsof...
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4.6.4ResidualConductance Accordingto[14],themaximumboundsoferrorduetothelimitofresolutioninresidual conductanceinarmsADandCDarefunctionsoffrequencyandgivenas: ±^g,=±(0.02)// ^S, (93) where±^__arethemaximumboundsoferrordu...
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4.7.1RepeatabilityofMeasurements Aspointedoutinsection4.4.1forrepeatabilityofcapacitancemeasurements,therangeofagiven "limit"forconductancemeasurements isalsocontainedinNISTinternaldocumentsforeach nominalvalueofcapacito...
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6.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TheauthorwouldHketoacknowledgethemembersoftheMCOMSubcommittee forCapacitance CalibrationServices;CarrollCroarkin(Chairman),BarryBell,NormanBelecki,AndrewKoffman, andJohnMayo-Wells fortheirvaluablesugges...
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"CapacitanceStandardswithPrecisionConnectors,"TheGeneralRadioExperimenter, vol. 41,no.9,September,1967. "MoreCoaxialCapacitanceStandards,"TheGeneralRadioExperimenter, vol.42,no.5, May,1968. W.D.Voelker,"AnImprovedCapacit...
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Table1. DialCorrectionsoftheType-2Bridge [Allvaluesarein( 10'^ pF ),exceptnominalvaluesofdials ] DialNo. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Nominal Value(pF) 1AA 100 1A 10 1 0.1 0.01 AAA1 0.001 AAAA1 0.0001 AAAAA 1 0.00001 4/25/94 5160.1 -...
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Table2. StandardUncertainties inDialCorrectionsoftheType-2Bridge [Allvaluesarein(10'pF ),exceptnominalvaluesofdials ] DialNo. 3 4 5 6 7 8 2 1 Nominal ValueCi(pF) 1 0.1 0.01 0.001lE-04lE-05 10 100 MeanValue ofDial Correct...
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Table3.CombinedUncertaintiesinDialCorrectionsUsingtheType-2BridgetoMeasure CapacitorsofNominalValuesof1pF,10pF,100pF,and1000pF NominalValue ofCapacitor(pF) 1 10 100 1000 No.ofDialsUsed Routinely 4 5 5 6 AssignedCombined...
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Table4. Uncertainties inLeadImpedanceUsingtheType-2BridgetoMeasure CapacitorsatFrequenciesof100Hz,400Hz,and1kHz Frequency 1kHz 400Hz 100Hz NominalValue AC/C AC/C AC/C ofCapacitor(pF) (ppm) (ppm) (ppm) 1 «0.0002 «0.0002 «...
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Table9.ExpandedandAssignedTotalUncertaintiesUsingtheType-2BridgetoMeasure Three-TerminalAirCapacitorsatFrequenciesof400Hzand1kHz (Allvaluesareinppm,exceptnominalvaluesofcapacitors) NominalValueof Capacitors(pF) 0.001 0.0...
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Table10.ExpandedandAssignedTotalUncertaintiesUsingtheType-2BridgetoMeasure Three-TerminalAirCapacitorsat100Hz (Allvaluesareinppm,exceptnominalvaluesofcapacitors) NominalValueof Capacitors(pF) 0.01 0.1 1 10to1000 Componen...
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Table11.ExpandedandAssignedTotalUncertaintiesUsingtheType-2BridgetoMeasure Two-TerminalCoaxialAirCapacitorsat1kHz (Allvaluesareinppm,exceptnominalvaluesofcapacitors) (Lower-Valued ) (Mid-Valued ) NominalValueof Capacitor...
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Table12.ExpandedandAssignedTotalUncertaintiesofUsingtheType-2BridgetoMeasure Two-TerminalCoaxialMicaCapacitorsandOpen-CircuitTerminations at1kHz (Allvaluesareinppm,exceptnominalvaluesofcapacitors) CoaxialMicaCapacitors O...
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Table13a.SummaryofComponentsofStandardUncertaintiesinAirCapacitorDialCorrections forTwo-TerminalMeasurements UnknownStandard ()iF) 0.001 0.002 0.005 0.01 0.02 0.05 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.0 OlUL/CV.OIrrcU.Vd.lUC3Ol DialCorrection(...
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Table13b.SummaryofComponentsofStandardUncertaintiesinAirCapacitorDialCorrections forThree-TerminalMeasurements UnknownStandard ()iF) 0.001 0.002 0.005 0.01 0.02 0.05 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.0 StdDev.otrred.Valuesot DialCorrection(...
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Table14a.SummaryofComponentsofStandardUncertaintiesinMicaCapacitorDialCorrections forTwo-TerminalMeasurements UnknownStandard (fiF) 0.01 0.02 0.05 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.0 Componentsof StandardUncertainties(ppm) (AtallFrequencies...
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Table14b.SummaryofComponentsofStandardUncertaintiesinMicaCapacitorDialCorrections forThree-TerminalMeasurements UnknownStandard (jiF) 0.01 0.02 0.05 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.0 Componentsof StandardUncertainties(ppm) (AtallFrequenci...
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Table15a.SummaryofComponentsofTypeBStandardUncertaintiesinCapacitanceMeasurementsUsing theType-12BridgetoMeasureTwo-TerminalMicaCapacitorsat100Hz,1kHz,and10kHz (Allvaluesareinppm -exceptnominalvaluesoftheunknowncapacitan...
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Table15b.SummaryofComponentsofTypeBStandardUncertaintiesinCapacitanceMeasurementsUsing theType-12BridgetoMeasureThree-TerminalMicaCapacitorsat100Hz,1kHz,and10kHz (Allvaluesareinppm -exceptnominalvaluesoftheunknowncapacit...
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Table16a.SummaryofComponentsofTypeAStandardUncertaintiesinCapacitanceMeasurementsUsing theType-12BridgetoMeasureTwo-TerminalMicaCapacitorsat100Hz,1kHz,and10kHz (Allvaluesareinppm-exceptnominalvaluesofunknowncapacitancest...
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Table16b.SummaryofComponentsofTypeAStandardUncertaintiesinCapacitanceMeasurementsUsing theType-12BridgetoMeasureThree-TerminalMicaCapacitorsat100Hz,1kHz,and10kHz (Allvaluesareinppm -exceptnominalvaluesofunknowncapacitanc...
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Table17a.SummaryofExpandedandAssignedTotalUncertaintiesinCapacitanceMeasurementsUsing .; , theType-12BridgetoMeasureTwo-TerminalMicaCapacitorsat100Hz,IkHz,and10kHz (Allvaluesareinppm-exceptnominalvaluesoftheunknowncapaci...
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Table17b.SummaryofExpandedandAssignedTotalUncertaintiesinCapacitanceMeasurementsUsing theType-12BridgetoMeasureThree-TerminalMicaCapacitorsat100Hz,1kHz,and10kHz (Allvaluesareinppm-exceptnominalvaluesoftheunknowncapacitan...
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Table18a.SummaryofComponentsofTypeBStandardUncertaintiesinConductanceMeasurementsUsing theType-12BridgetoMeasureTwo-TerminalMicaCapacitorsat100Hz,1kHz,and10kHz (Allvaluesarein -exceptnominalvaluesoftheunknowncapacitances...
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Table18b.SummaryofComponentsofTypeBStandardUncertaintiesinConductanceMeasurementsUsing theType-12BridgetoMeasureThree-TerminalMicaCapacitorsat100Hz,1kHz,and10kHz (AllvaluesareinjiS-exceptnominalvaluesoftheunknowncapacita...
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Table19a.SummaryofComponentsofTypeA,Expanded,andAssignedUncertaintiesinConductance MeasurementsUsingtheType-12BridgetoMeasureTwo-TerminalMicaCapacitorsat 100Hz,1kHz,and10kHz (Allvaluesarein -exceptnominalvaluesoftheunkno...
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Table19b.SummaryofComponentsofTypeA,Expanded,andAssignedUncertainties inConductance MeasurementsUsingtheType-12BridgetoMeasureThree-TerminalMicaCapacitorsat 100Hz,1kHz,and10kHz (Allvaluesarein|uS-exceptnominalvaluesofthe...
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Primary Capacitance Laboratory Impedance Calibration Laboratory ReferenceBank 4xlOpFOil-BathType Fused-SilicaCapacitanceStandards TransferStandard 10pFAir-BathType Fused-SilicaCapacitanceStandard ReferenceBank 4xl0pFOil-...
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-1 Ex Figure2b.SimplifiedCircuitDiagramoftheNISTType-2CapacitanceBridge. 68
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^^^^^^^^ Ci|_C2LC2LC4LCj_C6\_Cjj_cj_ 100 10 1 10"' 10"2 iQ-' 10-'' 10-5 (pF) Figure3.InternalCapacitorsoftheType-2Bridge. G c R L, —^^/w c Figure4.LeadImpedanceofaCapacitorConnectedtotheBridge. 69
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Figure5b.SimplifiedCircuitDiagramoftheType-12CapacitanceBridge. 71
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Figure6.ComponentsoftheType-12BridgeforTwo-TerminalLow-Capacitance ValuesMeasurements. 72
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ure7.ComponentsoftheType-12BridgeforTwo-TerminalHigh-Capacitance ValuesMeasurements. 73
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Figure8.ComponentsoftheType-12BridgeforThree-TerminalLow-Capacitance ValuesMeasurements. 74
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Figure9.ComponentsoftheType-12BridgeforThree-TerminalMeasurementsof Capacitorsupto0.5|iF. 75
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B D Figure10.ComponentsoftheType-12BridgeforThree-TerminalMeasurementsof CapacitorsLargerThan0.5|j,F. 76
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gure11.SimplifiedCircuitDiagramoftheType-12CapacitanceBridgeIncluding theConductanceComponents. 77
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APPENDIXA.UNCERTAINTYANALYSISOFTHECORRECTIONSTOTHE1:1RATIO Rewritethebalanceequationandthecorrectionstothe1:1ratiooftheType-2bridgeasshownin Eqs.(6)to(9)ofthetextasEqs.(Al)to(A4)as: E,Y^+E^(lriy,)+p,E^(Mlg.) =-E^Y^, (Al)...
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10'^. Therefore,byeliminatingtheseterms,theapproximateequationfortheratiocorrections is: «i + j^i - [(L c.+L r„cJ +j(-l/0))/.5^ (L^/ + Z ]/ +Q, (A6) where and arein-phaseandquadraturecorrectionsapphedtothe1:1ratio. Thede...
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MultiplyboththenumeratorandthedenominatoroftherighthandsideofEq.(All)by [(CgDf^+Q " J(QQ)] eliminatethesecondordertermsofDF^andDf^ .Eq.(Al1) becomes: [1/(Fg+Y^)]= (1/0)) {[ (C3DF^+q Z)F^)/(Cg+Q ' ] -j[l/(C3+ CJ]}. Inmeas...
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Inordertoestimatethestandarduncertainties intheratiocorrections,afewassumptionsand approximations areneededtoapplytoEqs.(A15)and(A16).Ingeneral,allvaluesofZ)Fg,DF^^, df-,df^,x^,and arelessthan 10'^,andratiosof[x^I(DF^+DF...
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4) Uncertaintiesestimatedfromtheinterpolationoflastdials Thesensitivityoftheconductancedialsissuchthatchangesofthe±1steponthefourthdial donotaffectthebalance.Thisintroducesastandarduncertaintytothein-phasecorrection of:...
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APPENDIXB.CAPACITANCEDIALCORRECTIONSOFTHETYPE-12BRIDGE DataandanalysesofcapacitancecorrectionsforeachcapacitordialoftheType-12bridgeareincluded inthefollowingtables: TableB-1. DataandAnalysisofthe(0.1fiF/step )MicaCapaci...
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TableB-2. DataandAnalysisofthe(0.1jiiF/step)MicaCapacitorDialCorrectionsofthe Type-12Bridgeat1kHz [AllvaluesareinpFexceptthedialswhicharein(fj.F/step)] Date^^^ial 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 O.X 6/67 9.522 20.953...
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TableB-3. DataandAnalysisofthe(0.1p-F/step)MicaCapacitorDialCorrectionsofthe Type-12Bridgeat10kHz [AllvaluesareinpFexceptthedialswhicharein(fxF/step)] Date"-"»..^ial 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 O.X 6/67 16.633 40...
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TableB-4. DataandAnalysisofthe(0.01)a.F/step)MicaCapacitorDialCorrectionsofthe Type-12Bridgeat100Hz [AllvaluesareinpFexceptthedialswhicharein(fiF/step)] Date"""^^Dial 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09 O.OX 6/6...
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TableB-5. DataandAnalysisofthe(0.01|j.F/step)MicaCapacitorDialCorrectionsofthe Type-12Bridgeat1kHz [AllvaluesareinpFexceptthedialswhicharein(fiF/step)] Date"^"^Dial 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09 O.OX 6/67...
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TableB-6. DataandAnalysisofthe(0.01jiF/step)MicaCapacitorDialCorrectionsofthe Type-12Bridgeat10kHz [AllvaluesareinpFexceptthedialswhicharein(|j,F/step)] Date^^Dial 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09 O.OX 6/67 0...
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TableB-7. DataandAnalysisofthe(1000pF/step)AirCapacitorDialCorrectionsofthe Type-12Bridge (AllvaluesareinpF ) Date^>^Dial 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 10000 6/67 0.060 0.010 0.189 0.109 0.189 0.154 0.334...
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TableB-8. DataandAnalysisofthe(100pF/step)AirCapacitorDialCorrectionsofthe Type-12Bridge (AllvaluesareinpF ) Date^^-^^Dial 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 '6/67 -0.003 0.125 0.092 0.075 0.067 0.200 0.167 0.165 0...
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TableB-9. DataandAnalysisofthe(10pF/step)AirCapacitorDialCorrectionsofthe Type-12Bridge (AllvaluesareinpF ) Date^"\Dial 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 6/67 0.007 -0.057 0.005 0.047 0.059 -0.015 0.047 0.059 -0.004 0.007 1...
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APPENDIX C.CONDUCTANCEDIALCORRECTIONSOFTHETYPE-12BRIDGE DataandanalysesofconductancecorrectionsforeachmicacapacitancedialoftheType-12bridgeare includedinthefollowingtables: TableC-1. DataandAnalysisofConductanceCorrectio...
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TableC-2. DataandAnalysisofConductanceCorrectionsof(0.1^iF/step)MicaCapacitanceDial oftheType-12Bridgeat1kHz (Allvaluesarein0.001|j.S,exceptthedialwhichis0.1|j,F/step) DIAL 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 O.X 0/0/ /I...
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TableC-3. DataandAnalysisofConductanceCorrectionsof(0.1jj,F/step)MicaCapacitanceDial oftheType-12Bridgeat10kHz (Allvaluesarein0.001fiS,exceptthedialwhichis0.1fj,F/step) DTAT 01 02 01 04 05 06 07 08 09 0X O/O/ 4yz.JUo 1JJ...
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TableC-4. DataandAnalysisofConductanceCorrectionsof(0.01uF/step)MicaCapacitanceDial oftheType-12Bridgeat100Hz (Allvaluesarein0.001|liS,exceptthedialwhichis0.01|j,F/step) DTAT 001 003 004 005 006 007 008 w.wo 000 0OY o/o/...
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TableC-5. DataandAnalysisofConductanceCorrectionsof(0.01uF/step)MicaCapacitanceDial oftheType-12Bridgeat1kHz (Allvaluesarein0.001\xS,exceptthedialwhichis0.01|iF/step) DIAL AA1 0.01 AAO O.OZ AA^ 0.03 AAyl 0.04 AAC AA/C 0....
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TableC-6. DataandAnalysisofConductanceCorrectionsof(0.01uF/step)MicaCapacitanceDial oftheType-12Bridgeat10kHz (Allvaluesarein0.001|j,S,exceptthedialwhichis0.01^F/step) DlAT 001 007 003 004 005 006 007 008yj,yjo 009yj.yjy...
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