Title
Improvements in the NIST Johnson Noise Thermometry System
Abstract
We have developed a Johnson noise thermometry (JNT) system that is calibrated by precision waveforms synthesized with a quantized voltage noise source (QVNS). Improvements to the QVNS and the cross-correlation measurement electronics have significantly reduced systematic errors and measurement uncertainty. We describe in detail a number of these improvements, such as amplifier performance and frequency response. We also show details of recent measurements that characterize the nonlinearities and distortion properties of the measurement electronics. Finally, we present an uncertainty analysis and discuss the potential for the QVNS-JNT technique to contribute to the redefinition of Boltzmann's constant.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1109/TIM.2008.2007027
IEEE T. Instrumentation and Measurement
Keywords
DocType
Volume
cross correlation,temperature,calibration,temperature measurement,uncertainty analysis,boltzmann constant,nist,boltzmann equation,measurement uncertainty,systematic errors,resistors,thermodynamics,systematic error,correlation,quantization,voltage,frequency response,thermal noise,measurement units,noise measurement
Journal
58
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
4
0018-9456
4
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.76
3
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Samuel P. Benz110620.78
Jifeng Qu293.75
Horst Rogalla393.07
Rod White4102.22
Paul D. Dresselhaus59817.82
Weston L. Tew6102.54
Sae Woo Nam73210.28