Title
Method for Ensuring Accurate AC Waveforms With Programmable Josephson Voltage Standards
Abstract
The amplitudes of stepwise-approximated sine waves generated by programmable Josephson voltage standards (PJVS) are not intrinsically accurate because the transitions between the quantized voltages depend on numerous conditions. We have developed a method that ensures that the total rms output voltages of arbitrary ac waveforms synthesized by the PJVS are accurately referenced to the quantized Josephson voltages. This is accomplished by digitizing the output waveform, utilizing the quantized voltages to correct digitizer gain, noise, and nonlinearity, and then utilizing measurements of the bandwidth, rise time, and harmonic content to precisely tune the PJVS bias parameters. Our goal is to develop an AC standard source that can directly synthesize voltages with the accuracy expected of a quantum-based standard without the use of a thermal voltage converter.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/TIM.2013.2250192
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions
Keywords
Field
DocType
analogue-digital conversion,measurement standards,parameter estimation,superconducting junction devices,voltage measurement,waveform generators,ac standard source,ac waveform synthesis,josephson device measurement applications,pjvs bias parameter tuning,accurate ac waveforms,bandwidth measurement,digitizer gain,digitizer noise,direct voltage synthesis,harmonic content,nonlinearity,output waveform digitization,programmable josephson voltage standards,quantized josephson voltages,quantum-based standard,rise time measurements,rms output voltages,stepwise-approximated sine wave amplitude,josephson arrays,josephson devices,josephson voltage standard
Voltage converter,Josephson voltage standard,Voltage,Waveform,Rise time,Harmonic,Electronic engineering,Quantization (signal processing),Electrical engineering,Sine wave,Physics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
62
6
0018-9456
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.38
3
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
C. J. Burroughs15821.52
Alain Rüfenacht29615.03
Samuel P. Benz310620.78
Paul D. Dresselhaus49817.82