학술논문

Electrometer Calibration With Sub-Part-Per-Million Uncertainty
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas. Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on. 68(6):1887-1894 Jun, 2019
Subject
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Calibration
Current measurement
Instruments
Voltage measurement
Temperature measurement
Standards
Uncertainty
Ammeters
calibration
current measurement
measurement standards
measurement uncertainty
precision measurements
Language
ISSN
0018-9456
1557-9662
Abstract
We performed calibrations of four different commercial picoammeters using the ultrastable low-noise current amplifier (ULCA) as a calibrator current source operated in the range between 1 fA and $1~\mu \text{A}$ . The results allow the comprehensive characterization of the devices under test regarding noise, settling, and burden voltage behavior as well as stability of the gain factor, and confirm the performance of the ULCA for use as small-current calibrator standard. Also, we present a further advanced setup for the calibration of transimpedance amplifiers. Accuracy limits for the best electrometer calibrations in the current range between 1 fA and $1~\mu \text{A}$ and possible implications on corresponding calibration and measurement capabilities are discussed.