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Article: NIST staff develop microwave power standard for Singapore Standards Board. (News Briefs).(National Institute of Standards and Technology)
- Article from:
- Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
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NIST microwave power standards consist of microcalorimeters as primary reference standards and bolometric detectors as secondary transfer standards. NIST builds and maintains both standards for its own use and also builds bolometric detectors for other standards laboratories. NIST staff members built a microcalorimeter for the Singapore Productivity and Standards Board (PSB) and delivered it to them in November 2000. It has a Type N coaxial connector and is used for frequencies from 50 MHz to 18 GHz. This connector type is popular among manufacturers and is used in our highest volume calibration services.
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