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Traceability of Bridge Amplifiers in Tared Measurement Applications

A. Brüge
  • Abstract:
    The influence of the primary voltage ratio standard uncertainty on strain gauge measurements, especially at secondary levels like torque wrench calibration, is discussed. A method is presented to overcome its 1/x behaviour, which affects the uncertainty budget at lower ratios for the usual point-by-point transfer of uncertainty.
    Monte Carlo simulations of fitted correction values reduce the relative expanded contribution of the traceability uncertainty to less than 1 · 10-5 for tared measurements with bridge amplifiers in comparison to five times more for point-by-point traceability.
    Considering typical further uncertainty contributions, a tared measurement of voltage ratios is possible with a combined relative expanded uncertainty of less than 1.8 · 10-5.
  • Keywords:
    voltage ratio, traceability, bridge amplifier, uncertainty, linearity
  • DOI:
    _unreg_tc3-2017.027

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