High Speed Peltier Calorimeter for the Calibration of High Bandwidth Power Measurement Equipment

Autor: Frost, Damien F., Howey, David A.
Rok vydání: 2015
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2015.2477155
Popis: Accurate power measurements of electronic components operating at high frequencies are vital in determining where power losses occur in a system such as a power converter. Such power measurements must be carried out with equipment that can accurately measure real power at high frequency. We present the design of a high speed calorimeter to address this requirement, capable of reaching a steady state in less than 10 minutes. The system uses Peltier thermoelectric coolers to remove heat generated in a load resistance, and was calibrated against known real power measurements using an artificial neural network. A dead zone controller was used to achieve stable power measurements. The calibration was validated and shown to have an absolute accuracy of +/-8 mW (95% confidence interval) for measurements of real power from 0.1 to 5 W.
Databáze: arXiv