Improvement of the voltage dependence of high-voltage ac-dc transfer differences at the NMIJ

A new ac-dc comparator system of 20-1000 V has been developed at the National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ) for the calibration of ac-dc thermal voltage converters (TVCs), which are used as national ac-dc transfer standards. The ac-dc transfer differences of high-voltage transfer standards were evaluated by a traditional step-up procedure. The voltage dependence of the ac-dc transfer difference was observed in the earlier step-up procedures over 300 V, as reported by the latest international intercomparison. The experimental results for high-voltage TVCs with several different range resistors at the NMIJ suggest that the voltage dependence may primarily be caused by input connectors of range resistors and the change in the resistance value of the resistor and TVC modules due to heating from resistors. This paper describes the voltage dependence improvement of ac-dc transfer differences over 300 V at the NMIJ.