The values of electrical quantities span over an incredibly wide range. In the same laboratory, one can manage the measurement of, say, both small 1 pF capacitors and of 1000 F supercaps for energy storage. Conductors ask for measurement of resistances in the milliohm; insulator resistance can go up to several teraohm. A range of 15 orders of magnitude seems normal - until one considers that the same range for a length measurement, for example, would go from the size of a bacterium to a journey to the moon. Technological development pushes the need for accurate measurements of electrical quantities at the extremes of these ranges.
Fundamentals of Measurement: Small Electric Currents / Callegaro, Luca. - In: IEEE INSTRUMENTATION & MEASUREMENT MAGAZINE. - ISSN 1094-6969. - 27:9(2024), pp. 7-11. [10.1109/mim.2024.10772030]
Fundamentals of Measurement: Small Electric Currents
Callegaro, Luca
2024
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The values of electrical quantities span over an incredibly wide range. In the same laboratory, one can manage the measurement of, say, both small 1 pF capacitors and of 1000 F supercaps for energy storage. Conductors ask for measurement of resistances in the milliohm; insulator resistance can go up to several teraohm. A range of 15 orders of magnitude seems normal - until one considers that the same range for a length measurement, for example, would go from the size of a bacterium to a journey to the moon. Technological development pushes the need for accurate measurements of electrical quantities at the extremes of these ranges.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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