About this Dataset

Traceable RF Power Metering Procedures With Thermoelectric Sensors.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) maintains the United States' primary standards for traceable RF and mm-wave power measurements. In the 2.4 mm connector type, the specialized sensors that NIST currently uses as primary standards are not commercially available, which raises concerns about the long-term sustainability of NIST's measurement capabilities. These concerns motivated us to explore the option of using commercially available thermoelectric power sensors. In this paper, we describe a power metering procedure and a preliminary uncertainty analysis for a power sensor that could be used for traceable RF power measurements. With our metering procedure we see good metered power linearity up to about 17 mW of RF power, weak temperature dependence, and an overall fractional measurement uncertainty of about 0.10% (k = 1).
Organization: Department of Commerce
Last updated: 2025-09-30T05:31:12.246097
Tags: calibration-services, measurement, power, power-metering, radio-frequency, thermoelectric-sensor

Tables

ClosedLoopScatterPlotData10GHz

@usgov.doc_gov_traceable_rf_power_metering_procedures_with_th_c443d5bc.closedloopscatterplotdata10ghz

171.94 kB
1,450 rows
12 columns

CREATE TABLE closedloopscatterplotdata10ghz (
  "rf_power_w_25_35_c" DOUBLE  -- RF Power (W) 25.35 C,
  "dc_balance_power_w_25_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Balance Power (W) 25.35 C,
  "rf_power_w_27_35_c" DOUBLE  -- RF Power (W) 27.35 C,
  "dc_balance_power_w_27_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Balance Power (W) 27.35 C,
  "rf_power_w_28_35_c" DOUBLE  -- RF Power (W) 28.35 C,
  "dc_balance_power_w_28_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Balance Power (W) 28.35 C,
  "rf_power_w_30_35_c" DOUBLE  -- RF Power (W) 30.35 C,
  "dc_balance_power_w_30_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Balance Power (W) 30.35 C,
  "thermopile_voltage_v_25_35_c" DOUBLE  -- Thermopile Voltage (V) 25.35 C,
  "thermopile_voltage_v_27_35_c" DOUBLE  -- Thermopile Voltage (V) 27.35 C,
  "thermopile_voltage_v_28_35_c" DOUBLE  -- Thermopile Voltage (V) 28.35 C,
  "thermopile_voltage_v_30_35_c" DOUBLE  -- Thermopile Voltage (V) 30.35 C
);

ClosedLoopScatterPlotData1GHz

@usgov.doc_gov_traceable_rf_power_metering_procedures_with_th_c443d5bc.closedloopscatterplotdata1ghz

172.13 kB
1,450 rows
12 columns

CREATE TABLE closedloopscatterplotdata1ghz (
  "rf_power_w_25_35_c" DOUBLE  -- RF Power (W) 25.35 C,
  "dc_balance_power_w_25_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Balance Power (W) 25.35 C,
  "rf_power_w_27_35_c" DOUBLE  -- RF Power (W) 27.35 C,
  "dc_balance_power_w_27_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Balance Power (W) 27.35 C,
  "rf_power_w_28_35_c" DOUBLE  -- RF Power (W) 28.35 C,
  "dc_balance_power_w_28_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Balance Power (W) 28.35 C,
  "rf_power_w_30_35_c" DOUBLE  -- RF Power (W) 30.35 C,
  "dc_balance_power_w_30_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Balance Power (W) 30.35 C,
  "thermopile_voltage_v_25_35_c" DOUBLE  -- Thermopile Voltage (V) 25.35 C,
  "thermopile_voltage_v_27_35_c" DOUBLE  -- Thermopile Voltage (V) 27.35 C,
  "thermopile_voltage_v_28_35_c" DOUBLE  -- Thermopile Voltage (V) 28.35 C,
  "thermopile_voltage_v_30_35_c" DOUBLE  -- Thermopile Voltage (V) 30.35 C
);

ClosedLoopScatterPlotData200MHz

@usgov.doc_gov_traceable_rf_power_metering_procedures_with_th_c443d5bc.closedloopscatterplotdata200mhz

172.34 kB
1,450 rows
12 columns

CREATE TABLE closedloopscatterplotdata200mhz (
  "rf_power_w_25_35_c" DOUBLE  -- RF Power (W) 25.35 C,
  "dc_balance_power_w_25_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Balance Power (W) 25.35 C,
  "rf_power_w_27_35_c" DOUBLE  -- RF Power (W) 27.35 C,
  "dc_balance_power_w_27_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Balance Power (W) 27.35 C,
  "rf_power_w_28_35_c" DOUBLE  -- RF Power (W) 28.35 C,
  "dc_balance_power_w_28_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Balance Power (W) 28.35 C,
  "rf_power_w_30_35_c" DOUBLE  -- RF Power (W) 30.35 C,
  "dc_balance_power_w_30_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Balance Power (W) 30.35 C,
  "thermopile_voltage_v_25_35_c" DOUBLE  -- Thermopile Voltage (V) 25.35 C,
  "thermopile_voltage_v_27_35_c" DOUBLE  -- Thermopile Voltage (V) 27.35 C,
  "thermopile_voltage_v_28_35_c" DOUBLE  -- Thermopile Voltage (V) 28.35 C,
  "thermopile_voltage_v_30_35_c" DOUBLE  -- Thermopile Voltage (V) 30.35 C
);

ClosedLoopScatterPlotData50GHz

@usgov.doc_gov_traceable_rf_power_metering_procedures_with_th_c443d5bc.closedloopscatterplotdata50ghz

170.82 kB
1,450 rows
12 columns

CREATE TABLE closedloopscatterplotdata50ghz (
  "rf_power_w_25_35_c" DOUBLE  -- RF Power (W) 25.35 C,
  "dc_balance_power_w_25_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Balance Power (W) 25.35 C,
  "rf_power_w_27_35_c" DOUBLE  -- RF Power (W) 27.35 C,
  "dc_balance_power_w_27_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Balance Power (W) 27.35 C,
  "rf_power_w_28_35_c" DOUBLE  -- RF Power (W) 28.35 C,
  "dc_balance_power_w_28_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Balance Power (W) 28.35 C,
  "rf_power_w_30_35_c" DOUBLE  -- RF Power (W) 30.35 C,
  "dc_balance_power_w_30_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Balance Power (W) 30.35 C,
  "thermopile_voltage_v_25_35_c" DOUBLE  -- Thermopile Voltage (V) 25.35 C,
  "thermopile_voltage_v_27_35_c" DOUBLE  -- Thermopile Voltage (V) 27.35 C,
  "thermopile_voltage_v_28_35_c" DOUBLE  -- Thermopile Voltage (V) 28.35 C,
  "thermopile_voltage_v_30_35_c" DOUBLE  -- Thermopile Voltage (V) 30.35 C
);

OpenLoopDataBottom

@usgov.doc_gov_traceable_rf_power_metering_procedures_with_th_c443d5bc.openloopdatabottom

66.19 kB
420 rows
14 columns

CREATE TABLE openloopdatabottom (
  "dc_power_w_24_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Power (W) 24.35 C,
  "dc_thermopile_voltage_v_24_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Thermopile Voltage (V) 24.35 C,
  "dc_power_w_25_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Power (W) 25.35 C,
  "dc_thermopile_voltage_v_25_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Thermopile Voltage (V) 25.35 C,
  "dc_power_w_26_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Power (W) 26.35 C,
  "dc_thermopile_voltage_v_26_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Thermopile Voltage (V) 26.35 C,
  "dc_power_w_27_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Power (W) 27.35 C,
  "dc_thermopile_voltage_v_27_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Thermopile Voltage (V) 27.35 C,
  "dc_power_w_28_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Power (W) 28.35 C,
  "dc_thermopile_voltage_v_28_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Thermopile Voltage (V) 28.35 C,
  "dc_power_w_29_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Power (W) 29.35 C,
  "dc_thermopile_voltage_v_29_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Thermopile Voltage (V) 29.35 C,
  "dc_power_w_30_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Power (W) 30.35 C,
  "dc_thermopile_voltage_v_30_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Thermopile Voltage (V) 30.35 C
);

OpenLoopDataTop

@usgov.doc_gov_traceable_rf_power_metering_procedures_with_th_c443d5bc.openloopdatatop

14 kB
15 rows
14 columns

CREATE TABLE openloopdatatop (
  "dc_power_w_24_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Power (W) 24.35 C,
  "dc_thermopile_voltage_v_24_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Thermopile Voltage (V) 24.35 C,
  "dc_power_w_25_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Power (W) 25.35 C,
  "dc_thermopile_voltage_v_25_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Thermopile Voltage (V) 25.35 C,
  "dc_power_w_26_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Power (W) 26.35 C,
  "dc_thermopile_voltage_v_26_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Thermopile Voltage (V) 26.35 C,
  "dc_power_w_27_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Power (W) 27.35 C,
  "dc_thermopile_voltage_v_27_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Thermopile Voltage (V) 27.35 C,
  "dc_power_w_28_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Power (W) 28.35 C,
  "dc_thermopile_voltage_v_28_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Thermopile Voltage (V) 28.35 C,
  "dc_power_w_29_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Power (W) 29.35 C,
  "dc_thermopile_voltage_v_29_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Thermopile Voltage (V) 29.35 C,
  "dc_power_w_30_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Power (W) 30.35 C,
  "dc_thermopile_voltage_v_30_35_c" DOUBLE  -- DC Thermopile Voltage (V) 30.35 C
);

UncertaintyData

@usgov.doc_gov_traceable_rf_power_metering_procedures_with_th_c443d5bc.uncertaintydata

6.71 kB
29 rows
5 columns

CREATE TABLE uncertaintydata (
  "mean_metered_power_w" DOUBLE  -- Mean Metered Power (W),
  "nonlinearity_fractional_uncertainty" DOUBLE,
  "repeatability_fractional_uncertainty" DOUBLE,
  "instrument_specifications_fractional_uncertainty" DOUBLE,
  "total_fractional_uncertainty" DOUBLE
);