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Theory of Operation
Coaxial RF Power Standards Instruction and Service Manual
4-3
Controlling Thermistor Temperature
Since thermistor mounts are temperature sensitive devices, it is necessary to eliminate or
minimize the effects of changes in the ambient temperature. This is accomplished by thermally
isolating the mount, raising its temperature with a heater element to a level higher than the
ambient temperature, and maintaining that level by means of an external temperature controller.
The heater element electrical assembly, illustrated in Figure 4.2, is a Wheatstone bridge
configuration composed of wiring wound around a thermal mass. The wiring heats the mass to a
temperature above the ambient temperature. The thermistor beads are mounted on this thermal
mass and insulation surrounds the assembly to improve temperature stability. The proper
temperature is determined by the characteristics of the thermistor beads. The 2K-ohm
potentiometer is used to adjust the temperature such that the bead bias power (with no RF power
applied) is 30mW ± 0.7 mW. An external controller drives the heater.
The Heater Bridge circuit shown in Figure 4.2 balances when all the heater windings are equal in
resistance. Two windings, represented as R1 and R2, of zero temperature coefficient wire
(manganin) make up two legs of the bridge. The remaining two bridge windings, R3 and R4, have
a positive temperature coefficient wire (nickel). In an unbalanced condition, the bridge output
controls the current output of a temperature controller. Hence, the bridge configuration
accomplishes both a temperature sensing and heating function.
Bias
Voltage
Adjust
R1
R4
R3
R2
1
4
3
2
Figure 4.2 Simplified Schematic of RF Power Standards Internal Heater
Principle of DC Substitution
The RF Power Standards use the principle of DC substitution to measure RF power. DC
substitution refers to the measurement of RF power according to the amount of DC power that
must be substituted for the RF power in a bolometer in order to cause equivalent thermal effects.
Since some of the RF power applied to the input of the power standard is lost by reflection and
other causes before it is applied to the thermistor element, a calibration factor for the standard is
applied by the following formula to determine the actual level of RF power:
P
RF
= P
dc
K
Where:
P
RF
= Level of applied RF power,
P
dc
= DC substituted power which is proportional to the RF power incident on the thermistor
beads,
K = calibration factor of the RF Power Standard traceable to NIST
TEGAM Coaxial RF Power Standards are configured to provide a path for RF energy via a coaxial
line. DC Bias is introduced from the Bias terminals to the thermistors via filtering capacitors.