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Examples of equipment with the above capabilities are:
Valhalla® 2720GS (any version);
Fluke® 5440B and Fluke 845AB Nullmeter—used together as a measur-
ing device, Fluke 752A reference divider is also recommended, but not re-
quired;
Hewlett-Packard® 3458A Digital DC Ammeter; with opt./A2, manual.
Solartron® 7081 or Datron® 1281 Digital Multimeters, if recently cali-
brated at these levels.
Note:
The accuracy required at a zero input level may be achieved by using the
short-term stability of the measuring device, as it simply requires a short circuit
to calibrate the measuring device.
The 2000 instruments require current measuring equipment with the accuracy
requirements shown in Table 3, for a margin of 2:1 or better.
Vitrek
recommends
using a high-accuracy digital DC ammeter, such as, the Hew-
lett-Packard 3458A, or a DC voltage measuring device and laboratory standard
resistors to achieve the current measurement accuracies. Use standard resistor
values of 100
Ω
, lK
Ω
, 10K
Ω
, 100K
Ω
and 1000K
Ω
respectively.
Table 3: Current Accuracy Margins
INPUT
LEVEL
ACCURACY
for 90-day specification
ACCURACY
for 1-year specification
10mA
210nA
315nA
1mA
15.5nA
26nA
100
A
2.1nA
3.2nA
10
A
275pA
400pA
0
25pA
50pA
Important Note:
The combination of the resistance and DC voltage measure-
ment uncertainty should not exceed the figures shown in Table 2. When calculat-
ing the uncertainty of the DC voltage measurement, be sure to include the effects
of input impedance (at the 1V DC level) and the input current of the measuring
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