Ccem RF-K19 CL

CCEM KEY COMPARISON CCEM.RF-K19.
CL (GT-RF/00-2)
Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator
Final Report of the Pilot Laboratory
J. Howes, C. Ei, K. Holland, C. Purser, R. Thompson, R. A. Ginley, B. Mellouet, D. Stumpe, A. Widarta, F. Hejsek, E. Dressler, C. F. Matthee, A. Michaud, D. C. Paulusse, J. P. M. de Vreede, J. Furrer, M. Zeier, J. Stenarson, K. Yhland, C. Wingqvist, S. Yaran, A. B. I. Teo, N. Hoon, Y. Shan, Q. Gao, B. Pinter, Z. Svetik, K. Ojasalo, J-G Lee, J-H Kim, L. Brunetti, V. Bekkerov, S. Bezdenezhnykh, S. Kucherenko, V. Turyansky, S. P. Grady, J. E. Peters, T. Zhang, M. Daly
John Howes National Physical Laboratory Teddington Middlesex TW11 0LW UNITED KINGDOM
January 2009
This report is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Johannes (Jan) Petrus Maria de Vreede (1945 2007), metrologist, colleague and friend.
CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Contents
Contents
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
INTRODUCTION
TRAVELLING STANDARDS
COMPARISON PROTOCOL AND SCHEDULE
SUMMARY OF MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES
DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS
REFERENCES
APPENDIX A TREATMENT OF THE RESULTS APPENDIX B TECHNICAL REPORTS FROM PARTICIPATING LABORATORIES B.1 B.2 B.3 B.4 B.5 B.6 B.7 B.8 B.9 B.10 B.11 B.12 B.13 B.14 NPL Measurements NIST Measurements LNE Measurements PTB Measurements NMIJ Measurements CMI Measurements CSIR Measurements NRC Measurements NMi-VSL Measurements METAS Measurements SP Measurements UME Measurements SPRING Measurements NIM Measurements
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B.15 B.16 B.17 B.18 B.19 B.20
SIQ Measurements MIKES Measurements KRISS Measurements INRIM Measurements VNIIFTRI Measurements NMIA Measurements
APPENDIX C UNCERTAINTY BUDGETS C.1 NPL uncertainty budget C.2 NIST uncertainty budget C.3 LNE uncertainty budget C.4 PTB uncertainty budgets C.5 NMIJ uncertainty budget C.6 CMI uncertainty budget C.7 CSIR uncertainty budget C.8 NRC uncertainty budget C.9 NMi-VSL uncertainty budget C.10 METAS uncertainty budget C.11 SP uncertainty budget C.12 UME uncertainty budget C.13 SPRING uncertainty budget C.14 NIM uncertainty budget C.15 SIQ uncertainty budget C.16 MIKES uncertainty budget C.17 KRISS uncertainty budget C.18 INRIM uncertainty budget C.19 VNIIFTRI uncertainty budget C.20 NMIA uncertainty budget
APPENDIX D OTHER REPORTED RESULTS
APPENDIX E STABILITY OF INTERCOMPARISON ATTENUATORS
CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Table of participants
PARTICIPANTS
John Howes National Physical Laboratory (NPL) Teddington Middlesex UNITED KINGDOM Ronald Ginley National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Boulder Colorado UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Bernard Mellouet Laboratoire National dEssais (LNE) (formerly LCIE) Fontenay aux Roses FRANCE
Dieter Stumpe Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) Braunschweig GERMANY
Anton Widarta National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ) Tsukuba JAPAN
Frantisek Hejsek esk Metrologick Institut (CMI) Prague CZECH REPUBLIC
Erik Dressler Council for Scientific and Industrial Research National Metrology Laboratory (CSIR NML) Pretoria SOUTH AFRICA Jan de Vreede (new contact Erik Dierikx) Nederlands Meetinstituut Van Swinden Laboratorium (NMi-VSL) Delft, THE NETHERLANDS
Alain Michaud National Research Council (NRC) Ottawa Ontario CANADA
Jrg Furrer Swiss Federal Office for Metrology and Accreditation (METAS) Bern-Wabern SWITZERLAND
Klas Yhland Sveriges Provnings- och Forskningsinstitut (SP) Bors SWEDEN
Senel Yaran Tubitak Ulusal Metrologi Enstits (TUBITAK-UME) TURKEY
Hua Li (new contact Thomas Wu) National Metrology Centre SPRING Singapore (SPRING) SINGAPORE
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Qiulai Gao National Institute of Metrology (NIM) Beijing CHINA
Zoran Svetik Slovenian Institute of Quality and Metrology (SIQ) Ljubljana SLOVENIA Joo-Gwang Lee Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) Daejeon SOUTH KOREA
Kari Ojasalo Mittatekniikan Keskus (MIKES) Espoo FINLAND
Luciano Brunetti Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologia (INRIM) formerly IEN Torino ITALY
Valery Bekkerov All Russian Research Institute for Physical, Technical and Radio-Technical Measurements (VNIIFTRI) Mendeleevo Moscow region RUSSIA
Stephen Grady National Measurement Institute of Australia (NMIA) Lindfield New South Wales AUSTRALIA
As of 1 Jan 2008, the National Metrology Centre moved from SPRING to the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). For the purposes of this report, they will still be referred to as SPRING. 6
CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator
Introduction
It is over ten years since the last CCEM (Consultative Committee on Electricity and Magnetism) RF / Microwave attenuation Intercomparison between National Metrology Institutions. The GT-RF Working Group meeting of 12 September 2000 approved a CIPM Key Comparison of Attenuation to be piloted by the National Physical Laboratory. It has been given the reference number CCEM-RF-K19.CL (previously GT-RF-00-02).
Participation in this Key Comparison was open to all CCEM members and, additionally, Signatories of the Metre Convention. A list of participants is given at the start of this report.
The travelling standards were two commercially available coaxial switched attenuators, terminated in precision Type N connectors. The measurement values and frequencies were selected to maximise the potential participants and to permit the participants to demonstrate fully the dynamic range of their measurement facilities.
Travelling Standards
Two travelling standards were used in this intercomparison: an HP 84907L (serial no. 2936A00473), which has a range of 0 to 70 dB in 10 dB steps (designated K19.CL/1); and an HP 8496H (serial no. 3247A12679), which has a range of 0 to 110 dB in 10 dB steps (designated K19.CL/2).
The HP 84907L is fitted with in-line connector adaptors to precision Type N (female) connectors. The attenuator body and the adaptors are mounted on an aluminium alloy base. The connections between the adaptors and the attenuator are covered in copper tape to reduce leakage. The measurement ports are identified by self adhesive labels.
Both standards are driven by a control unit (model HP11713A) that provides both manual and computer control. Both attenuators are used extensively by laboratories world wide, and many of the participants should already have been familiar with their operation and already own suitable control software to integrate them into their measurement systems. Should this not have been the case, programming and operational instructions were supplied with the
standards. The attenuator dimensions do not exceed 79 mm by 48 mm by 168 mm and they weigh less than 1 kg each.
The specific devices were chosen for stability and repeatability prior to the start of the comparison.
Comparison Protocol and Schedule
The travelling standards were circulated to the participants, who were asked to provide the following measurements:
Nominal attenuation steps 20 dB, 40 dB, 60 dB and 70 dB of standard K.19/CL1 Nominal attenuation steps 20 dB, 40 dB, 60 dB, 80 dB, 100 dB and 110 dB of standard K19.CL/2
These measurements were to be made at 60 MHz and 5 GHz.
Attenuation (dB) 1 0 20 40 60 70 80 100 110
SOCKET X or Y 2 X X X X X X X X X X X 3 4
X X X
Table 1 Attenuator switch positions for use in this intercomparison
Each attenuator contains two separate 40 dB steps; there are therefore two possible combinations for the nominal 40 dB, 60 dB and 70 dB steps. So that the same step was measured throughout this intercomparison, the protocol [1] outlined the switch settings for each step as shown in Table 1.
Laboratory PTB (Germany) VNIIFTRI (Russia) SIQ (Slovenia) CSIR (South Africa) NPL (UK) NRC (Canada) NIST (USA) NMIJ (Japan) NIM (China) CMI (Czech Republic) SP (Sweden) INRIM (Italy) NMi-VSL (Netherlands) METAS (Switzerland) LNE (France) UME (Turkey) KRISS (South Korea) MIKES (Finland) SPRING (Singapore) INRIM (Italy) repeat NMIA (Australia)
Date of Measurement January 2002 June 2002 August 2002 October 2002 December 2002 February 2003 April 2003 May 2003 July 2003 August 2003 September 2003 October 2003 November 2003 December 2003 February 2004 March 2004 May 2004 October 2004 March 2005 October 2006 January 2007
Table 2 Dates of measurements for this intercomparison
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Table 3 Summary of the measurement techniques used by each participant
Laboratory
NPL NIST LNE
Method: 60 MHz
Voltage ratio / AF substitution Six-port Power ratio / IF substitution Power ratio / DC substitution (to 30 dB) RF series substitution (above 30 dB) Voltage ratio / IF substitution Measuring Receiver Measuring Receiver AF substitution Commercial VNA IF substitution Commercial VNA Commerical VNA Voltage ratio / IF substitution AF substitution Measuring Receiver Commercial VNA RF substitution Commercial VNA Series substitution RF attenuation on low IF IF substitution
Standard: 60 MHz
Inductive voltage divider Airline length
Method: 5 GHz
Voltage ratio / AF substitution Commercial VNA Power ratio / IF substitution Power ratio / DC substitution (to 30 dB) RF series substitution (above 30 dB) Voltage ratio / IF substitution Measuring Receiver Measuring Receiver & Microwave Mixer AF substitution Commercial VNA IF substitution Commercial VNA Commercial VNA Voltage ratio / IF substitution AF substitution
Standard: 5 GHz
Inductive voltage divider Airline length
PTB
DC voltage
DC voltage
NMIJ CMI CSIR NRC NMi-VSL METAS SP UME SPRING NIM SIQ MIKES KRISS INRIM VNIIFTRI NMIA
Inductive voltage divider
Inductive voltage divider
WBCO attenuator Inductive voltage divider Calibrated attenuator WBCO attenuator Calibrated airline and attenuator Calibrated airline and attenuator Inductive voltage divider Inductive voltage divider Reference attenuator Calibrated attenuator DC voltage Length standards Inductive voltage divider WBCO attenuator
WBCO attenuator Inductive voltage divider Calibrated attenuator WBCO attenuator Calibrated airline and attenuator Calibrated airline and attenuator Inductive voltage divider Inductive voltage divider
Commercial VNA RF substitution Commercial VNA Parallel substitution RF attenuation on IF IF substitution
Calibrated attenuator DC voltage Length standards Resistive attenuator on IF WBCO attenuator
The majority of measurements were made between January 2002 and March 2005, with initial and final measurements made at NPL in October 2001 and January 2006 respectively. These measurements were performed to monitor any drift in the standards over the period of
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the comparison and, in line with the protocol, NPLs only other measurement, which was performed in December 2002, is considered in the analysis of the results. INRIM performed a repeat measurement towards the end of 2006 after the first Draft A review. NMIA
expressed interest in participation after NPL had performed the third measurement and, since the comparison was still at Draft A reporting stage, it was felt that NMIA should be allowed to participate. Table 2 gives an indication of the dates when the measurements took place at each laboratory. The original timetable was not strictly adhered to, owing to delays in customs and shipping.
Summary of Measurement Techniques
Table 3 gives a brief summary of the measurement techniques employed by each participant. A full description of the methods, as provided by each participant, can be found in Appendix B.
Discussion of the Results
The results were presented to the pilot laboratory in the format of the logarithmic dB value of the various attenuation values of the two travelling standards.
Although several attenuation step values were measured and reported to the pilot laboratory, only a selection are presented for analysis in this section of the report. measurands are: The chosen
Measurement of the nominal 20 dB step on both standards at 60 MHz and 5 GHz Measurement of the nominal 60 dB step on both standards at 60 MHz and 5 GHz Measurement of the nominal 100 dB step on standard K19.CL/2 at 60 MHz and 5 GHz
These values were chosen to provide a measurement at low, medium and high values of attenuation.
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Participants were also asked to provide estimates of the Type A and Type B uncertainties and the combined standard uncertainty (at one standard deviation) for the aforementioned measurands.
The measurement results and associated standard uncertainties together with the reference values and associated standard uncertainties (rounded to three decimal places) can be found in Tables 4 13.
It is interesting to note that there is a large variation in the reported uncertainties from each participant. The best explanation for this would be due to the different types of measurement system used by the participants.
Particularly at the higher attenuation steps, those participants with dedicated attenuation measurement systems (IF substitution, voltage ratio, etc.) report lower uncertainties than those choosing to use a network analyser to perform the measurement.
Due to this stark contrast in the reported uncertainties, there are two graphs in each of Figs 1 8 for each of the reported attenuation measurements: (a) measurements performed on dedicated attenuation systems; and (b) measurements performed on network analysers. Figs 9 and 10 contain only one graph as participants using network analysers did not make a measurement of the 100 dB step2.
The results on the graphs are plotted as they were reported, i.e., they are not rounded in any way (some participants reported results to four decimal places), so there may be a slight difference between some of the graphs and the corresponding tables of results.
INRIM is included twice in Tables 4 11 after a request during the first Draft A review to perform a repeat measurement; both sets of measurements have been included. The graphs and degree of equivalence tables contain only INRIMs second reported measurements.
INRIM requested this repeat because it was felt that the first measurement was performed
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With the exception of NMi-VSL, who are not included on the graph due to their relatively high reported uncertainty.
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incorrectly. It was agreed to report the results in this way as this was more efficient than performing a subsequent bilateral comparison. This does not affect the KCRV in any way as INRIMs results are not used due to the measurements having been performed using a network analyser. Appendix A describes the methods used to determine the key comparison reference value, and its associated uncertainty, along with the degrees of equivalence with respect to the key comparison reference value (KCRV) and between participants for the measurands described above. Only those measurements from participants who are CCEM members contribute to the calculation of the KCRV. Results from participants with traceability to other laboratories within this comparison were not used to calculate the key comparison reference value, neither were those from participants whose measurements were made on network analysers, regardless of their traceability path, due to their higher uncertainties3.
All uncertainty budgets provided by the participants can be found in Appendix C. Appendix D contains the full set of reported results (i.e., all reported attenuation steps at both frequencies for both devices).
CMI is not a member of CCEM, but is an observer; therefore CMIs results are not included in the calculation of the KCRV. SIQ and UME are not members either (UME is an observer) but would be excluded from the KCRV anyway due to traceability to another participant and use of a network analyser to perform the measurement, respectively.
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Table 4a Reported measurements used to calculate the KCRV

Lab i NPL LNE PTB NMIJ CSIR NRC METAS NIM KRISS VNIIFTRI Measurement and Combined Uncertainty of 20 dB attenuation step of K19.CL/1 at 60 MHz A20_i (dB) u(A20_i) (dB) 19.953 0.001 19.950 19.953 19.950 19.951 19.950 19.954 19.952 19.953 19.953 A20_R (dB) Reference value 19.952 0.010 0.001 0.001 0.009 0.011 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.001 u(A20_R) (dB) 0.002
Table 4b Other reported measurements not used in the determination of the KCRV
Lab i NIST CMI NMi-VSL SP UME SPRING SIQ MIKES INRIM INRIM repeat NMIA Measurement and Combined Uncertainty of 20 dB attenuation step of K19.CL/1 at 60 MHz A20_i (dB) u(A20_i) (dB) Reason for exclusion 19.952 0.007 VNA measurement 19.948 19.953 19.942 19.951 19.952 19.954 19.947 19.964 19.952 19.944 0.012 0.025 0.007 0.032 0.002 0.016 0.013 0.011 0.022 0.003 Non-CCEM member VNA measurement VNA measurement VNA measurement / Non-CCEM member Traceable to other participant Traceable to other participant / NonCCEM member VNA measurement Replaced by repeat VNA measurement Statistical outlier4
All uncertainties are given for coverage factor k = 1.

The term outlier used here does not necessarily mean a measurement that is bad in the sense that the assigned uncertainty is underestimated due to unrecognised systematic effects, rather a value that lies outside a statistically derived interval used to determine the KCRV. In this case, it is a suspected drift within the attenuator that may have caused this statistical anomaly see Appendix E for more details. 15
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Table 5a Reported measurements used to calculate the KCRV Lab i NPL LNE PTB NMIJ CSIR NRC METAS NIM KRISS VNIIFTRI Measurement and Combined Uncertainty of 20 dB attenuation step of K19.CL/1 at 5 GHz A20_i (dB) u(A20_i) (dB) 19.956 0.001 19.950 0.012 19.951 0.001 19.947 0.001 19.951 0.020 19.951 0.011 19.947 0.004 19.947 0.003 19.958 0.005 19.956 0.001 A20_R (dB) Reference value 19.951 u(A20_R) (dB) 0.003
Table 5b Other reported measurements not used in the determination of the KCRV Measurement and Combined Uncertainty of 20 dB attenuation step of Lab i K19.CL/1 at 5 GHz A20_i (dB) u(A20_i) (dB) Reason for exclusion NIST 19.939 0.010 VNA measurement CMI NMi-VSL SP UME SPRING SIQ MIKES INRIM INRIM repeat NMIA 19.942 19.931 19.942 19.947 19.947 Not provided 19.940 19.909 19.943 19.937 0.013 0.024 0.025 0.032 0.003 Not provided 0.020 0.002 0.008 0.004 VNA measurement Replaced by repeat VNA measurement Statistical outlier5 Non-CCEM member VNA measurement VNA measurement VNA measurement / Non-CCEM member Traceable to other participant

Again, this statistical anomaly is probably due to a drift within the attenuator itself see Appendix E for more details. 16
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Table 6a Reported measurements used to calculate the KCRV Lab i NPL LNE PTB NMIJ NRC METAS NIM KRISS VNIIFTRI NMIA Measurement and Combined Uncertainty of 60 dB attenuation step of K19.CL/1 at 60 MHz A60_i (dB) u(A60_i) (dB) 60.070 0.002 60.070 0.024 60.071 0.002 60.069 0.002 60.080 0.024 60.075 0.004 60.068 0.003 60.069 0.004 60.070 0.001 60.060 0.006 A60_R (dB) Reference value 60.070 u(A60_R) (dB) 0.004
Table 6b Other reported measurements not used in the determination of the KCRV Measurement and Combined Uncertainty of 60 dB attenuation step of Lab i K19.CL/1 at 60 MHz A60_i (dB) u(A60_i) (dB) Reason for exclusion NIST 60.055 0.086 VNA measurement CMI NMi-VSL SP UME SPRING SIQ MIKES INRIM INRIM repeat CSIR 60.053 60.070 60.076 60.070 60.072 60.058 60.065 60.138 60.059 60.044 0.023 0.066 0.018 0.258 0.007 0.027 0.037 0.086 0.096 0.013 Non-CCEM member VNA measurement VNA measurement VNA measurement / Non-CCEM member Traceable to other participant Traceable to other participant / NonCCEM member VNA measurement Replaced by repeat VNA measurement Statistical outlier
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Table 7a Reported measurements used to calculate the KCRV Lab i NPL LNE PTB NMIJ CSIR NRC METAS NIM KRISS VNIIFTRI NMIA Measurement and Combined Uncertainty of 60 dB attenuation step of K19.CL/1 at 5 GHz A60_i (dB) u(A60_i) (dB) 60.069 0.002 60.070 0.027 60.059 0.005 60.058 0.002 60.053 0.020 60.060 0.024 60.063 0.006 60.062 0.004 60.074 0.007 60.074 0.002 60.049 0.007 A60_R (dB) Reference value 60.063 u(A60_R) (dB) 0.004
Table 7b Other reported measurements not used in the determination of the KCRV Measurement and Combined Uncertainty of 60 dB attenuation step of Lab i K19.CL/1 at 5 GHz u(A60_i) (dB) Reason for exclusion A60_i (dB) NIST 60.037 0.081 VNA measurement CMI NMi-VSL SP UME SPRING SIQ MIKES INRIM INRIM repeat 60.037 60.032 59.996 60.044 60.063 Not provided 60.058 60.491 60.060 0.024 0.071 0.085 0.258 0.006 Not provided 0.040 0.058 0.058 VNA measurement Replaced by repeat VNA measurement Non-CCEM member VNA measurement VNA measurement VNA measurement / Non-CCEM member Traceable to other participant
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Table 8a Reported measurements used to calculate the KCRV Lab i NPL LNE PTB NMIJ METAS NIM KRISS VNIIFTRI Measurement and Combined Uncertainty of 20 dB attenuation step of K19.CL/2 at 60 MHz A20_i (dB) u(A20_i) (dB) 19.945 0.001 19.940 0.010 19.944 0.001 19.944 0.001 19.945 0.003 19.944 0.002 19.943 0.002 19.944 0.001 A20_R (dB) Reference value 19.944 u(A20_R) (dB) 0.001
Table 8b Other reported measurements not used in the determination of the KCRV Measurement and Combined Uncertainty of 20 dB attenuation step of Lab i K19.CL/2 at 60 MHz A20_i (dB) u(A20_i) (dB) Reason for exclusion CSIR 19.938 0.008 Statistical outlier NRC NIST CMI NMi-VSL SP UME SPRING SIQ MIKES INRIM INRIM repeat NMIA 19.934 19.944 19.939 19.958 19.942 19.947 19.943 19.946 19.937 19.990 19.944 19.938 0.011 0.007 0.012 0.023 0.007 0.032 0.002 0.016 0.013 0.011 0.022 0.002 Statistical outlier VNA measurement Non-CCEM member VNA measurement VNA measurement VNA measurement / Non-CCEM member Traceable to other participant Traceable to other participant / NonCCEM member VNA measurement Replaced by repeat VNA measurement Statistical outlier
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Table 9a Reported measurements used to calculate the KCRV Lab i NPL LNE PTB NMIJ CSIR NRC METAS NIM KRISS VNIIFTRI NMIA Measurement and Combined Uncertainty of 20 dB attenuation step of K19.CL/2 at 5 GHz A20_i (dB) u(A20_i) (dB) 19.931 0.003 19.930 0.016 19.938 0.003 19.931 0.002 19.913 0.040 19.933 0.010 19.940 0.006 19.939 0.006 19.938 0.006 19.948 0.002 19.927 0.006 A20_R (dB) Reference value 19.933 u(A20_R) (dB) 0.004
Table 9b Other reported measurements not used in the determination of the KCRV Measurement and Combined Uncertainty of 20 dB attenuation step of Lab i K19.CL/2 at 5 GHz u(A20_i) (dB) Reason for exclusion A20_i (dB) NIST 19.922 0.010 VNA measurement CMI NMi-VSL SP UME SPRING SIQ MIKES INRIM INRIM repeat 19.918 20.024 19.936 19.934 19.933 Not provided 19.925 19.791 19.930 0.014 0.063 0.025 0.032 0.003 Not provided 0.021 0.002 0.007 VNA measurement Replaced by repeat VNA measurement Non-CCEM member VNA measurement VNA measurement VNA measurement / Non-CCEM member Traceable to other participant
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Table 10a Reported measurements used to calculate the KCRV Lab i NPL LNE PTB NMIJ NRC METAS NIM KRISS VNIIFTRI Measurement and Combined Uncertainty of 60 dB attenuation step of K19.CL/2 at 60 MHz A60_i (dB) u(A60_i) (dB) 60.140 0.001 60.140 0.025 60.138 0.003 60.138 0.002 60.138 0.024 60.140 0.004 60.135 0.003 60.132 0.004 60.136 0.001 A60_R (dB) Reference value 60.138 u(A60_R) (dB) 0.004
Table 10b Other reported measurements not used in the determination of the KCRV Measurement and Combined Uncertainty of 60 dB attenuation step of Lab i K19.CL/2 at 60 MHz A60_i (dB) u(A60_i) (dB) Reason for exclusion CSIR 60.124 0.012 Statistical outlier NIST CMI NMi-VSL SP UME SPRING SIQ MIKES INRIM INRIM repeat NMIA 60.127 60.111 60.150 60.143 60.134 60.137 60.144 60.132 60.244 60.141 60.125 0.083 0.025 0.065 0.018 0.258 0.007 0.027 0.037 0.088 0.098 0.006 VNA measurement Non-CCEM member VNA measurement VNA measurement VNA measurement / Non-CCEM member Traceable to other participant Traceable to other participant / NonCCEM member VNA measurement Replaced by repeat VNA measurement Statistical outlier
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Table 11a Reported measurements used to calculate the KCRV Lab i NPL LNE PTB NMIJ NRC METAS NIM KRISS VNIIFTRI NMIA Measurement and Combined Uncertainty of 60 dB attenuation step of K19.CL/2 at 5 GHz A60_i (dB) u(A60_i) (dB) 60.098 0.004 60.100 0.035 60.108 0.007 60.099 0.003 60.096 0.024 60.111 0.007 60.106 0.007 60.103 0.007 60.115 0.005 60.083 0.009 A60_R (dB) Reference value 60.102 u(A60_R) (dB) 0.005
Table 11b Other reported measurements not used in the determination of the KCRV Measurement and Combined Uncertainty of 60 dB attenuation step of Lab i K19.CL/2 at 5 GHz A60_i (dB) u(A60_i) (dB) Reason for exclusion CSIR 60.076 0.050 Statistical outlier NIST CMI NMi-VSL SP UME SPRING SIQ MIKES INRIM INRIM repeat 60.082 60.061 60.200 60.171 60.109 60.098 Not provided 60.091 60.099 60.095 0.081 0.026 0.071 0.088 0.258 0.007 Not provided 0.041 0.010 0.015 VNA measurement Replaced by repeat VNA measurement VNA measurement Non-CCEM member VNA measurement VNA measurement VNA measurement / Non-CCEM member Traceable to other participant
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Table 12a Reported measurements used to calculate the KCRV Lab i NPL LNE PTB NMIJ METAS NIM VNIIFTRI Measurement and Combined Uncertainty of 100 dB attenuation step of K19.CL/2 at 60 MHz A100_i (dB) u(A100_i) (dB) 100.277 0.002 100.280 0.040 100.277 0.004 100.274 0.008 100.278 0.007 100.270 0.008 100.273 0.002 A100_R (dB) Reference value 100.276 u(A100_R) (dB) 0.006
Table 12b Other reported measurements not used in the determination of the KCRV Measurement and Combined Uncertainty of 100 dB attenuation step Lab i of K19.CL/2 at 60 MHz A100_i (dB) u(A100_i) (dB) Reason for exclusion CSIR 100.260 0.040 Statistical outlier NIST CMI NMi-VSL SP UME SPRING SIQ MIKES INRIM NRC KRISS NMIA Not provided 100.240 100.303 Not provided Not provided 100.294 100.263 Not provided Not provided Not provided Not provided Not provided Not provided 0.221 0.907 Not provided Not provided 0.018 0.091 Not provided Not provided Not provided Not provided Not provided Traceable to other participant Traceable to other participant / NonCCEM member Non-CCEM member VNA measurement
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Table 13a Reported measurements used to calculate the KCRV Lab i NPL LNE PTB NMIJ METAS NIM Measurement and Combined Uncertainty of 100 dB attenuation step of K19.CL/2 at 5 GHz A100_i (dB) u(A100_i) (dB) 100.246 0.006 100.230 0.052 100.260 0.030 100.241 0.007 100.234 0.034 100.243 0.010 A100_R (dB) Reference value 100.242 u(A100_R) (dB) 0.012
Table 13b Other reported measurements not used in the determination of the KCRV Measurement and Combined Uncertainty of 100 dB attenuation step Lab i of K19.CL/2 at 5 GHz A100_i (dB) u(A100_i) (dB) Reason for exclusion CSIR 100.200 0.060 Statistical outlier NIST CMI NMi-VSL SP UME SPRING SIQ MIKES INRIM NRC KRISS VNIIFTRI NMIA Not provided 100.150 100.447 Not provided Not provided 100.233 Not provided Not provided Not provided Not provided Not provided 100.331 Not provided Not provided 0.145 2.824 Not provided Not provided 0.011 Not provided Not provided Not provided Not provided Not provided 0.030 Not provided Traceable to other participant Non-CCEM member VNA measurement
Statistical outlier
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19.98000
19.97000
Attenuation (dB)
19.96000 VNIIFTRI PTB 19.95000 CSIR CMI 19.94000 NPL METAS LNE KRISS NIM NMIJ NMIA NRC SPRING SIQ
19.93000
Fig 1a K19.CL/1 device 20 dB step at 60 MHz: participants using attenuation systems
19.99000
19.98000
19.97000
Attenuation (dB)
19.96000 NIST 19.95000 MIKES 19.94000 SP UME INRIM (repeat) NMi-VSL
19.93000
19.92000
19.91000
Fig 1b K19.CL/1 device 20 dB step at 60 MHz: particpants using network analysers
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19.98000
19.97000
19.96000 Attenuation (dB)
VNIIFTRI
KRISS NPL LNE NRC NMIJ METAS NIM NMIA SPRING
19.95000 PTB
CSIR
19.94000
CMI
19.93000
19.92000
Fig 2a K19.CL/1 device 20 dB step at 5 GHz: participants using attenuation systems
19.98000
19.96000
Attenuation (dB)
19.94000
INRIM (repeat) NIST
MIKES NMi-VSL
SP
UME
19.92000
19.90000
19.88000
Fig 2b K19.CL/1 device 20 dB step at 5 GHz: particpants using network analysers
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60.11000 60.10000 60.09000 60.08000 Attenuation (dB) VNIIFTRI 60.07000 PTB 60.06000 60.05000 60.04000 60.03000 60.02000 NPL LNE KRISS NIM NMIA SIQ NRC METAS NMIJ SPRING
CSIR
CMI
60.40000
60.30000
60.10000 NIST 60.00000 INRIM (repeat) MIKES NMi-VSL
SP UME
59.90000
59.80000
Fig 3b K19.CL/1 device 60 dB step at 60 MHz: participants using network analysers
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60.12000
60.10000
VNIIFTRI NPL LNE KRISS METAS
60.06000 PTB 60.04000 CMI 60.02000 CSIR
NIM NMIJ NMIA
SPRING NRC
60.00000
60.60000 60.50000 60.40000 60.30000 Attenuation (dB) 60.20000 60.10000 NIST 60.00000 59.90000 59.80000 59.70000 INRIM (repeat) MIKES NMi-VSL SP UME
Fig 4b K19.CL/1 device 60 dB step at 5 GHz: participants using network analysers
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19.97000
19.96000
Attenuation (dB)
19.95000 VNIIFTRI NPL PTB 19.94000 CSIR LNE CMI KRISS NIM NMIA NRC 19.93000 METAS NMIJ SIQ SPRING
19.92000
19.99000
19.98000
19.97000 NMi-VSL
Attenuation (dB)
19.96000
19.95000 NIST 19.94000 MIKES 19.93000 INRIM (repeat) SP UME
19.92000
19.91000
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19.96000 VNIIFTRI 19.95000 KRISS 19.94000 PTB 19.93000 Attenuation (dB) 19.92000 19.91000 19.90000 19.89000 19.88000 19.87000 19.86000 CSIR CMI NPL LNE NMIA NIM METAS NMIJ NRC SPRING
20.15000
20.10000
20.05000 NMi-VSL Attenuation (dB) 20.00000
19.95000 NIST 19.90000 INRIM (repeat) MIKES SP
UME
19.85000
19.80000
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60.18000 60.17000 60.16000 60.15000 Attenuation (dB) 60.14000 PTB 60.13000 60.12000 60.11000 CMI 60.10000 60.09000 60.08000 CSIR KRISS VNIIFTRI NPL LNE METAS NMIJ NRC SPRING SIQ
NIM
NMIA
60.40000
60.30000
60.20000 Attenuation (dB) NIST 60.10000 INRIM (repeat) MIKES NMi-VSL SP UME
60.00000
59.90000
59.80000
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60.16000
60.14000 VNIIFTRI NPL LNE KRISS 60.08000 CSIR 60.06000 CMI 60.04000 NIM NMIA
60.12000 PTB 60.10000
METAS NMIJ NRC SPRING
Attenuation (dB)
60.02000
60.00000
60.40000
60.30000
NMi-VSL 60.20000 Attenuation (dB) SP 60.10000 NIST 60.00000 INRIM (repeat) MIKES
UME
59.90000
59.80000
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100.70000 100.60000 100.50000 100.40000 Attenuation (dB) 100.30000 PTB 100.20000 100.10000 100.00000 99.90000 99.80000 99.70000 VNIIFTRI NPL CSIR CMI NIM LNE METAS NMIJ SIQ
SPRING
Fig 9 K19.CL/2 device 100 dB step at 60 MHz: participants using attenuation systems
100.40000
100.35000
VNIIFTRI
100.30000 PTB 100.25000 NPL METAS LNE CSIR NIM NMIJ
Attenuation (dB)
100.20000
SPRING
100.15000 CMI 100.10000
100.05000
100.00000
Fig 10 K19.CL/2 device 100 dB step at 5 GHz: participants using attenuation systems
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix A Treatment of the results
Appendix A Treatment of the results

Key comparison CCEM.RF-K19.CL
MEASURANDS: Attenuation
Pilot Laboratory: NPL (UK)
A20_i
result of measurement of 20 dB attenuation step carried out by laboratory i.
u(A20_i) A60_i
combined uncertainty of A20_i reported by laboratory i. result of measurement of 60 dB attenuation step carried out by laboratory i.
u(A60_i) A100_i
combined uncertainty of A60_i reported by laboratory i. result of measurement of 100 dB attenuation step carried out by laboratory i.
u(A100_i)
combined uncertainty of A100_i reported by laboratory i.
Outlying results were excluded in obtaining the key comparison reference value (KCRV). Outliers were identified using the Median of Absolute Deviations [2], defined by
S ( MAD) k1 median j Y j Ymed ,
(1)
where k1 is a multiplier determined by simulation and Ymed is the median of the sample {Yi}. According to [3], the value of k1 for 20 participants is 1.544. A value of Yj, which differs from the median by more than 2.5S(MAD), is considered an outlier, and this criterion may be used to test each point:
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Yi Ymed > 2.5 S ( MAD) .

Should the inequality (2) be true for any point Yi, this point is identified as an outlier.
(2)
The KCRVs, Ax_R, for this comparison are calculated using the unweighted mean6 from the results of the participants as follows:
Ax _ R =
1 N' Ax _ i , N ' i =1
(3)
where x = 20, 60 or 100 and N is the number of participants after inconsistent data has been identified and discarded.
The combined uncertainties associated with the KCRV were obtained using [4]
u ( Ax _ R ) =
1 N '2
u
i
( Ax _ i ) .
(4)
The degrees of equivalence of each laboratory with respect to the reference value are given by
Ax _ i = Ax _ i Ax _ R .
(5)
If Ax_i is not used in the calculation of the KCRV, then the expanded uncertainty in Ax_i is given by
U ( Ax _ i ) = k u 2 ( Ax _ i ) + u 2 ( Ax _ R ) ,
(6)
where k is the coverage factor used to give the uncertainty at 95 % confidence (usually, k = 2).
Due to the large variation in reported uncertainties, even amongst the participants using dedicated attenuation systems, an unweighted mean is the preferred option over a weighted mean to avoid any unwanted biasing towards results with the lowest reported uncertainties. 36
If Ax_i is not an outlier, then the expanded uncertainty in Ax_i is given by
2 U ( Ax _ i ) = 2.0 u 2 ( Ax _ R ) + 1 u 2 (Ax _ i ) N
owing to the existence of correlation between the KCRV and the measured value Ax_i. The degrees of equivalence between laboratories, Ax_ij, are given by
Ax _ ij = Ax _ i Ax _ j .
(7)
(8)
The associated expanded uncertainty, U(Ax_ij), was determined using equation (6), replacing
u2(Ax_R) with u2(Ax_j).
Equation (6) cannot be used to derive the uncertainty in the degree of equivalence between participants with a common traceability path (e.g., NPL and MIKES) owing to the presence of correlation. If correlation is to be considered, the correlated data must be consistent and a correlation coefficient known [5, 6, 7]. Determination of such correlation coefficients is difficult given the available data and therefore it is decided not to include a degree of equivalence between labs where this occurs.
Degree of equivalence with respect to the reference value and between each of the participants can be found in Tables A.1 to A.10.
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR NIST LNE CMI INRIM KRISS METAS MIKES NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL NRC SPRING SIQ SP UME NMIA KCRV A20_i 0.001 0.001 0.001 -0.001 0.000 -0.002 -0.004 0.000 0.001 0.002 -0.005 0.000 -0.002 0.001 -0.002 0.000 0.002 -0.010 -0.001 -0.008 U(A20_i) 0.004 0.004 0.004 0.017 0.015 0.019 0.022 0.044 0.006 0.007 0.026 0.005 0.005 0.050 0.020 0.006 0.032 0.015 0.064 0.006 -0.009 0.006 -0.003 0.022 -0.001 -0.003 0.004 0.003 0.000 0.000 -0.002 -0.001 -0.003 -0.005 -0.001 0.000 0.001 0.003 0.002 0.018 0.014 0.020 0.024 0.044 0.005 0.007 0.000 -0.002 -0.001 -0.003 -0.005 -0.001 0.000 0.001 -0.006 -0.001 -0.003 0.000 -0.003 -0.001 0.001 -0.011 -0.002 -0.009 0.002 0.018 0.014 0.020 0.024 0.044 0.005 0.007 0.026 0.004 0.003 0.050 0.022 0.005 0.032 0.014 0.063 0.006 -0.002 -0.001 -0.003 -0.005 -0.001 0.000 0.001 -0.006 -0.001 -0.003 0.000 -0.003 -0.001 0.001 -0.011 -0.002 -0.009 0.018 0.014 0.020 0.024 0.044 0.005 0.007 0.026 0.003 0.003 0.050 0.021 0.004 0.032 0.014 0.063 0.006 0.001 -0.001 -0.003 0.001 0.002 0.003 -0.004 0.001 -0.001 0.002 -0.001 0.001 0.003 -0.009 0.000 -0.007 0.023 0.027 0.030 0.046 0.019 0.019 0.032 0.018 0.018 0.053 0.028 0.018 0.037 0.023 0.066 0.019 -0.002 -0.004 0.000 0.001 0.002 -0.005 0.000 -0.002 0.001 -0.002 0.000 0.002 -0.010 -0.001 -0.008 0.024 0.028 0.046 0.015 0.016 0.030 0.014 0.014 0.052 0.026 0.015 0.035 0.020 0.065 0.015 -0.002 0.002 0.003 0.004 -0.003 0.002 0.000 0.003 0.000 0.002 0.004 -0.008 0.001 -0.006 0.031 0.048 0.021 0.021 0.033 0.020 0.020 0.054 0.029 0.020 0.038 0.024 0.067 0.021 0.004 0.005 0.006 -0.001 0.004 0.002 0.005 0.002 0.004 0.006 -0.006 0.003 -0.004 0.050 0.025 0.025 0.035 0.024 0.024 0.056 0.032 0.024 0.040 0.028 0.068 0.025 A20_ij NPL U(A20_ij) A20_ij 0.000 PTB U(A20_ij) 0.003 VNIIFTRI A20_ij 0.000 0.000 U(A20_ij) 0.002 0.002 A20_ij 0.002 0.002 0.002 CSIR U(A20_ij) 0.018 0.018 0.018 A20_ij 0.001 0.001 0.001 -0.001 NIST U(A20_ij) 0.014 0.014 0.014 0.023 A20_ij 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.001 0.002 LNE U(A20_ij) 0.020 0.020 0.020 0.027 0.024 A20_ij 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.003 0.004 0.002 CMI U(A20_ij) 0.024 0.024 0.024 0.030 0.028 0.031
Table A.1a Degrees of equivalence for 20 dB step measurements of device K19.CL/1 at 60 MHz
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR NIST LNE CMI INRIM KRISS METAS MIKES NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL NRC SPRING SIQ SP UME NMIA 0.001 0.002 -0.005 0.000 -0.002 0.001 -0.002 0.000 0.002 -0.010 -0.001 -0.008 0.044 0.045 0.051 0.044 0.044 0.067 0.049 0.044 0.055 0.046 0.077 0.044 0.001 -0.006 -0.001 -0.003 0.000 -0.003 -0.001 0.001 -0.011 -0.002 -0.009 0.008 0.026 0.006 0.005 0.050 0.022 0.006 0.032 0.015 0.064 0.007 -0.007 -0.002 -0.004 -0.001 -0.004 -0.002 0.000 -0.012 -0.003 -0.010 0.027 0.007 0.007 0.050 0.022 0.008 0.033 0.016 0.064 0.009 -0.003 0.026 0.003 0.034 0.005 0.003 0.026 0.026 -0.002 0.001 -0.002 0.000 0.002 -0.010 -0.001 -0.008 0.004 0.050 0.022 0.005 0.032 0.014 0.064 0.006 0.003 0.000 0.002 0.004 -0.008 0.001 -0.006 0.050 0.022 0.005 0.032 0.014 0.063 0.006 -0.009 0.050 -0.003 0.054 INRIM A20_ij 0.001 0.001 0.001 -0.001 0.000 -0.002 -0.004 U(A20_ij) 0.044 0.044 0.044 0.046 0.046 0.048 0.050 A20_ij 0.000 0.000 0.000 -0.002 -0.001 -0.003 -0.005 -0.001 KRISS U(A20_ij) 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.019 0.015 0.021 0.025 0.044 METAS A20_ij -0.001 -0.001 -0.001 -0.003 -0.002 -0.004 -0.006 -0.002 -0.001 U(A20_ij) 0.007 0.007 0.007 0.019 0.016 0.021 0.025 0.045 0.008 0.006 0.006 0.004 0.005 0.003 0.001 0.005 0.006 0.007 0.026 0.026 0.032 0.030 0.033 0.035 0.051 0.026 0.027 MIKES A20_ij U(A20_ij) A20_ij 0.001 0.001 0.001 -0.001 0.000 -0.002 -0.004 0.000 0.001 0.002 -0.005 NIM U(A20_ij) 0.004 0.004 0.003 0.018 0.014 0.020 0.024 0.044 0.006 0.007 0.026 A20_ij 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.001 0.002 0.000 -0.002 0.002 0.003 0.004 -0.003 0.002 NMIJ U(A20_ij) 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.018 0.014 0.020 0.024 0.044 0.005 0.007 0.026 0.004 -0.001 -0.003 0.050 0.050 0.000 0.000 -0.002 -0.001 -0.003 -0.005 -0.001 0.000 0.001 0.050 0.050 0.053 0.052 0.054 0.056 0.067 0.050 0.050 NMi-VSL A20_ij U(A20_ij)
Table A.1b Degrees of equivalence for 20 dB step measurements of device K19.CL/1 at 60 MHz
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR NIST LNE CMI INRIM KRISS METAS MIKES NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL NRC SPRING SIQ SP UME NMIA 0.002 0.004 -0.008 0.001 -0.006 0.022 0.039 0.026 0.067 0.022 -0.008 0.007 -0.010 0.032 0.002 0.015 -0.007 0.064 NRC A20_ij 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.001 0.002 0.000 -0.002 0.002 0.003 0.004 -0.003 0.002 0.000 0.003 U(A20_ij) 0.022 0.022 0.021 0.028 0.026 0.029 0.032 0.049 0.022 0.022 0.034 0.022 0.022 0.054 -0.002 0.022 -0.004 0.039 0.008 0.026 -0.001 0.067 0.000 -0.002 0.005 0.005 -0.002 -0.004 0.032 0.032 0.010 0.008 0.014 0.014 0.001 -0.001 0.064 0.063 0.001 0.001 -0.001 0.000 -0.002 -0.004 0.000 0.001 0.002 0.005 0.004 0.018 0.015 0.020 0.024 0.044 0.006 0.008 -0.001 -0.001 -0.003 -0.002 -0.004 -0.006 -0.002 -0.001 0.000 0.032 0.032 0.037 0.035 0.038 0.040 0.055 0.032 0.033 0.011 0.011 0.009 0.010 0.008 0.006 0.010 0.011 0.012 0.014 0.014 0.023 0.020 0.024 0.028 0.046 0.015 0.016 0.002 0.002 0.000 0.001 -0.001 -0.003 0.001 0.002 0.003 0.063 0.063 0.066 0.065 0.067 0.068 0.077 0.064 0.064 SPRING A20_ij U(A20_ij) A20_ij SIQ U(A20_ij) A20_ij SP U(A20_ij) A20_ij UME U(A20_ij) A20_ij 0.009 0.009 0.009 0.007 0.008 0.006 0.004 0.008 0.009 0.010 0.003 0.008 0.006 0.009 0.006 0.008 0.010 -0.002 0.007 NMIA U(A20_ij) 0.006 0.006 0.006 0.019 0.015 0.021 0.025 0.044 0.007 0.009 0.026 0.006 0.006 0.050 0.022 0.007 0.032 0.015 0.064
Table A.1c Degrees of equivalence for 20 dB step measurements of device K19.CL/1 at 60 MHz
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR NIST LNE CMI INRIM KRISS METAS MIKES NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL NRC SPRING SIQ SP UME NMIA -0.009 -0.004 -0.014 0.050 0.064 0.009 -0.019 0.008 -0.009 -0.004 -0.014 0.050 0.064 0.008 -0.014 -0.009 -0.019 0.050 0.064 0.008 -0.009 -0.004 -0.014 0.064 0.075 0.041 0.003 0.008 -0.002 0.054 0.067 0.021 -0.008 -0.003 -0.013 0.056 0.068 0.025 0.000 0.005 -0.005 0.056 0.069 0.027 KCRV A20_i 0.005 0.000 0.005 0.000 -0.012 -0.001 -0.009 -0.008 0.007 -0.004 -0.011 -0.004 -0.004 -0.020 0.000 -0.004 U(A20_i) 0.006 0.006 0.006 0.037 0.021 0.022 0.024 0.018 0.011 0.009 0.041 0.008 0.006 0.048 0.020 0.008 -0.005 0.022 -0.009 -0.009 0.007 0.003 -0.005 0.000 -0.005 -0.017 -0.006 -0.014 -0.013 0.002 -0.009 0.004 0.004 0.040 0.020 0.024 0.026 0.017 0.011 0.009 0.005 0.000 -0.012 -0.001 -0.009 -0.008 0.007 -0.004 -0.010 -0.004 -0.004 -0.020 0.000 -0.004 0.004 0.040 0.020 0.024 0.026 0.017 0.011 0.009 0.040 0.007 0.004 0.048 0.022 0.007 -0.005 -0.017 -0.006 -0.014 -0.013 0.002 -0.009 -0.015 -0.009 -0.009 -0.025 -0.005 -0.009 0.040 0.020 0.024 0.026 0.017 0.011 0.009 0.040 0.007 0.004 0.048 0.022 0.007 -0.012 -0.001 -0.009 -0.008 0.007 -0.004 -0.010 -0.004 -0.004 -0.020 0.000 -0.004 0.045 0.047 0.048 0.043 0.041 0.041 0.057 0.041 0.040 0.063 0.045 0.040 0.011 0.003 0.004 0.019 0.008 0.002 0.008 0.008 -0.008 0.012 0.008 0.031 0.033 0.026 0.023 0.022 0.045 0.021 0.020 0.052 0.029 0.021 -0.008 -0.007 0.008 -0.003 -0.009 -0.003 -0.003 -0.019 0.001 -0.003 0.035 0.029 0.026 0.025 0.047 0.025 0.024 0.054 0.032 0.025 0.001 0.016 0.005 -0.001 0.005 0.005 -0.011 0.009 0.005 0.031 0.028 0.027 0.048 0.027 0.026 0.055 0.034 0.027 A20_ij NPL U(A20_ij) A20_ij 0.005 PTB U(A20_ij) 0.004 VNIIFTRI A20_ij 0.000 -0.005 U(A20_ij) 0.004 0.004 A20_ij 0.005 0.000 0.005 CSIR U(A20_ij) 0.040 0.040 0.040 A20_ij 0.017 0.012 0.017 0.012 NIST U(A20_ij) 0.020 0.020 0.020 0.045 A20_ij 0.006 0.001 0.006 0.001 -0.011 LNE U(A20_ij) 0.024 0.024 0.024 0.047 0.031 A20_ij 0.014 0.009 0.014 0.009 -0.003 0.008 CMI U(A20_ij) 0.026 0.026 0.026 0.048 0.033 0.035
Table A.2a Degrees of equivalence for 20 dB step measurements of device K19.CL/1 at 5 GHz
N.B. SIQ did not submit results at 5 GHz
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR NIST LNE CMI INRIM KRISS METAS MIKES NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL NRC SPRING SIQ SP UME NMIA -0.001 0.004 -0.006 0.053 0.066 0.018 -0.016 -0.011 -0.021 0.051 0.064 0.013 -0.005 0.000 -0.010 0.051 0.064 0.011 -0.003 0.041 -0.005 0.000 -0.010 0.050 0.064 0.010 -0.005 0.000 -0.010 0.050 0.063 0.008 0.006 0.049 0.015 0.004 -0.003 0.004 0.004 -0.012 0.008 0.004 0.020 0.019 0.044 0.018 0.017 0.051 0.027 0.018 -0.011 -0.017 -0.011 -0.011 -0.027 -0.007 -0.011 0.013 0.042 0.012 0.011 0.049 0.024 0.012 -0.006 0.000 0.000 -0.016 0.004 0.000 0.041 0.010 0.008 0.049 0.023 0.010 0.010 0.046 0.006 0.006 0.041 0.040 0.000 -0.016 0.004 0.000 0.007 0.048 0.022 0.009 -0.016 0.004 0.000 0.048 0.022 0.006 0.020 0.053 INRIM A20_ij 0.013 0.008 0.012 0.008 -0.004 0.007 -0.001 U(A20_ij) 0.017 0.017 0.017 0.043 0.026 0.029 0.031 A20_ij -0.002 -0.007 -0.002 -0.007 -0.019 -0.008 -0.016 -0.015 KRISS U(A20_ij) 0.011 0.011 0.011 0.041 0.023 0.026 0.028 0.020 METAS A20_ij 0.009 0.004 0.009 0.004 -0.008 0.003 -0.005 -0.004 0.011 U(A20_ij) 0.009 0.009 0.009 0.041 0.022 0.025 0.027 0.019 0.013 0.010 0.015 0.010 -0.002 0.009 0.001 0.003 0.017 0.006 0.040 0.040 0.057 0.045 0.047 0.048 0.044 0.042 0.041 MIKES A20_ij U(A20_ij) A20_ij 0.009 0.004 0.009 0.004 -0.008 0.003 -0.005 -0.004 0.011 0.000 -0.006 NIM U(A20_ij) 0.007 0.007 0.007 0.041 0.021 0.025 0.027 0.018 0.012 0.010 0.041 A20_ij 0.009 0.004 0.009 0.004 -0.008 0.003 -0.005 -0.004 0.011 0.000 -0.006 0.000 NMIJ U(A20_ij) 0.003 0.004 0.004 0.040 0.020 0.024 0.026 0.017 0.011 0.008 0.040 0.007 0.016 0.016 0.048 0.048 0.020 0.025 0.020 0.008 0.019 0.011 0.012 0.027 0.016 0.048 0.048 0.063 0.052 0.054 0.055 0.051 0.049 0.049 NMi-VSL A20_ij U(A20_ij)
Table A.2b Degrees of equivalence for 20 dB step measurements of device K19.CL/1 at 5 GHz
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR NIST LNE CMI INRIM KRISS METAS MIKES NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL NRC SPRING SIQ SP UME NMIA -0.009 -0.004 -0.014 0.054 0.067 0.023 -0.010 0.010 -0.005 0.051 -0.010 0.064 0.005 0.010 0.051 0.064 -0.004 0.022 NRC A20_ij 0.005 0.000 0.005 0.000 -0.012 -0.001 -0.009 -0.008 0.007 -0.004 -0.010 -0.004 -0.004 -0.020 U(A20_ij) 0.022 0.022 0.022 0.045 0.029 0.032 0.034 0.027 0.024 0.023 0.046 0.022 0.022 0.053 0.000 0.000 -0.016 0.004 0.009 0.006 0.048 0.022 0.009 0.054 0.004 0.067 0.005 0.005 0.050 0.050 0.000 0.000 0.064 0.063 0.004 0.009 0.004 -0.008 0.003 -0.005 -0.004 0.011 0.000 0.007 0.007 0.040 0.021 0.025 0.027 0.018 0.012 0.010 0.009 0.014 0.009 -0.003 0.008 0.000 0.001 0.016 0.005 0.050 0.050 0.064 0.054 0.056 0.056 0.053 0.051 0.051 0.004 0.009 0.004 -0.008 0.003 -0.005 -0.004 0.011 0.000 0.064 0.064 0.075 0.067 0.068 0.069 0.066 0.064 0.064 SPRING A20_ij U(A20_ij) A20_ij SIQ U(A20_ij) A20_ij SP U(A20_ij) A20_ij UME U(A20_ij) A20_ij 0.019 0.014 0.019 0.014 0.002 0.013 0.005 0.006 0.021 0.010 0.003 0.010 0.010 -0.006 0.014 0.010 NMIA U(A20_ij) 0.008 0.008 0.008 0.041 0.021 0.025 0.027 0.018 0.013 0.011 0.041 0.010 0.008 0.049 0.023 0.010
Table A.2c Degrees of equivalence for 20 dB step measurements of device K19.CL/1 at 5 GHz
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR NIST LNE CMI INRIM KRISS METAS MIKES NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL NRC SPRING SIQ SP UME NMIA KCRV A60_i 0.000 0.001 0.000 -0.026 -0.015 0.000 -0.017 -0.011 -0.001 0.005 -0.005 -0.002 -0.001 0.000 0.010 0.002 -0.012 0.006 0.000 -0.010 U(A60_i) 0.009 0.009 0.008 0.027 0.172 0.043 0.047 0.193 0.010 0.011 0.075 0.009 0.008 0.132 0.043 0.016 0.055 0.037 0.516 0.013 -0.010 0.013 0.010 0.048 -0.002 -0.001 0.007 0.006 0.001 0.000 -0.026 -0.015 0.000 -0.017 -0.011 -0.001 0.005 0.007 0.005 0.026 0.172 0.048 0.046 0.193 0.009 0.010 -0.001 -0.027 -0.016 -0.001 -0.018 -0.012 -0.002 0.004 -0.006 -0.003 -0.002 -0.001 0.009 0.001 -0.013 0.005 -0.001 -0.011 0.005 0.027 0.172 0.048 0.046 0.193 0.009 0.010 0.075 0.007 0.006 0.132 0.048 0.015 0.054 0.036 0.516 0.013 -0.026 -0.015 0.000 -0.017 -0.011 -0.001 0.005 -0.005 -0.002 -0.001 0.000 0.010 0.002 -0.012 0.006 0.000 -0.010 0.026 0.172 0.048 0.046 0.193 0.007 0.009 0.075 0.005 0.004 0.132 0.048 0.014 0.054 0.036 0.516 0.012 0.011 0.026 0.009 0.015 0.025 0.031 0.021 0.024 0.025 0.026 0.036 0.028 0.014 0.032 0.026 0.016 0.174 0.055 0.053 0.195 0.027 0.027 0.079 0.027 0.026 0.135 0.055 0.030 0.060 0.044 0.516 0.029 0.015 -0.002 0.004 0.014 0.020 0.010 0.013 0.014 0.015 0.025 0.017 0.003 0.021 0.015 0.005 0.179 0.178 0.258 0.172 0.172 0.188 0.172 0.172 0.217 0.179 0.173 0.180 0.176 0.544 0.172 -0.017 -0.011 -0.001 0.005 -0.005 -0.002 -0.001 0.000 0.010 0.002 -0.012 0.006 0.000 -0.010 0.067 0.199 0.049 0.049 0.089 0.048 0.048 0.141 0.068 0.050 0.072 0.060 0.518 0.050 0.006 0.016 0.022 0.012 0.015 0.016 0.017 0.027 0.019 0.005 0.023 0.017 0.007 0.198 0.047 0.047 0.088 0.046 0.046 0.140 0.067 0.048 0.071 0.058 0.518 0.048 A60_ij NPL U(A60_ij) A60_ij -0.001 PTB U(A60_ij) 0.007 VNIIFTRI A60_ij 0.000 0.001 U(A60_ij) 0.005 0.005 A60_ij 0.026 0.027 -0.026 CSIR U(A60_ij) 0.026 0.027 0.026 A60_ij 0.015 0.016 0.015 -0.011 NIST U(A60_ij) 0.172 0.172 0.172 0.174 A60_ij 0.000 0.001 0.000 -0.026 -0.015 LNE U(A60_ij) 0.048 0.048 0.048 0.055 0.179 A60_ij 0.017 0.018 0.017 -0.009 0.002 0.017 CMI U(A60_ij) 0.046 0.046 0.046 0.053 0.178 0.067
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INRIM A60_ij 0.011 0.012 0.011 -0.015 -0.004 0.011 -0.006 0.010 0.016 0.006 0.009 0.010 0.011 0.021 0.013 -0.001 0.017 0.011 0.001 U(A60_ij) 0.193 0.193 0.193 0.195 0.258 0.199 0.198 0.193 0.193 0.207 0.193 0.193 0.234 0.199 0.193 0.200 0.196 0.550 0.193 0.006 A60_ij 0.001 0.002 0.001
KRISS U(A60_ij) 0.009 0.009 0.007 0.027 0.172 0.049 0.047 0.193 0.011 0.075 0.009 0.008 0.132 0.049 0.016 0.055 0.037 0.516 0.014
METAS A60_ij -0.005 -0.004 -0.005 -0.031 -0.020 -0.005 -0.022 0.016 -0.006 U(A60_ij) 0.010 0.010 0.009 0.027 0.172 0.049 0.047 0.193 0.011 0.075 0.010 0.009 0.132 0.049 0.017 0.055 0.037 0.516 0.015 0.015 0.003 0.004 0.006 0.005 A60_ij
MIKES U(A60_ij) 0.075 0.075 0.079 0.188 0.089 0.088 0.207 0.075 0.075 0.075 0.075 0.089 0.001 0.002 0.012 0.004 -0.010 0.008 0.002 -0.005 0.076 -0.008 A60_ij 0.002 0.003 0.002 -0.024 -0.013 0.002 -0.015 -0.009 0.001 0.007 -0.003
NIM U(A60_ij) 0.007 0.007 0.005 0.027 0.172 0.048 0.046 0.193 0.009 0.010 0.075 0.006 0.132 0.048 0.015 0.054 0.036 0.516 0.013 0.001 0.011 0.003 -0.011 0.007 0.001 -0.009 A60_ij 0.001 0.002 0.001 -0.025 -0.014 0.001 -0.016 -0.010 0.000 0.006 -0.004 -0.001
NMIJ U(A60_ij) 0.006 0.006 0.004 0.026 0.172 0.048 0.046 0.193 0.008 0.009 0.075 0.006 0.132 0.048 0.014 0.054 0.036 0.516 0.013
NMi-VSL A60_ij 0.001 0.000 -0.026 -0.015 0.000 -0.017 -0.011 -0.001 0.005 -0.002 -0.001 0.010 U(A60_ij) 0.132 0.132 0.135 0.217 0.141 0.140 0.234 0.132 0.132 0.132 0.132 0.141
-0.025 -0.014 0.001 -0.016 -0.010
-0.021 -0.010 0.005 -0.012 -0.006 0.004 0.010
-0.004 -0.001 0.000 0.001 0.011 0.003 -0.011 0.007 0.001 -0.009
-0.010 -0.007 -0.006 -0.005 0.005 -0.003 -0.017 0.001 -0.005 -0.015
-0.010
0.133
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR NIST LNE CMI INRIM KRISS METAS MIKES NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL NRC SPRING SIQ SP UME NMIA -0.008 -0.022 -0.004 -0.010 -0.020 0.050 0.072 0.060 0.518 0.050 -0.012 0.019 0.002 0.055 -0.016 0.038 -0.010 0.516 NRC A60_ij -0.010 -0.009 -0.010 -0.036 -0.025 -0.010 -0.027 -0.021 -0.011 -0.005 -0.015 -0.012 -0.011 -0.010 U(A60_ij) 0.048 0.048 0.048 0.055 0.179 0.068 0.067 0.199 0.049 0.049 0.089 0.048 0.048 0.141 0.008 0.050 0.022 0.072 0.004 0.060 0.010 0.518 -0.004 -0.003 0.015 0.014 0.010 0.011 0.054 0.054 -0.008 -0.007 0.036 0.036 -0.002 -0.001 0.516 0.516 -0.001 -0.002 -0.028 -0.017 -0.002 -0.019 -0.013 -0.003 0.003 0.015 0.014 0.030 0.173 0.050 0.048 0.193 0.016 0.017 0.013 0.012 -0.014 -0.003 0.012 -0.005 0.001 0.011 0.017 0.054 0.054 0.060 0.180 0.072 0.071 0.200 0.055 0.055 -0.005 -0.006 -0.032 -0.021 -0.006 -0.023 -0.017 -0.007 -0.001 0.036 0.036 0.044 0.176 0.060 0.058 0.196 0.037 0.037 0.001 0.000 -0.026 -0.015 0.000 -0.017 -0.011 -0.001 0.005 0.516 0.516 0.516 0.544 0.518 0.518 0.550 0.516 0.516 SPRING A60_ij U(A60_ij) A60_ij SIQ U(A60_ij) A60_ij SP U(A60_ij) A60_ij UME U(A60_ij) A60_ij 0.010 0.011 0.010 -0.016 -0.005 0.010 -0.007 -0.001 0.009 0.015 0.005 0.008 0.009 0.010 0.020 0.012 -0.002 0.016 0.010 NMIA U(A60_ij) 0.013 0.013 0.012 0.029 0.172 0.050 0.048 0.193 0.014 0.015 0.076 0.013 0.013 0.133 0.050 0.019 0.055 0.038 0.516
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR NIST LNE CMI INRIM KRISS METAS MIKES NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL NRC SPRING SIQ SP UME NMIA -0.067 -0.019 -0.014 0.170 0.517 0.014 -0.020 0.014 -0.063 -0.015 -0.010 0.170 0.517 0.017 -0.078 -0.030 -0.025 0.170 0.516 0.014 -0.057 -0.009 -0.004 0.175 0.518 0.042 -0.041 0.007 0.012 0.235 0.541 0.163 -0.074 -0.026 -0.021 0.178 0.519 0.056 -0.041 0.007 0.012 0.177 0.519 0.050 KCRV A60_i 0.006 -0.004 0.011 -0.010 -0.026 0.007 -0.026 -0.003 0.011 0.000 -0.005 -0.001 -0.005 -0.031 -0.003 0.000 U(A60_i) 0.009 0.013 0.010 0.037 0.162 0.050 0.044 0.117 0.015 0.014 0.081 0.011 0.009 0.142 0.044 0.015 -0.009 0.048 -0.007 -0.011 0.008 0.005 -0.010 0.005 -0.016 -0.032 0.001 -0.032 -0.009 0.005 -0.006 0.011 0.005 0.040 0.162 0.054 0.048 0.117 0.013 0.012 0.015 -0.006 -0.022 0.011 -0.022 0.001 0.015 0.004 -0.001 0.003 -0.001 -0.027 0.001 0.004 0.011 0.041 0.162 0.055 0.049 0.117 0.016 0.015 0.081 0.012 0.011 0.142 0.049 0.016 -0.021 -0.037 -0.004 -0.037 -0.014 0.000 -0.011 -0.016 -0.012 -0.016 -0.042 -0.014 -0.011 0.040 0.162 0.054 0.048 0.117 0.014 0.012 0.081 0.008 0.005 0.142 0.048 0.013 -0.016 0.017 -0.016 0.007 0.021 0.010 0.005 0.009 0.005 -0.021 0.007 0.010 0.167 0.067 0.063 0.124 0.042 0.042 0.090 0.041 0.040 0.148 0.063 0.042 0.033 0.000 0.023 0.037 0.026 0.021 0.025 0.021 -0.005 0.023 0.026 0.171 0.169 0.200 0.163 0.162 0.181 0.162 0.162 0.215 0.169 0.162 -0.033 -0.010 0.004 -0.007 -0.012 -0.008 -0.012 -0.038 -0.010 -0.007 0.072 0.129 0.056 0.055 0.097 0.055 0.054 0.152 0.072 0.055 0.023 0.037 0.026 0.021 0.025 0.021 -0.005 0.023 0.026 0.126 0.050 0.049 0.094 0.049 0.048 0.150 0.068 0.050 A60_ij NPL U(A60_ij) A60_ij 0.010 PTB U(A60_ij) 0.011 VNIIFTRI A60_ij -0.005 -0.015 U(A60_ij) 0.005 0.011 A60_ij 0.016 0.006 0.021 CSIR U(A60_ij) 0.040 0.041 0.040 A60_ij 0.032 0.022 0.037 0.016 NIST U(A60_ij) 0.162 0.162 0.162 0.167 A60_ij -0.001 -0.011 0.004 -0.017 -0.033 LNE U(A60_ij) 0.054 0.055 0.054 0.067 0.171 A60_ij 0.032 0.022 0.037 0.016 0.000 0.033 CMI U(A60_ij) 0.048 0.049 0.048 0.063 0.169 0.072
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR NIST LNE CMI INRIM KRISS METAS MIKES NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL NRC SPRING SIQ SP UME NMIA -0.064 -0.016 -0.011 0.206 0.529 0.118 -0.078 -0.030 -0.025 0.171 0.517 0.019 -0.067 -0.019 -0.014 0.170 0.517 0.018 -0.009 0.082 -0.066 -0.018 -0.013 0.170 0.517 0.015 -0.062 -0.014 -0.009 0.170 0.516 0.014 0.017 0.143 0.014 0.003 -0.002 0.002 -0.002 -0.028 0.000 0.003 0.118 0.117 0.142 0.117 0.117 0.184 0.126 0.117 -0.011 -0.016 -0.012 -0.016 -0.042 -0.014 -0.011 0.017 0.081 0.015 0.013 0.143 0.050 0.018 -0.005 -0.001 -0.005 -0.031 -0.003 0.000 0.081 0.014 0.012 0.143 0.049 0.017 0.002 0.094 0.004 0.000 0.081 0.081 -0.004 -0.030 -0.002 0.001 0.008 0.142 0.049 0.014 -0.026 0.002 0.005 0.142 0.048 0.013 0.028 0.150 INRIM A60_ij 0.009 -0.001 0.014 -0.007 -0.023 0.010 -0.023 U(A60_ij) 0.117 0.117 0.117 0.124 0.200 0.129 0.126 A60_ij -0.005 -0.015 0.000 -0.021 -0.037 -0.004 -0.037 -0.014 KRISS U(A60_ij) 0.013 0.016 0.014 0.042 0.163 0.056 0.050 0.118 METAS A60_ij 0.006 -0.004 0.011 -0.010 -0.026 0.007 -0.026 -0.003 0.011 U(A60_ij) 0.012 0.015 0.012 0.042 0.162 0.055 0.049 0.117 0.017 0.001 0.016 -0.005 -0.021 0.012 -0.021 0.002 0.016 0.005 0.081 0.081 0.090 0.181 0.097 0.094 0.142 0.081 0.081 A60_ij MIKES U(A60_ij) A60_ij 0.007 -0.003 0.012 -0.009 -0.025 0.008 -0.025 -0.002 0.012 0.001 -0.004 NIM U(A60_ij) 0.008 0.012 0.008 0.041 0.162 0.055 0.049 0.117 0.015 0.014 0.081 A60_ij 0.011 0.001 0.016 -0.005 -0.021 0.012 -0.021 0.002 0.016 0.005 0.000 0.004 NMIJ U(A60_ij) 0.005 0.011 0.005 0.040 0.162 0.054 0.048 0.117 0.013 0.012 0.081 0.008 0.030 0.026 0.142 0.142 0.027 0.042 0.021 0.005 0.038 0.005 0.028 0.042 0.031 0.142 0.142 0.148 0.215 0.152 0.150 0.184 0.143 0.143 NMi-VSL A60_ij U(A60_ij)
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR NIST LNE CMI INRIM KRISS METAS MIKES NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL NRC SPRING SIQ SP UME NMIA -0.064 -0.016 -0.011 0.177 0.519 0.050 -0.014 0.018 0.053 0.171 0.005 0.517 -0.053 -0.005 0.171 0.517 0.003 0.050 NRC A60_ij 0.009 -0.001 0.014 -0.007 -0.023 0.010 -0.023 0.000 0.014 0.003 -0.002 0.002 -0.002 -0.028 U(A60_ij) 0.048 0.049 0.048 0.063 0.169 0.072 0.068 0.126 0.050 0.049 0.094 0.049 0.048 0.150 -0.003 0.050 0.064 0.177 0.016 0.519 -0.001 -0.005 0.014 0.013 0.066 0.062 0.170 0.170 0.018 0.014 0.517 0.516 -0.004 0.011 -0.010 -0.026 0.007 -0.026 -0.003 0.011 0.000 0.016 0.013 0.042 0.162 0.055 0.050 0.117 0.018 0.017 0.063 0.078 0.057 0.041 0.074 0.041 0.064 0.078 0.067 0.170 0.170 0.175 0.235 0.178 0.177 0.206 0.171 0.170 0.015 0.030 0.009 -0.007 0.026 -0.007 0.016 0.030 0.019 0.517 0.516 0.518 0.541 0.519 0.519 0.529 0.517 0.517 SPRING A60_ij U(A60_ij) A60_ij SIQ U(A60_ij) A60_ij SP U(A60_ij) A60_ij UME U(A60_ij) A60_ij 0.020 0.010 0.025 0.004 -0.012 0.021 -0.012 0.011 0.025 0.014 0.009 0.013 0.009 -0.017 0.011 0.014 NMIA U(A60_ij) 0.014 0.017 0.014 0.042 0.163 0.056 0.050 0.118 0.019 0.018 0.082 0.015 0.014 0.143 0.050 0.018
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR NIST LNE CMI INRIM KRISS METAS MIKES NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL NRC SPRING SIQ SP UME NMIA KCRV A20_i 0.001 0.000 0.000 -0.006 0.000 -0.004 -0.005 0.000 -0.001 0.001 -0.007 0.000 0.000 0.014 -0.010 -0.001 0.002 -0.002 0.003 -0.006 U(A20_i) 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.016 0.014 0.018 0.024 0.043 0.005 0.006 0.026 0.004 0.003 0.046 0.022 0.005 0.032 0.014 0.063 0.006 -0.007 0.005 -0.011 0.021 -0.001 -0.001 0.003 0.002 -0.001 -0.001 -0.007 -0.001 -0.005 -0.006 -0.001 -0.002 0.000 0.002 0.002 0.016 0.014 0.020 0.024 0.043 0.005 0.007 0.000 -0.006 0.000 -0.004 -0.005 0.000 -0.001 0.001 -0.007 0.000 0.000 0.014 -0.010 -0.001 0.002 -0.002 0.003 -0.006 0.002 0.016 0.014 0.020 0.024 0.043 0.005 0.007 0.026 0.004 0.003 0.046 0.022 0.005 0.032 0.014 0.063 0.005 -0.006 0.000 -0.004 -0.005 0.000 -0.001 0.001 -0.007 0.000 0.000 0.014 -0.010 -0.001 0.002 -0.002 0.003 -0.006 0.016 0.014 0.020 0.024 0.043 0.005 0.007 0.026 0.003 0.002 0.046 0.021 0.004 0.032 0.014 0.063 0.005 0.006 0.002 0.001 0.006 0.005 0.007 -0.001 0.006 0.006 0.020 -0.004 0.005 0.008 0.004 0.009 0.000 0.021 0.026 0.029 0.046 0.017 0.017 0.030 0.016 0.016 0.049 0.027 0.017 0.036 0.021 0.065 0.017 -0.004 -0.005 0.000 -0.001 0.001 -0.007 0.000 0.000 0.014 -0.010 -0.001 0.002 -0.002 0.003 -0.006 0.024 0.028 0.045 0.015 0.015 0.029 0.014 0.014 0.048 0.026 0.015 0.035 0.020 0.065 0.015 -0.001 0.004 0.003 0.005 -0.003 0.004 0.004 0.018 -0.006 0.003 0.006 0.002 0.007 -0.002 0.031 0.047 0.021 0.021 0.033 0.020 0.020 0.050 0.029 0.020 0.038 0.024 0.067 0.021 0.005 0.004 0.006 -0.002 0.005 0.005 0.019 -0.005 0.004 0.007 0.003 0.008 -0.001 0.049 0.025 0.025 0.035 0.024 0.024 0.052 0.032 0.024 0.040 0.028 0.068 0.024 A20_ij NPL U(A20_ij) A20_ij 0.001 PTB U(A20_ij) 0.002 VNIIFTRI A20_ij 0.001 0.000 U(A20_ij) 0.002 0.002 A20_ij 0.007 0.006 0.006 CSIR U(A20_ij) 0.016 0.016 0.016 A20_ij 0.001 0.000 0.000 -0.006 NIST U(A20_ij) 0.014 0.014 0.014 0.021 A20_ij 0.005 0.004 0.004 -0.002 0.004 LNE U(A20_ij) 0.020 0.020 0.020 0.026 0.024 A20_ij 0.006 0.005 0.005 -0.001 0.005 0.001 CMI U(A20_ij) 0.024 0.024 0.024 0.029 0.028 0.031
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR NIST LNE CMI INRIM KRISS METAS MIKES NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL NRC SPRING SIQ SP UME NMIA -0.001 0.001 -0.007 0.000 0.000 0.014 -0.010 -0.001 0.002 -0.002 0.003 -0.006 0.043 0.044 0.050 0.043 0.043 0.063 0.048 0.043 0.054 0.045 0.077 0.043 0.002 -0.006 0.001 0.001 0.015 -0.009 0.000 0.003 -0.001 0.004 -0.005 0.008 0.026 0.006 0.005 0.046 0.022 0.006 0.032 0.015 0.064 0.007 -0.008 -0.001 -0.001 0.013 -0.011 -0.002 0.001 -0.003 0.002 -0.007 0.027 0.007 0.007 0.046 0.022 0.008 0.033 0.015 0.064 0.008 0.001 0.026 -0.003 0.034 0.007 0.007 0.026 0.026 0.000 0.014 -0.010 -0.001 0.002 -0.002 0.003 -0.006 0.004 0.046 0.022 0.005 0.032 0.014 0.064 0.006 0.014 -0.010 -0.001 0.002 -0.002 0.003 -0.006 0.046 0.022 0.005 0.032 0.014 0.063 0.005 -0.020 0.046 -0.024 0.051 INRIM A20_ij 0.001 0.000 0.000 -0.006 0.000 -0.004 -0.005 U(A20_ij) 0.043 0.043 0.043 0.046 0.045 0.047 0.049 A20_ij 0.002 0.001 0.001 -0.005 0.001 -0.003 -0.004 0.001 KRISS U(A20_ij) 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.017 0.015 0.021 0.025 0.043 METAS A20_ij 0.000 -0.001 -0.001 -0.007 -0.001 -0.005 -0.006 -0.001 -0.002 U(A20_ij) 0.007 0.007 0.007 0.017 0.015 0.021 0.025 0.044 0.008 0.007 0.007 0.001 0.007 0.003 0.002 0.007 0.006 0.008 0.026 0.026 0.030 0.029 0.033 0.035 0.050 0.026 0.027 A20_ij MIKES U(A20_ij) A20_ij 0.001 0.000 0.000 -0.006 0.000 -0.004 -0.005 0.000 -0.001 0.001 -0.007 NIM U(A20_ij) 0.003 0.004 0.003 0.016 0.014 0.020 0.024 0.043 0.006 0.007 0.026 A20_ij 0.001 0.000 0.000 -0.006 0.000 -0.004 -0.005 0.000 -0.001 0.001 -0.007 0.000 NMIJ U(A20_ij) 0.002 0.003 0.002 0.016 0.014 0.020 0.024 0.043 0.005 0.007 0.026 0.004 -0.014 -0.014 0.046 0.046 -0.014 -0.014 -0.020 -0.014 -0.018 -0.019 -0.014 -0.015 -0.013 0.046 0.046 0.049 0.048 0.050 0.052 0.063 0.046 0.046 NMi-VSL A20_ij U(A20_ij)
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR NIST LNE CMI INRIM KRISS METAS MIKES NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL NRC SPRING SIQ SP UME NMIA 0.009 0.012 0.008 0.013 0.004 0.022 0.039 0.026 0.067 0.022 -0.005 0.006 -0.008 0.032 -0.004 0.015 -0.009 0.064 NRC A20_ij 0.011 0.010 0.010 0.004 0.010 0.006 0.005 0.010 0.009 0.011 0.003 0.010 0.010 0.024 U(A20_ij) 0.021 0.022 0.021 0.027 0.026 0.029 0.032 0.048 0.022 0.022 0.034 0.022 0.022 0.051 -0.009 0.022 -0.012 0.039 -0.008 0.026 -0.013 0.067 0.001 0.001 0.005 0.005 -0.002 -0.002 0.032 0.032 0.002 0.002 0.014 0.014 -0.003 -0.003 0.064 0.063 0.001 0.001 -0.005 0.001 -0.003 -0.004 0.001 0.000 0.002 0.005 0.004 0.017 0.015 0.020 0.024 0.043 0.006 0.008 -0.002 -0.002 -0.008 -0.002 -0.006 -0.007 -0.002 -0.003 -0.001 0.032 0.032 0.036 0.035 0.038 0.040 0.054 0.032 0.033 0.002 0.002 -0.004 0.002 -0.002 -0.003 0.002 0.001 0.003 0.014 0.014 0.021 0.020 0.024 0.028 0.045 0.015 0.015 -0.003 -0.003 -0.009 -0.003 -0.007 -0.008 -0.003 -0.004 -0.002 0.063 0.063 0.065 0.065 0.067 0.068 0.077 0.064 0.064 SPRING A20_ij U(A20_ij) A20_ij SIQ U(A20_ij) A20_ij SP U(A20_ij) A20_ij UME U(A20_ij) A20_ij 0.007 0.006 0.006 0.000 0.006 0.002 0.001 0.006 0.005 0.007 -0.001 0.006 0.006 0.020 -0.004 0.005 0.008 0.004 0.009 NMIA U(A20_ij) 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.017 0.015 0.021 0.024 0.043 0.007 0.008 0.026 0.006 0.005 0.046 0.022 0.006 0.032 0.015 0.064
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR NIST LNE CMI INRIM KRISS METAS MIKES NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL NRC SPRING SIQ SP UME NMIA 0.003 0.001 -0.006 0.051 0.064 0.014 -0.004 0.014 -0.002 -0.004 -0.011 0.050 0.064 0.014 -0.012 -0.014 -0.021 0.050 0.064 0.013 0.023 0.021 0.014 0.094 0.102 0.081 0.014 0.012 0.005 0.054 0.067 0.024 0.006 0.004 -0.003 0.059 0.071 0.034 0.018 0.016 0.009 0.057 0.069 0.031 KCRV A20_i -0.002 0.005 0.015 -0.020 -0.011 -0.003 -0.015 -0.003 0.005 0.007 -0.008 0.006 -0.002 0.091 0.000 0.000 U(A20_i) 0.010 0.010 0.009 0.073 0.022 0.030 0.027 0.016 0.014 0.014 0.044 0.014 0.009 0.126 0.020 0.011 0.002 0.021 0.008 0.000 0.014 0.007 0.007 0.017 -0.018 -0.009 -0.001 -0.013 -0.001 0.007 0.009 0.009 0.007 0.080 0.021 0.033 0.029 0.015 0.013 0.013 0.010 -0.025 -0.016 -0.008 -0.020 -0.008 0.000 0.002 -0.013 0.001 -0.007 0.086 -0.005 -0.005 0.007 0.080 0.021 0.033 0.029 0.015 0.013 0.013 0.043 0.014 0.007 0.126 0.021 0.009 -0.035 -0.026 -0.018 -0.030 -0.018 -0.010 -0.008 -0.023 -0.009 -0.017 0.076 -0.015 -0.015 0.080 0.020 0.032 0.028 0.014 0.012 0.012 0.043 0.013 0.005 0.126 0.020 0.007 0.009 0.017 0.005 0.017 0.025 0.027 0.012 0.026 0.018 0.111 0.020 0.020 0.083 0.086 0.085 0.081 0.081 0.081 0.091 0.081 0.080 0.149 0.083 0.080 0.008 -0.004 0.008 0.016 0.018 0.003 0.017 0.009 0.102 0.011 0.011 0.038 0.034 0.024 0.023 0.023 0.047 0.024 0.020 0.128 0.028 0.021 -0.012 0.000 0.008 0.010 -0.005 0.009 0.001 0.094 0.003 0.003 0.043 0.035 0.034 0.034 0.054 0.034 0.032 0.130 0.038 0.033 0.012 0.020 0.022 0.007 0.021 0.013 0.106 0.015 0.015 0.031 0.030 0.030 0.051 0.031 0.028 0.129 0.034 0.029 A20_ij NPL U(A20_ij) A20_ij -0.007 PTB U(A20_ij) 0.009 VNIIFTRI A20_ij -0.017 -0.010 U(A20_ij) 0.007 0.007 A20_ij 0.018 0.025 0.035 CSIR U(A20_ij) 0.080 0.080 0.080 A20_ij 0.009 0.016 0.026 -0.009 NIST U(A20_ij) 0.021 0.021 0.020 0.083 A20_ij 0.001 0.008 0.018 -0.017 -0.008 LNE U(A20_ij) 0.033 0.033 0.032 0.086 0.038 A20_ij 0.013 0.020 0.030 -0.005 0.004 0.012 CMI U(A20_ij) 0.029 0.029 0.028 0.085 0.034 0.043
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR NIST LNE CMI INRIM KRISS METAS MIKES NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL NRC SPRING SIQ SP UME NMIA 0.006 0.004 -0.003 0.052 0.065 0.018 -0.002 -0.004 -0.011 0.051 0.064 0.017 -0.004 -0.006 -0.013 0.051 0.065 0.017 0.002 0.045 -0.003 -0.005 -0.012 0.052 0.065 0.018 0.005 0.003 -0.004 0.050 0.064 0.013 -0.097 0.127 0.008 0.010 -0.005 0.009 0.001 0.094 0.003 0.003 0.018 0.018 0.045 0.018 0.014 0.127 0.024 0.015 0.002 -0.013 0.001 -0.007 0.086 -0.005 -0.005 0.016 0.044 0.017 0.012 0.127 0.023 0.013 -0.015 -0.001 -0.009 0.084 -0.007 -0.007 0.044 0.017 0.012 0.127 0.023 0.013 0.008 0.047 0.014 0.006 0.045 0.043 -0.008 0.085 -0.006 -0.006 0.013 0.127 0.024 0.014 0.093 0.002 0.002 0.126 0.020 0.007 -0.091 0.128 INRIM A20_ij 0.001 0.008 0.018 -0.017 -0.008 0.000 -0.012 U(A20_ij) 0.015 0.015 0.014 0.081 0.024 0.035 0.031 A20_ij -0.007 0.000 0.010 -0.025 -0.016 -0.008 -0.020 -0.008 KRISS U(A20_ij) 0.013 0.013 0.012 0.081 0.023 0.034 0.030 0.018 METAS A20_ij -0.009 -0.002 0.008 -0.027 -0.018 -0.010 -0.022 -0.010 -0.002 U(A20_ij) 0.013 0.013 0.012 0.081 0.023 0.034 0.030 0.018 0.016 0.013 0.023 -0.012 -0.003 0.005 -0.007 0.005 0.013 0.015 0.043 0.043 0.091 0.047 0.054 0.051 0.045 0.044 0.044 MIKES A20_ij U(A20_ij) A20_ij -0.008 -0.001 0.009 -0.026 -0.017 -0.009 -0.021 -0.009 -0.001 0.001 -0.014 NIM U(A20_ij) 0.014 0.014 0.013 0.081 0.024 0.034 0.031 0.018 0.017 0.017 0.045 A20_ij 0.000 0.007 0.017 -0.018 -0.009 -0.001 -0.013 -0.001 0.007 0.009 -0.006 0.008 NMIJ U(A20_ij) 0.007 0.007 0.005 0.080 0.020 0.032 0.028 0.014 0.012 0.012 0.043 0.013 -0.085 -0.093 0.127 0.126 -0.086 -0.076 -0.111 -0.102 -0.094 -0.106 -0.094 -0.086 -0.084 0.126 0.126 0.149 0.128 0.130 0.129 0.127 0.127 0.127 NMi-VSL A20_ij U(A20_ij)
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR NIST LNE CMI INRIM KRISS METAS MIKES NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL NRC SPRING SIQ SP UME NMIA 0.003 0.001 -0.006 0.054 0.067 0.024 -0.006 0.014 -0.009 0.052 -0.007 0.065 0.009 0.007 0.052 0.065 0.000 0.021 NRC A20_ij -0.002 0.005 0.015 -0.020 -0.011 -0.003 -0.015 -0.003 0.005 0.007 -0.008 0.006 -0.002 0.091 U(A20_ij) 0.021 0.021 0.020 0.083 0.028 0.038 0.034 0.024 0.023 0.023 0.047 0.024 0.020 0.128 0.000 0.021 -0.003 0.054 -0.001 0.067 0.006 -0.002 0.014 0.007 0.003 -0.005 0.052 0.050 0.005 -0.003 0.065 0.064 0.005 0.015 -0.020 -0.011 -0.003 -0.015 -0.003 0.005 0.007 0.009 0.007 0.080 0.021 0.033 0.029 0.015 0.013 0.013 0.002 0.012 -0.023 -0.014 -0.006 -0.018 -0.006 0.002 0.004 0.050 0.050 0.094 0.054 0.059 0.057 0.052 0.051 0.051 0.004 0.014 -0.021 -0.012 -0.004 -0.016 -0.004 0.004 0.006 0.064 0.064 0.102 0.067 0.071 0.069 0.065 0.064 0.065 SPRING A20_ij U(A20_ij) A20_ij SIQ U(A20_ij) A20_ij SP U(A20_ij) A20_ij UME U(A20_ij) A20_ij 0.004 0.011 0.021 -0.014 -0.005 0.003 -0.009 0.003 0.011 0.013 -0.002 0.012 0.004 0.097 0.006 0.006 NMIA U(A20_ij) 0.014 0.014 0.013 0.081 0.024 0.034 0.031 0.018 0.017 0.017 0.045 0.018 0.013 0.127 0.024 0.014
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR NIST LNE CMI INRIM KRISS METAS MIKES NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL NRC SPRING SIQ SP UME NMIA KCRV A60_i 0.002 0.000 -0.002 -0.014 -0.011 0.002 -0.027 0.003 -0.006 0.002 -0.006 -0.003 0.000 0.012 0.000 -0.001 0.006 0.005 -0.004 -0.013 U(A60_i) 0.008 0.009 0.008 0.025 0.166 0.045 0.051 0.196 0.010 0.011 0.075 0.009 0.008 0.130 0.043 0.016 0.055 0.037 0.516 0.015 -0.015 0.013 -0.002 0.048 -0.005 -0.002 0.006 0.004 -0.002 -0.004 -0.016 -0.013 0.000 -0.029 0.001 -0.008 0.000 0.006 0.003 0.024 0.166 0.050 0.050 0.196 0.007 0.009 -0.002 -0.014 -0.011 0.002 -0.027 0.003 -0.006 0.002 -0.006 -0.003 0.000 0.012 0.000 -0.001 0.006 0.005 -0.004 -0.013 0.005 0.025 0.166 0.050 0.050 0.196 0.009 0.010 0.075 0.007 0.006 0.130 0.048 0.015 0.054 0.036 0.516 0.013 -0.012 -0.009 0.004 -0.025 0.005 -0.004 0.004 -0.004 -0.001 0.002 0.014 0.002 0.001 0.008 0.007 -0.002 -0.011 0.024 0.166 0.050 0.050 0.196 0.007 0.009 0.075 0.005 0.004 0.130 0.048 0.014 0.054 0.036 0.516 0.012 0.003 0.016 -0.013 0.017 0.008 0.016 0.008 0.011 0.014 0.026 0.014 0.013 0.020 0.019 0.010 0.001 0.168 0.056 0.056 0.197 0.025 0.026 0.079 0.025 0.024 0.132 0.054 0.028 0.059 0.043 0.517 0.027 0.013 -0.016 0.014 0.005 0.013 0.005 0.008 0.011 0.023 0.011 0.010 0.017 0.016 0.007 -0.002 0.173 0.173 0.257 0.166 0.166 0.182 0.166 0.166 0.211 0.173 0.167 0.175 0.170 0.542 0.166 -0.029 0.001 -0.008 0.000 -0.008 -0.005 -0.002 0.010 -0.002 -0.003 0.004 0.003 -0.006 -0.015 0.071 0.202 0.051 0.051 0.090 0.050 0.050 0.139 0.069 0.052 0.074 0.062 0.519 0.052 0.030 0.021 0.029 0.021 0.024 0.027 0.039 0.027 0.026 0.033 0.032 0.023 0.014 0.202 0.051 0.051 0.090 0.050 0.050 0.139 0.069 0.052 0.074 0.062 0.519 0.052 A60_ij NPL U(A60_ij) A60_ij 0.002 PTB U(A60_ij) 0.006 VNIIFTRI A60_ij 0.004 0.002 U(A60_ij) 0.003 0.005 A60_ij 0.016 0.014 0.012 CSIR U(A60_ij) 0.024 0.025 0.024 A60_ij 0.013 0.011 0.009 -0.003 NIST U(A60_ij) 0.166 0.166 0.166 0.168 A60_ij 0.000 -0.002 -0.004 -0.016 -0.013 LNE U(A60_ij) 0.050 0.050 0.050 0.056 0.173 A60_ij 0.029 0.027 0.025 0.013 0.016 0.029 CMI U(A60_ij) 0.050 0.050 0.050 0.056 0.173 0.071
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR NIST LNE CMI INRIM KRISS METAS MIKES NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL NRC SPRING SIQ SP UME NMIA -0.009 -0.001 -0.009 -0.006 -0.003 0.009 -0.003 -0.004 0.003 0.002 -0.007 -0.016 0.196 0.196 0.210 0.196 0.196 0.235 0.202 0.196 0.203 0.199 0.552 0.196 0.008 0.000 0.003 0.006 0.018 0.006 0.005 0.012 0.011 0.002 -0.007 0.011 0.075 0.009 0.008 0.130 0.049 0.016 0.055 0.037 0.516 0.014 -0.008 -0.005 -0.002 0.010 -0.002 -0.003 0.004 0.003 -0.006 -0.015 0.075 0.010 0.009 0.130 0.049 0.017 0.055 0.037 0.516 0.015 -0.007 0.076 0.006 0.089 0.003 0.006 0.075 0.075 0.003 0.015 0.003 0.002 0.009 0.008 -0.001 -0.010 0.006 0.130 0.048 0.015 0.054 0.036 0.516 0.013 0.012 0.000 -0.001 0.006 0.005 -0.004 -0.013 0.130 0.048 0.014 0.054 0.036 0.516 0.013 -0.025 0.131 -0.012 0.139 INRIM A60_ij -0.001 -0.003 -0.005 -0.017 -0.014 -0.001 -0.030 U(A60_ij) 0.196 0.196 0.196 0.197 0.257 0.202 0.202 A60_ij 0.008 0.006 0.004 -0.008 -0.005 0.008 -0.021 0.009 KRISS U(A60_ij) 0.007 0.009 0.007 0.025 0.166 0.051 0.051 0.196 METAS A60_ij 0.000 -0.002 -0.004 -0.016 -0.013 0.000 -0.029 0.001 -0.008 U(A60_ij) 0.009 0.010 0.009 0.026 0.166 0.051 0.051 0.196 0.011 0.006 0.004 -0.008 -0.005 0.008 -0.021 0.009 0.000 0.008 0.075 0.075 0.079 0.182 0.090 0.090 0.210 0.075 0.075 MIKES A60_ij U(A60_ij) A60_ij 0.005 0.003 0.001 -0.011 -0.008 0.005 -0.024 0.006 -0.003 0.005 -0.003 NIM U(A60_ij) 0.006 0.007 0.005 0.025 0.166 0.050 0.050 0.196 0.009 0.010 0.075 A60_ij 0.002 0.000 -0.002 -0.014 -0.011 0.002 -0.027 0.003 -0.006 0.002 -0.006 -0.003 NMIJ U(A60_ij) 0.004 0.006 0.004 0.024 0.166 0.050 0.050 0.196 0.008 0.009 0.075 0.006 -0.015 -0.012 0.130 0.130 -0.012 -0.014 -0.026 -0.023 -0.010 -0.039 -0.009 -0.018 -0.010 0.130 0.130 0.132 0.211 0.139 0.139 0.235 0.130 0.130 NMi-VSL A60_ij U(A60_ij)
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR NIST LNE CMI INRIM KRISS METAS MIKES NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL NRC SPRING SIQ SP UME NMIA -0.001 0.006 0.005 -0.004 -0.013 0.050 0.072 0.060 0.518 0.050 -0.012 0.019 -0.019 0.055 -0.018 0.038 -0.009 0.516 NRC A60_ij 0.002 0.000 -0.002 -0.014 -0.011 0.002 -0.027 0.003 -0.006 0.002 -0.006 -0.003 0.000 0.012 U(A60_ij) 0.048 0.048 0.048 0.054 0.173 0.069 0.069 0.202 0.049 0.049 0.089 0.048 0.048 0.139 0.001 0.050 -0.006 0.072 -0.005 0.060 0.004 0.518 -0.002 0.001 0.015 0.014 -0.009 -0.006 0.054 0.054 -0.008 -0.005 0.036 0.036 0.001 0.004 0.516 0.516 0.001 -0.001 -0.013 -0.010 0.003 -0.026 0.004 -0.005 0.003 0.015 0.014 0.028 0.167 0.052 0.052 0.196 0.016 0.017 -0.006 -0.008 -0.020 -0.017 -0.004 -0.033 -0.003 -0.012 -0.004 0.054 0.054 0.059 0.175 0.074 0.074 0.203 0.055 0.055 -0.005 -0.007 -0.019 -0.016 -0.003 -0.032 -0.002 -0.011 -0.003 0.036 0.036 0.043 0.170 0.062 0.062 0.199 0.037 0.037 0.004 0.002 -0.010 -0.007 0.006 -0.023 0.007 -0.002 0.006 0.516 0.516 0.517 0.542 0.519 0.519 0.552 0.516 0.516 SPRING A60_ij U(A60_ij) A60_ij SIQ U(A60_ij) A60_ij SP U(A60_ij) A60_ij UME U(A60_ij) A60_ij 0.015 0.013 0.011 -0.001 0.002 0.015 -0.014 0.016 0.007 0.015 0.007 0.010 0.013 0.025 0.013 0.012 0.019 0.018 0.009 NMIA U(A60_ij) 0.013 0.013 0.012 0.027 0.166 0.052 0.052 0.196 0.014 0.015 0.076 0.013 0.013 0.131 0.050 0.019 0.055 0.038 0.516
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR NIST LNE CMI INRIM KRISS METAS MIKES NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL NRC SPRING SIQ SP UME NMIA 0.069 0.007 -0.019 0.176 0.516 0.018 -0.015 0.019 0.063 0.001 -0.025 0.177 0.517 0.022 0.056 -0.006 -0.032 0.176 0.517 0.020 0.095 0.033 0.007 0.202 0.526 0.102 0.089 0.027 0.001 0.239 0.541 0.163 0.071 0.009 -0.017 0.189 0.521 0.072 0.110 0.048 0.022 0.184 0.519 0.055 KCRV A60_i -0.004 0.006 0.013 -0.026 -0.020 -0.002 -0.041 -0.007 0.001 0.009 -0.011 0.004 -0.003 0.098 -0.006 -0.004 U(A60_i) 0.011 0.016 0.013 0.100 0.162 0.063 0.053 0.031 0.016 0.015 0.083 0.015 0.011 0.142 0.044 0.017 -0.002 0.049 0.008 0.001 0.016 0.010 0.010 0.017 -0.022 -0.016 0.002 -0.037 -0.003 0.005 0.013 0.016 0.013 0.100 0.162 0.070 0.053 0.030 0.016 0.015 0.007 -0.032 -0.026 -0.008 -0.047 -0.013 -0.005 0.003 -0.017 -0.002 -0.009 0.092 -0.012 -0.010 0.017 0.101 0.163 0.071 0.054 0.033 0.020 0.019 0.083 0.020 0.016 0.143 0.050 0.020 -0.039 -0.033 -0.015 -0.054 -0.020 -0.012 -0.004 -0.024 -0.009 -0.016 0.085 -0.019 -0.017 0.101 0.162 0.071 0.053 0.031 0.017 0.017 0.083 0.017 0.012 0.142 0.049 0.017 0.006 0.024 -0.015 0.019 0.027 0.035 0.015 0.030 0.023 0.124 0.020 0.022 0.190 0.122 0.113 0.104 0.101 0.101 0.130 0.101 0.100 0.174 0.111 0.101 0.018 -0.021 0.013 0.021 0.029 0.009 0.024 0.017 0.118 0.014 0.016 0.177 0.170 0.165 0.163 0.163 0.182 0.163 0.162 0.215 0.169 0.163 -0.039 -0.005 0.003 0.011 -0.009 0.006 -0.001 0.100 -0.004 -0.002 0.087 0.076 0.071 0.071 0.108 0.071 0.070 0.158 0.085 0.071 0.034 0.042 0.050 0.030 0.045 0.038 0.139 0.035 0.037 0.060 0.054 0.054 0.097 0.054 0.052 0.151 0.071 0.054 A60_ij NPL U(A60_ij) A60_ij -0.010 PTB U(A60_ij) 0.016 VNIIFTRI A60_ij -0.017 -0.007 U(A60_ij) 0.013 0.017 A60_ij 0.022 0.032 0.039 CSIR U(A60_ij) 0.100 0.101 0.101 A60_ij 0.016 0.026 0.033 -0.006 NIST U(A60_ij) 0.162 0.163 0.162 0.190 A60_ij -0.002 0.008 0.015 -0.024 -0.018 LNE U(A60_ij) 0.070 0.071 0.071 0.122 0.177 A60_ij 0.037 0.047 0.054 0.015 0.021 0.039 CMI U(A60_ij) 0.053 0.054 0.053 0.113 0.170 0.087
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR NIST LNE CMI INRIM KRISS METAS MIKES NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL NRC SPRING SIQ SP UME NMIA 0.076 0.014 -0.012 0.178 0.517 0.034 0.068 0.006 -0.020 0.177 0.517 0.022 0.060 -0.002 -0.028 0.177 0.517 0.022 -0.008 0.084 0.065 0.003 -0.023 0.177 0.517 0.022 0.072 0.010 -0.016 0.176 0.516 0.019 -0.117 0.143 0.008 0.016 -0.004 0.011 0.004 0.105 0.001 0.003 0.033 0.032 0.087 0.033 0.030 0.145 0.056 0.033 0.008 -0.012 0.003 -0.004 0.097 -0.007 -0.005 0.019 0.083 0.020 0.016 0.143 0.050 0.020 -0.020 -0.005 -0.012 0.089 -0.015 -0.013 0.083 0.019 0.015 0.143 0.050 0.019 0.005 0.095 0.015 0.008 0.083 0.083 -0.007 0.094 -0.010 -0.008 0.015 0.143 0.050 0.020 0.101 -0.003 -0.001 0.142 0.049 0.016 -0.104 0.150 INRIM A60_ij 0.003 0.013 0.020 -0.019 -0.013 0.005 -0.034 U(A60_ij) 0.030 0.033 0.031 0.104 0.165 0.076 0.060 A60_ij -0.005 0.005 0.012 -0.027 -0.021 -0.003 -0.042 -0.008 KRISS U(A60_ij) 0.016 0.020 0.017 0.101 0.163 0.071 0.054 0.033 METAS A60_ij -0.013 -0.003 0.004 -0.035 -0.029 -0.011 -0.050 -0.016 -0.008 U(A60_ij) 0.015 0.019 0.017 0.101 0.163 0.071 0.054 0.032 0.019 0.017 0.024 -0.015 -0.009 0.009 -0.030 0.004 0.012 0.020 0.083 0.083 0.130 0.182 0.108 0.097 0.087 0.083 0.083 MIKES A60_ij U(A60_ij) A60_ij -0.008 0.002 0.009 -0.030 -0.024 -0.006 -0.045 -0.011 -0.003 0.005 -0.015 NIM U(A60_ij) 0.016 0.020 0.017 0.101 0.163 0.071 0.054 0.033 0.020 0.019 0.083 A60_ij -0.001 0.009 0.016 -0.023 -0.017 0.001 -0.038 -0.004 0.004 0.012 -0.008 0.007 NMIJ U(A60_ij) 0.010 0.016 0.012 0.100 0.162 0.070 0.052 0.030 0.016 0.015 0.083 0.015 -0.094 -0.101 0.143 0.142 -0.092 -0.085 -0.124 -0.118 -0.100 -0.139 -0.105 -0.097 -0.089 0.143 0.142 0.174 0.215 0.158 0.151 0.145 0.143 0.143 NMi-VSL A60_ij U(A60_ij)
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR NIST LNE CMI INRIM KRISS METAS MIKES NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL NRC SPRING SIQ SP UME NMIA 0.075 0.013 -0.013 0.182 0.519 0.051 -0.015 0.022 -0.088 0.177 -0.026 0.517 0.088 0.026 0.177 0.517 0.002 0.050 NRC A60_ij 0.002 0.012 0.019 -0.020 -0.014 0.004 -0.035 -0.001 0.007 0.015 -0.005 0.010 0.003 0.104 U(A60_ij) 0.049 0.050 0.049 0.111 0.169 0.085 0.071 0.056 0.050 0.050 0.095 0.050 0.049 0.150 -0.002 0.050 -0.075 0.182 -0.013 0.519 0.008 0.001 0.020 0.016 -0.065 -0.072 0.177 0.176 -0.003 -0.010 0.517 0.516 0.010 0.017 -0.022 -0.016 0.002 -0.037 -0.003 0.005 0.013 0.020 0.017 0.101 0.163 0.071 0.054 0.033 0.020 0.019 -0.063 -0.056 -0.095 -0.089 -0.071 -0.110 -0.076 -0.068 -0.060 0.177 0.176 0.202 0.239 0.189 0.184 0.178 0.177 0.177 -0.001 0.006 -0.033 -0.027 -0.009 -0.048 -0.014 -0.006 0.002 0.517 0.517 0.526 0.541 0.521 0.519 0.517 0.517 0.517 SPRING A60_ij U(A60_ij) A60_ij SIQ U(A60_ij) A60_ij SP U(A60_ij) A60_ij UME U(A60_ij) A60_ij 0.015 0.025 0.032 -0.007 -0.001 0.017 -0.022 0.012 0.020 0.028 0.008 0.023 0.016 0.117 0.013 0.015 NMIA U(A60_ij) 0.019 0.022 0.020 0.102 0.163 0.072 0.055 0.034 0.022 0.022 0.084 0.022 0.019 0.143 0.051 0.022
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR LNE CMI METAS NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL SPRING SIQ KCRV A100_i 0.002 0.002 -0.002 -0.015 0.005 -0.035 0.003 -0.005 -0.001 0.028 0.019 -0.012 U(A100_i) 0.013 0.014 0.013 0.081 0.069 0.442 0.017 0.018 0.019 1.814 0.038 0.182 0.017 0.036 0.000 -0.004 -0.017 0.003 -0.037 0.001 -0.007 -0.003 0.009 0.006 0.080 0.080 0.442 0.015 0.016 0.017 -0.004 -0.017 0.003 -0.037 0.001 -0.007 -0.003 0.026 0.017 -0.014 0.009 0.080 0.080 0.442 0.017 0.017 0.018 1.814 0.037 0.182 -0.013 0.007 -0.033 0.005 -0.003 0.001 0.030 0.021 -0.010 0.080 0.080 0.442 0.015 0.016 0.017 1.814 0.036 0.182 0.020 -0.020 0.018 0.010 0.014 0.043 0.034 0.003 0.113 0.449 0.081 0.081 0.082 1.816 0.088 0.199 -0.040 -0.002 -0.010 -0.006 0.023 0.014 -0.017 0.449 0.081 0.081 0.082 1.816 0.088 0.199 0.038 0.030 0.034 0.063 0.054 0.023 0.442 0.442 0.442 1.867 0.444 0.478 A100_ij NPL U(A100_ij) A100_ij 0.000 PTB U(A100_ij) 0.009 VNIIFTRI A100_ij 0.004 0.004 U(A100_ij) 0.006 0.009 A100_ij 0.017 0.017 0.013 CSIR U(A100_ij) 0.080 0.080 0.080 A100_ij -0.003 -0.003 -0.007 -0.020 LNE U(A100_ij) 0.080 0.080 0.080 0.113 A100_ij 0.037 0.037 0.033 0.020 0.040 CMI U(A100_ij) 0.442 0.442 0.442 0.449 0.449
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR LNE CMI METAS NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL SPRING SIQ -0.008 -0.004 0.025 0.016 -0.015 0.021 0.022 1.814 0.039 0.183 0.004 0.033 0.024 -0.007 0.022 1.814 0.039 0.183 0.029 0.020 -0.011 1.814 0.040 0.183 -0.009 1.814 -0.031 0.186 METAS A100_ij -0.001 -0.001 -0.005 -0.018 0.002 -0.038 U(A100_ij) 0.015 0.017 0.015 0.081 0.081 0.442 A100_ij 0.007 0.007 0.003 -0.010 0.010 -0.030 0.008 NIM U(A100_ij) 0.016 0.017 0.016 0.081 0.081 0.442 0.021 A100_ij 0.003 0.003 -0.001 -0.014 0.006 -0.034 0.004 -0.004 NMIJ U(A100_ij) 0.017 0.018 0.017 0.082 0.082 0.442 0.022 0.022 -0.026 -0.030 -0.043 -0.023 -0.063 -0.025 -0.033 -0.029 1.814 1.814 1.816 1.816 1.867 1.814 1.814 1.814 NMi-VSL A100_ij U(A100_ij) A100_ij -0.017 -0.017 -0.021 -0.034 -0.014 -0.054 -0.016 -0.024 -0.020 0.009 SPRING U(A100_ij) 0.036 0.037 0.036 0.088 0.088 0.444 0.039 0.039 0.040 1.814 0.031 0.186 0.014 0.010 -0.003 0.017 -0.023 0.015 0.007 0.011 0.182 0.182 0.199 0.199 0.478 0.183 0.183 0.183 A100_ij SIQ U(A100_ij)
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR LNE CMI METAS NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL SPRING KCRV A100_i 0.004 0.018 0.089 -0.042 -0.012 -0.092 -0.008 0.001 -0.001 0.205 -0.009 U(A100_i) 0.029 0.057 0.066 0.105 0.092 0.291 0.063 0.031 0.029 5.648 0.034 -0.013 0.026 0.014 0.085 -0.046 -0.016 -0.096 -0.012 -0.003 -0.005 0.061 0.061 0.121 0.105 0.290 0.069 0.024 0.019 0.071 -0.060 -0.030 -0.110 -0.026 -0.017 -0.019 0.187 -0.027 0.085 0.134 0.120 0.296 0.091 0.063 0.062 5.648 0.064 -0.131 -0.101 -0.181 -0.097 -0.088 -0.090 0.116 -0.098 0.134 0.120 0.296 0.091 0.063 0.062 5.648 0.064 0.030 -0.050 0.034 0.043 0.041 0.247 0.033 0.159 0.314 0.138 0.122 0.121 5.649 0.122 -0.080 0.004 0.013 0.011 0.217 0.003 0.308 0.124 0.106 0.105 5.649 0.106 0.084 0.093 0.091 0.297 0.083 0.298 0.291 0.290 5.655 0.291 A100_ij NPL U(A100_ij) A100_ij -0.014 PTB U(A100_ij) 0.061 VNIIFTRI A100_ij -0.085 -0.071 U(A100_ij) 0.061 0.085 A100_ij 0.046 0.060 0.131 CSIR U(A100_ij) 0.121 0.134 0.134 A100_ij 0.016 0.030 0.101 -0.030 LNE U(A100_ij) 0.105 0.120 0.120 0.159 A100_ij 0.096 0.110 0.181 0.050 0.080 CMI U(A100_ij) 0.290 0.296 0.296 0.314 0.308
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Lab j Lab i NPL PTB VNIIFTRI CSIR LNE CMI METAS NIM NMIJ NMi-VSL SPRING 0.009 0.007 0.213 -0.001 0.071 0.070 5.648 0.072 -0.002 0.204 -0.010 0.025 5.648 0.030 0.206 -0.008 5.648 0.026 -0.214 5.648 METAS A100_ij 0.012 0.026 0.097 -0.034 -0.004 -0.084 U(A100_ij) 0.069 0.091 0.091 0.138 0.124 0.298 A100_ij 0.003 0.017 0.088 -0.043 -0.013 -0.093 -0.009 NIM U(A100_ij) 0.024 0.063 0.063 0.122 0.106 0.291 0.071 A100_ij 0.005 0.019 0.090 -0.041 -0.011 -0.091 -0.007 0.002 NMIJ U(A100_ij) 0.019 0.062 0.062 0.121 0.105 0.290 0.070 0.025 -0.187 -0.116 -0.247 -0.217 -0.297 -0.213 -0.204 -0.206 5.648 5.648 5.649 5.649 5.655 5.648 5.648 5.648 NMi-VSL A100_ij U(A100_ij) A100_ij 0.013 0.027 0.098 -0.033 -0.003 -0.083 0.001 0.010 0.008 0.214 SPRING U(A100_ij) 0.026 0.064 0.064 0.122 0.106 0.291 0.072 0.030 0.026 5.648
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix B.1 NPL Measurements
Appendix B Technical Reports from participating laboratories

The following reports on the measurement techniques were received from the participating laboratories.
B.1
NPL Measurements (C. Purser, K. P. Holland, J. Howes)
MEASUREMENTS
The 60 MHz measurements were carried out using the NPL 0.5 to 100 MHz Attenuator Calibrator. The Voltage Ratio Method (described by FL Warner et al in IEEE Trans IM-32 pp 33-37, 1983) was used for attenuation values up to the 90 dB setting and the AF substitution method using phase sensitive detection for higher attenuation values. A 10 kHz calibrated inductive divider was used as the reference standard. This IVD was calibrated by the NPL DC and LF group against the National Standard of Voltage Ratio.
The device under test was inserted between a signal source and a tuned receiver. The reflection coefficients of the source, the receiver and the device under test were measured and used to calculate the mismatch uncertainty. Impedance traceability was provided by check standards measured by NPL Impedance Section.
The reference or datum for the measurement of incremental attenuation was defined by connecting the device under test into the measurement system and setting it to the minimum attenuation value.
The measured attenuation values relate to the performance of the device under test when connected into a transmission line system having a characteristic impedance of 50 .
The 5.0 GHz measurements were carried out on the NPL 2 18 GHz Attenuator Calibrator. The Voltage Ratio Method was used up to 80 dB, with the AF substitution method using phase sensitive detection for higher attenuation values. Unlike the low frequency measurements the source and receiver were impedance tuned using coaxial stub tuners directly connected to coaxial isolators.
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix B.2 NIST Measurements
B.2
NIST Measurements (R. A. Ginley)
Measurement Technique:
Two different Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) systems were used for the measurement of the attenuation standards. A NIST Dual Six-Port System was used for the measurements at 60 MHz and a commercial VNA was used to obtain the results at 5 GHz. Both systems were calibrated using the TRL calibration technique. Thus, the measurements are traceable back to the physical dimensions of the airline standards which were determined by NIST dimensional metrology systems.
Uncertainties:
All uncertainties are listed as one standard deviation. The uncertainty component denoted by ua is a Type A component that is associated with the calibration of the measurement system. This component is primarily due to connector variability, long-term system variations, power meter resolution, and system noise during calibration of the VNA. The uncertainty component denoted by ud is a Type A component that is evaluated from the repeated measurements of the device under test. This component is primarily due to the connector nonrepeatability of the device under test. The uncertainty component denoted by ub is a Type B component that is primarily due to imperfections in the airline standards and test ports on the measurement. The expanded uncertainty, U, is given by
2 ud u +u + n 2 a 2 b
where n is the number of repeat measurements of the device under test (n=6 for all the measurements).
Description of Results: The measurement results are presented in an Excel spread sheet with three worksheets. The first worksheet has the incremental attenuation results for all of the attenuation levels measured for both attenuators at both frequencies with all of the uncertainty components (as
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix B.2 NIST Measurements
described above) and the total uncertainty listed.
The second worksheet contains the
reflection coefficient information for all measurements. The results contain the data for the magnitude and phase (in deg) of S11, the magnitude and phase (in deg) of S22, and the measured source match and load match values (the source and load match values were not used in the determination of incremental attenuation or reflection coefficients and there is no uncertainty values listed for them). measurements. The final worksheet contains our pin depth
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix B.3 LNE Measurements
B.3
LNE Measurements (B. Mellouet)
Two different methods were used for the measurements:
The residual attenuation of the devices at 0 dB position was measured by the power ratio technique. It means that the power was measured with and without the device. The attenuation is the ratio between the measured powers.
For the attenuation measurement of the different steps, the method used was a substitution method at intermediate frequency. We used a TEGAM VM7 attenuation measurement system. This system works at 30 MHz so mixers were used to reduce the frequency. The step attenuation values were measured by taking the reference point at the 0 dB position of the step attenuator. For 60 dB attenuation or higher, a fixed 50 dB coaxial attenuator is used to have more dynamic range.
The measurement systems are well matched by adding fixed attenuators in order to minimize the mismatch uncertainties.
The reflection factors were measured by the compensated reflectometer method and with a vector network analyser.
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix B.4 PTB Measurements
B.4
PTB Measurements (D. Stumpe)
Power Ratio
The PTB RF standard attenuation measuring equipment for attenuation values up to 30 dB is working with the power ratio method using DC substitution. A stabilized RF power of 10 mW is fed into the DUT. The power transmitted through the DUT is measured with a thermistor mount which is connected to a self-balancing bolometer bridge. The bridge voltages are measured using two digital voltmeters. The attenuation is calculated from two the two power levels which correspond to the ON and OFF settings of the DUT. Source and load side of the insertion point for the DUT are matched with tuners. Traceability to the German national standard for DC voltage is achieved by calibration of the digital voltmeters.
RF Series Substitution
The PTB RF standard attenuation measuring equipment for attenuation values above 30 dB is working with the RF series substitution method. A stabilized RF power of 10 mW is fed into the DUT. The power transmitted through the DUT is detected with a sensitive receiver. The attenuation of the DUT is measured by comparison with a chain of reference attenuators which are calibrated with the power ratio method. The small difference between DUT and reference chain is measured using the receivers synchronous detector only. The attenuation is calculated from the value of the reference chain and the measured difference between DUT and reference chain. Source and load side of the insertion point for the DUT are matched with tuners. Traceability to national standards is achieved by calibration of the synchronous detector and the components of the reference chain with the power ratio setup which again is traceable to the German national standard for DC voltage.
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix B.5 NMIJ Measurements
B.5
NMIJ Measurements (A. Widarta)
1. Principle of Measurement Technique

MW SECTION SIGNAL SOURCE IF SECTION MAIN MIXER PRE AMP R GAUGE BLOCK ATTEN. L I
TEST PORT
TEST PORT
DUT
IVD
REF MIXER
R I
ISOLATION CIRCUIT L
LOCK-IN AMP
+
REF
10 MHz REF FREQ LOCK
LO SOURCE
PS
AMPLITUDE CONSTANT PHASE SHIFTER
Block diagram of RF attenuation measurement system based on a dual-channel IF substitution method.
The above-mentioned figure shows a block diagram of the NMIJ RF attenuation measurement system [1], [2] used to make the measurements of this attenuation intercomparison. The system employs a traceable inductive voltage divider (IVD) at 1 kHz as a reference standard and dual-channel intermediate frequency substitution method. The RF attenuation of the DUT after converting to the IF attenuation is compared with attenuation of IVD by a null balance method. The signals are kept balanced by adjusting the IVD and phase shifter before and after setting of the DUT. The attenuation value then is determined from the ratio of the IVD values at initial and final setting. Single step measurement technique is used for measurements of attenuation up to 60 dB. However, double step measurement technique, which is switching the gauge block attenuator into and out from the circuit, is used for measurements of attenuation greater than 60 dB. The LED-fiber-PD assemblies and amplifier-attenuator assemblies are used as isolation circuits in 60 MHz and 5 GHz measurement system, respectively. Well impedance-matched isolators are used as test ports in 60 MHz attenuation system, though combination of isolators and stub tuner are used in 5 GHz. As for signal and local sources, two very stable crystal oscillators are used in 60 MHz
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system and two synthesizers which are locked by the same 10 MHz reference frequency are used in 5 GHz system.
2. Measurement Condition.
Any measurements were performed after full equilibration process of the transfer standards by placing them in the measurement room more than 48 hours. The room temperature and humidity are controlled to 231C and 5015%, respectively. The actual operating temperatures of the standards were measured by an infrared radiation thermometer with the specification accuracy in 2 C. The protrusion of the RF connector center pins of the test ports and traveling standards were checked before commencing measurements. Not any unsatisfied dimensions were found among them. The power incidents on the traveling standards were 1 mw and 10 mW in measurements at frequency 60 MHz and 5GHz, respectively. The attenuator controller was supplied by 100 V/50 Hz voltages.
3. Uncertainty Evaluation
The main sources of the uncertainty are listed in the following table together with typical values for measurements made of a 0-40 dB step of K19.CL/1 traveling standard at 5 GHz. Detail of each uncertainty source determination could be found in Reference 1 and 2. Mismatch uncertainties are evaluated following equation 29 of Reference 3 by making measurements of reflection coefficients of the travelling standards and the test port sets of the system using the HP-8510 network analyzer.
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Uncertainty estimations for a typical 0-40 dB step of K19.CL/1 travelling standard at 5 GHz Source of uncertainty
Reference standard (IVD) Source and load impedance to IVD Amplitude change of phase shifter Non linearity Leakage Stability Mismatch Gauge block calibration Standard deviation of 10 measured values
Type of uncertainty
B B B B B B B B A
Typical standard uncertainty

0.0005 0.00005 0.0003 0.0005 3x10-6 0.0001 0.0003 0.0006
4. Traceability
The NMIJ RF attenuation measurements system is originally developed at NMIJ/AIST. The system is planned to be used as a national standard of attenuation from the fiscal year 2004. The IVD is traceable to the Japan national standard of AC voltage ratio at 1 kHz.
5. Results
See the attached completed measurements result spreadsheet.
6. References
[1]
A.WIDARTA, T.KAWAKAMI, Attenuation measurement system in frequency range of 10 to 100 MHz, IEEE Trans. IM, Vol. 52, No.2, pp.302-305, April 2003.
[2]
A.WIDARTA, T.KAWAKAMI, K. SUZUKI, Dual channel IF substitution measurement system for microwave attenuation standard, IEICE Trans.Electron., Vol. E86, No.8, pp., August 2003.
[3]
I.A. HARRIS, F.L. WARNER, Re-examination of mismatch uncertainty when measuring microwave power and attenuation, IEE Proc., Vol.128.pt.h. no.1, pp.3541, Feb.1981.
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix B.6 CMI Measurements
B.6
CMI Measurements (F. Hejsek)
Date of receipt 6th August 2003 List of equipment Receiver VM7, Lucas-Weinschel Mixer 8852, Lucas-Weinschel ser. no.: 290 ser. no.: 184
Calibrated by CMI traceable to hf. power standard. Calibrated on 26th May 2003, Calibration certificate no.: 113KL172803. Power splitter 11667A, Agilent Attenuator set, Weinschel Corp. VNA 8510SX (0.04526.6) GHz, HewlettPackard Coaxial accessories ser. no.: 19397 ser. no.: 6147 ser. no.: 3312A00583
Measuring method The system VM7/8852 has been calibrated according to modified (A. Coster: Calibration of the Lucas Weinschel VM7 Attenuator and Signal Calibrator, BEMC, 1995, p.46-1) method. Instead of using IVD at 10 kHz we have used 30 MHz signal which has been simultaneously measured by the VM-7 and thermistor sensor. The differences between wattmeter and VM7 readings are less then 0.001 dB. To calibrate the mixer, we have used programmable attenuator 8494/6H and the applied (uncalibrated) step in signal power has been simultaneously measured by the VM-7 and thermistor sensor again.
Attenuation has been measured according to Fig. A.1 under routine laboratory condition. Reflection coefficients have been measured with the help of 8510SX network analyser.
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix B.6 CMI Measurements
Fig. A.1 Circuit diagram
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix B.7 CSIR Measurements
B.7
CSIR Measurements (C. F. Matthee)
The 60 MHz attenuation measurements were performed by direct measurement against a calibrated Hewlett-Packard 8902A Measuring Receiver.
The 5 GHz attenuation measurements were performed using a microwave mixer and local oscillator to down-convert the RF signal to a 120,53 MHz IF signal. This IF signal was measured using the measuring receiver.
The measuring receiver was traceable to a Techtest 310 WBCO piston attenuator operating at 30 MHz. The WBCO is a primary standard with traceability to other parameters.
The reference or datum for the measurement of incremental attenuation was defined by connecting the device under test into the measurement system and setting it to the minimum attenuation value.
The voltage reflection coefficients (VRC) of the source and receiver were improved by using pre-selected attenuators with low reflection coefficients at the measurement points.
The voltage reflection coefficients of the device under test and receiver were determined by direct measurement against a vector network analyser. The reflection coefficient of the source was calculated using the VRC of the attenuator and the worst-case reflection coefficient of the source.
The uncertainty of the VNA was calculated using the EA document, Assessment of calibrated vector network analysers (VNA). The accuracy was checked by comparison against two calibrated airlines from the VNA verification kit, calibrated by NPL.
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix B.8 NRC Measurements
B.8
NRC Measurements (A. Michaud, D. C. Paulusse)
Introduction The purpose of this international comparison is to compare the ability of the national metrology institutes to measure RF-attenuation. We followed the guidelines of the Technical Protocol. [1] In this report, we give a short description of the measurement methods and we present the results for the two devices that were submitted. One is a 0-70 dB device modified (HP 8490L) and the other one is a 0-110 dB device (HP 8496H). The DUTs were labelled: K19.CL/1, (0-70 dB) and K19.CL/2 (0-110 dB) respectively. Description specific to the INMS measurement Date of receiving the attenuators: 27 January 2003 Date measurements commenced: 31 January 2003 Date measurements completed: 2 March 2003 Date of dispatch of attenuators: 3 March 2003
Measurement technique 60 MHz:
We use an AF substitution system similar to the one described in Warner [2, Chapter 8].
The source is a synthesized oscillator, (FLUKE 6060A) followed by an amplifier, a filter, a resistive tee power divider, and a fixed attenuator. This attenuator is selected in order to insure a good source match. The second port to the power divider is attached to a closed loop level controller.
The receiver is a double balanced mixer and a synthesized oscillator (HP 3325B). The front end is a fixed attenuator to insure a good match. The intermediate frequency of 10 KHz is then amplified and fed through an Inductive Voltage Divider (Gertsch/Singer 6 digits model) to a level detector.
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Measurement technique 5 GHz:
The source is a synthesized oscillator, (HP 683620A) followed by an amplifier (HP 8349B), a directional coupler used as a power divider, some isolators and an impedance tuner. This tuner is adjusted in situ using a Vector Network Analyzer in order to insure a good impedance match. The side port of the power divider is attached to a closed loop amplitude controller.
The receiver is a double balanced mixer and a leveled controlled synthesized oscillator (Agilent 83650B) to drive its LO input. The front end is a tuner and some isolators to insure a good match. The intermediate frequency of 10 KHz is amplified and then fed to the AF receiver described above.
For both measurement frequencies, the source is contained on a wheeled table that can be moved in order to align to the connectors. Results of the INMS measurement Connector quality:
The connectors were inspected using a stereoscope and pin depths were measured. The results ware as follows:
K19.CL/1 Port 1: Some minor signs of wear on the outer edge of the centre pin. Some minor sign of wear on the step of outer. Pin recession: (0.0015 +/- 0.001) 40 m +/- 25 m. Overall condition quite good.
K19.CL/1 Port 2: Some minor signs of wear on the step of outer. Pin recession: (0.0005 +/0.001) 12 m +/- 25 m. Overall condition quite good. K19.CL/2 Port 1: Signs of wear on the center pin. Some wear due to a rotation. Pin recession: (0.001 +/- 0.001) 25 m +/- 25 m. Overall condition quite good.
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K19.CL/2 Port 2: Some minor compression points visible. Pin recession: (0.002 +/- 0.001) 50 m +/- 25 m. Overall condition quite good. Reflection Coefficient:
The reflection coefficient of the attenuator was also measured and its magnitude is reported in the resultsINMS file. The values were used for the evaluation of the mismatch factor and related uncertainties. These measurements were done using a Vector Network Analyzer, Hewlet Packard model 8510C. The reference standards are a set of airlines. The uncertainty of this measurement is described in reference [3].
Incremental Attenuation:
The measurement results are given in the file resultsINMS.xls in the standard format for the comparison. We summarise them in the table 1 shown below:
K19-CL/1 at 60 MHz Setting [dB] 0-20 0-40 0-60 0-70 Reading [dB] 19.950 40.120 60.08 70.03 +/[dB] 0.0107 0.0147 0.024 0.029 Degrees of Freedom 3.9 10.7 6.1 11.5
Table 1: Reported values for the K19-CL/1 device measured at 60 MHz
The expressed uncertainty represents the standard uncertainty. The evaluation of the various contributions was done in the file INMS-UNCERTAINTY-BUDGET.XLS and is reported in the ResultsINMS file.
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K19-CL/2 at 60 MHz Setting [dB] 0-20 0-40 0-60 0-80 0-100 0-110 Reading [dB] 19.934 40.189 60.14 80.34 Not Measured Not Measured +/[dB] 0.0107 0.0147 0.024 0.029 ------Degrees of Freedom 3.9 10.7 6.1 11.5 -------
Table 2: Reported values for the K19-CL/2 device measured at 60 MHz
Although it was not required, the file INMS-UNCERTAINTY-BUDGET.XLS also gives the expanded uncertainties and the coverage factor for a 95 % confidence interval.
The Tables 3 and 4 give the similar results for 5 GHz.
K19-CL/1 at 5 GHz Setting [dB] 0-20 0-40 0-60 0-70 Reading [dB] 19.951 40.110 60.06 70.03 +/[dB] 0.0107 0.0147 0.024 0.029 Degrees of Freedom 3.9 10.7 6.1 11.5
Table 3: Reported values for the K19-CL/1 device measured at 5 GHz
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K19-CL/2 at 5 GHz Setting [dB] 0-20 0-40 0-60 0-80 0-100 0-110 Reading [dB] 19.933 40.152 60.10 80.29 Not Measured Not Measured +/[dB] 0.0107 0.0147 0.024 0.029 ------Degrees of Freedom 3.9 10.7 6.1 11.5 -------
Table 4: Reported values for the K19-CL/2 device measured at 5 GHz
Environmental Conditions:
The temperature of the room during the measurement was 23 +/- 1 C. The relative humidity was 25 +/- 10 %.
Discussion:
During the course of measurement, we found that an unusual high level of RF leakage was present. The consequence is that it was not possible to measure the device K-19-CL/2 for the values above 80 dB. As a consequence, we do not want to report any value for those measurements (100 dB and 110 dB). The appropriate entries in table 2 and table 4 were left blank. References [1] J. HOWES, CIPM Key Comparison CCEM-RF-K19.CL (GT-RF-00-02) Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a 50 Ohm Type-N step attenuator: Technical Protocol (Version 3.3), September 2001
[2]
F. L. WARNER, Microwave Attenuation Measurement, London, Peter Peregrinus, 1977.
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[3]
A. JURKUS, Evaluation of a Wide-Band Method for the Measurement of the Reflection Coefficient of Microwave One-Port Networks, IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas., Vol. IM-26, No. 3, September 1977, pp. 238-242.
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix B.9 NMi-VSL Measurements
B.9
NMi-VSL Measurements (J. P. M. de Vreede)
NMi-VSL operates two VNAs, one for low frequencies (50 kHz 3 GHz) and one for higher frequencies (45 MHz 50 GHz). To obtain a low noise level the first one is used for the measurements at 60 MHz.
For 60 MHz the HP 8753E with external test-set 85046A is calibrated using a calibration kit HP 85032B using firmware (SOLT calibration). A frequency set of 30 frequencies is used with a maximum average of 64 scans.
For 5 GHz an Agilent system containing the 8510C basic unit, a HP synthesizer 83651B as signal source and two S-parameter test sets is available. The test set 8515A (frequency range 45 MHz up to 26.5 GHz) is used and calibrated using firmware and a calibration kit 85054B (SOLT calibration with sliding loads). On each port of the test set an Agilent 85132F cable is attached together with an adapter PC7-N (male or female) which results in an effective test port 1 having a slotless female connector and an effective test port 2 having a male connector. An average of 128 measurements is used under normal circumstances, but for high attenuation (50 dB and isolation) this is increased up to 4096, the maximum number, still with an acceptable measuring time.
The insertion measurements and all step measurements are performed after changing the adapter on port 1 to effectively a male N-connector.
Measurements are performed at different power level, but corrections are made for non-linear behaviour due to power level. The linearity of the detectors is based upon measurements done using a step attenuator calibrated at 1 GHz by NPL, UK (range: 0-40 dB in steps of 5 dB). For higher attenuation a numerical calculation is used.
A software programme written in QuickBasic is used for control of the VNA and for obtaining the corrected data from the VNA. Further data analysis is done in spreadsheets written in Excel.
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix B.10 METAS Measurements
B.10
METAS Measurements (J. Furrer, M. Zeier)
Measurement Technique and Traceability
Measurements were performed with a parallel IF substitution system comprising a Waveguide Below Cut-off (WBCO) attenuation standard (Techtest Model 310). With this primary standard attenuation is determined through measurement of the longitudinal position of the WBCO piston via a laser interferometer. Results are thus traceable to national standards and to internationally supported realisations of SI units.
Measurements
Three measurement series were performed for each DUT/attenuation configuration at three different source powers (DUT branch). Each measurement series consisted of ten measurements.
To improve the matching conditions in the DUT branch a 10dB (before DUT) and a 20 dB (after DUT) matching pad were installed. For the 5GHz measurements additionally a tuner was inserted after the DUT.
The system in its current state is not able to measure attenuation above 80dB mostly due to limitations of the measurement receiver. For details see section 3 (Receiver noise and High attenuation).
It was found after the measurements that the feedback control of the WBCO RF source was not working properly and that during certain measurement periods the WBCO signal was unstable. This effect created an unusual large scatter in the data and also an additional Type B uncertainty contribution, which is under normal conditions not present. For details see section 3 (WBCO source stability).
Measurement Uncertainties
Uncertainty contributions are quantified for each configuration in the separate excel sheet. In the following each item is described in short. Quoted uncertainties are standard uncertainties. All Type B contributions are assumed to have infinite degrees of freedom.
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Statistics (SU_C1) The quoted value is the standard deviation of the mean calculated from the scatter of data points.
Attenuation standard (SU_C2) The accuracy of the WBCO system is limited by the geometrical tolerances of the waveguide. We quote a relative uncertainty of 5 105 / dB .
Environment (SU_C3)
Temperature, air pressure and humidity influence geometrical dimensions of the wave guide and laser wavelength. These quantities are permanently monitored during the measurements with a calibrated meteo station (Thommen HP 113 A-L5 W1F).
The measurement uncertainties of these quantities propagate to the attenuation results. Typical values and uncertainties for the environmental quantities and resulting relative uncertainties for attenuation values are listed in the following: Temperature around wave-guide T = 25C : u (T )=1C 1.6 10 5 / dB
Pressure around wave-guide P = 950mbar : u ( P)=10mbar 2.6 106 / dB Excess Pressure in wave-guide PG = 5mbar : u ( PG )=5mbar 9.8 1011 / dB
Humidity around wave-guide H = 30% : u ( H )=10% 1.4 10 7 / dB
The dominant (and only relevant) contribution is from the temperature around the waveguide.
Mismatch (SU_C4)
Mismatch uncertainties are calculated according to equation 29 in I.A. Harris and F.L. Warner, IEE Proc. 128 (1981) 35. S-parameters of the DUT and source and load reflection coefficients of the measurement apparatus are determined with a Vector network analyser.
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Non-linearity (Mixer and WBCO) (SU_C5) Measurements were performed at different source power resulting in different maximum signal strength at the mixer (-21 dBm, -25 dBm, -30dBm) while the Local Oscillator power was kept constant (10dBm). This allows investigating the effects of mixer non-linearity. The observed effect is (1.4 0.2) 103 dB at 21dBm and neglible at 30dBm. The data is corrected for this effect and the remaining uncertainty is small (0.0001dB below 80dB and less than 0.001 for 80 dB and higher).
The WBCO non-linearity is known from calibration measurements done in the past. The calibration data is fitted with a smooth curve, which is used to correct the data for nonlinearity of the WBCO. The correction is typically small (<0.004 dB). The uncertainty in the fit parameters is propagated to an uncertainty in attenuation, which turns out to be less than 0.0001dB except at 80 dB (0.0007dB).
WBCO source stability (SU_C6) Due to the above-mentioned instability of the WBCO RF source some data sets show an unusual large scatter. We believe that the effect is primarily of statistical nature but we cant entirely exclude an overall bias due to e.g. long-term drifts of the WBCO source power. After the comparison measurements the behaviour of the WBCO source power was recorded over time. From observed typical drifts an uncertainty of 0.003 dB is determined. This is a dominant contribution at lower attenuation values.
Receiver noise (SU_C7) The mixer introduces an additional source of noise in the DUT branch of the apparatus resulting in different noise floors in the receiver for the WBCO and DUT measurements. This additional noise introduces a bias in the receiver at low signal strength and limits the measurement capabilities of the system to a maximum of 80 dB. As a consequence data taken at the lowest source power is omitted for the 70 dB result and only data at maximum source power is taken into account for the 80 dB result. Additionally a correction of
0.006 0.003 dB is applied to the 80dB data.
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High attenuation (100 and 110 dB) (SU_C8) We are not able to measure 100 dB and 110 dB directly for reasons mentioned above. The results that are quoted for 100 and 110 dB are calculated sums of the measurements of single sections of the step attenuator, i.e. 100=20+40(1)+40(2) and 110=10+20+40(1)+40(2). The validity of this approach is tested for other attenuator settings that are calculable as sums of sections but can also be measured directly. From these comparisons we estimate an uncertainty of 0.004dB for 60 MHz and 0.033 dB for 5 GHz.
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix B.11 SP Measurements
B.11
SP Measurements (J. Stenarson, K. Yhland, C. Wingqvist)
Background The comparison contains two DUTs (Device Under Test), both manufactured by Agilent. They are of two different models. Their designations can be found in Table 2.
Table 2 DUT designations
DUT model Designation 84907L 8496H K19.CL/1 K19.CL/2
Results are reported on the incremental attenuation as well as the reflection coefficient of the devices.
Measurement technique The DUTs (Device Under Test) were measured using a Vector Network Analyser (VNA) Agilent 8510 with an Agilent 8515 testset. The DUTs were non-insertable, both ports of the DUT had female connectors. The measurement was performed according to the standard procedure for attenuator measurements at SP [1]. The VNA was calibrated using the SOLT technique with a female connector on port 1 and male connector on port 2 of the VNA, this means the DUT was measured with a male-male adapter on the DUT, see Fig A.2. The incremental attenuation was computed by the ratio of the S21 values of the measurements of the S-parameters of the datum and set position of the DUT. No correction was made for the adapter that had to be used but it is included in the uncertainty budget.
The SOLT standards were connected 6 times each and the step attenuators were measured by first measuring the datum setting and then the desired setting of the attenuator, thus the datum is measured before each setting. All required settings are measured in sequence and this sequence was repeated 10 times.
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To estimate the uncertainty contribution of the male-male adapter we measured the adapter connected with a female-female adapter. Measurements are reported for 20, 40, 60, and 70dB for K19.CL/1 and 20, 40, 60, and 80dB for K19.CL/2.
VNA
Adapter Male-Male
Attenuator
Female test port
Male test port
Fig A.2 Measurement set-up.
Instrumentation
Table 3 Instrumentation used for the measurements
Item Agilent 8515A testset Agilent 8510C Network analyzer Agilent 83651B Synthesized sweeper Agilent 11713A attenuator switch Type N calibration kit HP 85054B Flexcable port 1 Maury Flexcable port 2 Agilent Adapter NMD 3.5mm->Type N female Adapter NMD 3.5mm->Type N male Type N adapter Male-Male Type N adapter Female-Female
Inventory number SP602333 SP602331 SP602343 SP602726 SP503388 SP602814 SP602610 SP602776 SP602776 S/N 63713 S/N 59205
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Uncertainty Traceability VNA measurements are traced to airline impedance standards and calibrated step attenuators. See Table 4 for details on devices used. The calibration algorithm is described in [2], and the uncertainty calculation is described in detail in [3].
Table 4 Traceability table
Device Agilent 125mm airline Maury 150mm airline Maury 300mm airline Agilent 84904L step attenuator Agilent 84906L step attenuator
SP number SP503389 SP602571 SP602852 SP602845 SP602844
Tracebility NPL NPL
NPL NPL
Environmental conditions The temperature and humidity was measured at the VNA. The temperature was 24.90.5 C.
Uncertainty contributions In the uncertainty budget the different contributions are designated SU_C1SU_C13, each contribution is described below. The uncertainty budget is evaluated in linear units.
The results for the comparison are to be reported in dB, so a conversion must be made. The estimated linear transmission, T, is converted to attenuation, A, in dB by
A = -20 * log(T)
The relative standard uncertainty, u(T), is converted to standard uncertainty, u(A), in dB by
u(A) = -20 * log(1 u(T))
Experimental variation (SU_C1): The standard uncertainty in the mean of the incremental attenuation. This value is estimated using a bootstrap technique including all measurements of the SOLT standards as well as the 10 measurements of the datum and set positions.
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Drift (SU_C2): Estimated uncertainty due to drift and ambient conditions estimated for the measurement setup.
Cable flex (SU_C3): Estimated uncertainty due to cable flexing between the calibration and connection to the DUT.
Frequency error (SU_C4): Estimated uncertainty due to frequency uncertainty.
Isolation (SU_C5): This is the estimated uncertainty contribution due to finite isolation.
Linearity (SU_C6): This is the estimated uncertainty contribution due to non-linearity.
Test port match (SU_C7-SU_C9): This is the estimated uncertainty contribution from residual test port match. There are two terms SU_C7 and SU_C8 for port 1 and 2 of the VNA. In the budget there is also contribution arising from the interaction between port 1 and 2. This is a small factor since it contains the product of M1 and M2 (SU_C9). Adaptor (SU_C10-SU_C12): This is the estimated uncertainty contribution from the malemale adaptor on port one of the attenuator. Only the S-parameters S12, S21 and S22 of the adaptor have an impact on the measurement of incremental attenuation. There is a first order contribution from u(S22) (SU_C10) and second order contributions from u(S22)u(S12) (SU_C11) and u(S22)u(S21) (SU_C12). Temperature coefficient of DUT (SU_C13): The attenuator has a temperature coefficient of 0.0001 dB/dB/C. A value of 0.0003 dB/dB was used to account for the 1.90.5C deviation from 23C.
Connector gauging The connectors of the DUTs were inspected and the pin depth was measured both on arrival and before dispatch to the next lab.
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The master gauge was used to adjust the dial indicator to show 0 mm. Thereafter three measurements were taken with the master gauge rotated to three different positions to ensure that the clock shows 0 mm. Table 5 and Table 7 shows the results of these procedures.
The measurement of each connector was repeated three times with the clock rotated to different positions. Table 6 and Table 8 show the result of these measurements. The results are within specification (0 0.076 mm).
Measurements on arrival
Table 5 Results of zero gauge for the measurements on arrival.
Master gauge position 1 2 3 Indication [mm] 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Table 6 Results of the pin-depth measurements on arrival.
K19.CL/1 Port 1 Visual inspection Pin-depth [mm] OK 0.04826 0.04826 0.04318 Pin-depth mean value [mm] 0.04657 Port 2 OK 0.01016 0.01270 0.01524 0.01270
K19.CL/2 Port 1 OK 0.03048 0.03302 0.03048 0.03133 Port 2 OK 0.06096 0.06350 0.06096 0.06181
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Measurements before dispatch

Table 7 Results of zero gauge for the measurements prior to dispatch.
Master gauge position 1 2 3 Indication [mm] 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Table 8 Results of the pin-depth measurements prior to dispatch.
K19.CL/1 Port 1 Visual inspection Pin-depth [mm] OK 0.04826 0.04826 0.04064 Pin-depth mean value [mm] 0.04572 Port 2 OK 0.01016 0.01270 0.01016 0.01101
K19.CL/2 Port 1 OK 0.0432 0.0432 0.0381 0.0415 Port 2 OK 0.06350 0.06096 0.06096 0.06181
References [1] J. STENARSON

AND
K. YHLAND, "S-parameter and incremental attenuation
measurement," SP-Metod 2925, 2004. [2] J. STENARSON, "SOL/SOLT Vector Network Analyzer calibration," SP Sveriges Provnings- och Forsknings Institut, Bors SP-AR 2002:24, 2002. [3] J. STENARSON
AND
K. YHLAND, "Uncertainty in VNA measurements," SP Sveriges
Provnings- och Forsknings Institut, Bors SP-AR 2003:04, 2003.
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix B.12 UME Measurements
B.12
UME Measurements (S. Yaran)
1. MEASUREMENT PERIOD
24 March 2004 9 April 2004
2. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS Temperature: (231) C Relative humidity: (4510) % Line voltage: (22010) V Line frequency: 50 Hz
3. REFERENCE USED IN THE MEASUREMENTS
HP 8510C Network Analyser with HP 8515A Test Set
The HP 85055A Verification Kit with Serial No 2815A00520 of the Network Analyser was calibrated by NMi-VSL.
4. MEASUREMENT FREQUENCIES
0.06 and 5 GHz
5. MEASUREMENT METHOD
The measurement standard used was HP8510C Netvork Analyser with a HP8515A Test Set. HP85132F cable pairs used at the port 1 and 2. The type of calibration is Short-Open-LoadThrough (SOLT) with fixed loads below 2 GHz and sliding loads above 2 GHz.
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix B.13 SPRING Measurements
B.13
SPRING Measurements (A. B. I. Teo, N. Hoon, Y. Shan)
Submitted by
National Metrology Centre SPRING Singapore 1 Science Park Drive Singapore 118221
Date : 2005-05-04 Page 1 of 11
Subject
Programmable Step Attenuators
Ambient Temperature : 23 2oC Relative Humidity : 55 5% rh
Manufacturer Model Serial Number Range
: : : :
Hewlett Packard(CL1)/Agilent(CL2) 84907L//8496H 2936A00473/3247A12679 0-70 dB/0-110 dB
Date Measured
2005-04-22
These Programmable Step Attenuators have been measured at the National Metrology Centre, SPRING Singapore, under the ambient conditions stated above.
Method of Measurement
The SPRINGs RF/microwave attenuation measurement system employs an inductive voltage divider (IVD) calibrated at NPL, UK, as a reference. For both 60 MHz and 5 GHz measurement of the DUTs, the intermediate frequency substitution method and voltage ratio technique are used.
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix B.14 NIM Measurements
B.14 NIM Measurements (Q. Gao) 1. Principle of Measurement Technique
A low-medium frequency (10 kHz) series substitution method is used in the attenuation measurement system in NIM. An Inductive Voltage Divider (IVD) is used as the reference standard. The IVD is traceable to the AC voltage ratio standard (IVD standard) in NIM. A Lock-In Amplifier is used as a phase sensitive detector. The measurement system is shown in the fig. 1 as follows.
Signal Generator
Gauge Block
Isolator
DUT
Isolator
Ref
10MHz
L.O.
Mixer
Preamplifier
IVD
Amplifier/Filter
PAS-1B ATTENUATION CALIBRATOR Optical-Coupler Module
Sync. Signal
GPIB
Embedded Computer
Lock-In Amplifier Computer
Fig. Attenuation Measurement System
The instrument, PAS-1B ATTENUATION CALIBRATOR, was designed and made by NIM. As shown in fig.1, the PAS-1 mainly consists of a switch/preamplifier, IVD and variable amplifier modules. The frequency ranges from 10 kHz to 18 GHz over a selection of 4 mixers, e.g. 10 kHz, 100 kHz 30 MHz, 10 MHz 1.5 GHz, and 1.5 GHz 18 GHz. The band selection is done in the switch/preamplifier module. The purpose of this module is to provide about 38 dB gain and zero output impedance which IVDs need.
The IVD is used as a reference standard. It consists of an eight decade autotransformer to realise 0 .99999999 ratio.
The variable amplifier module provides 0 dB 100 dB variable gain with resolution of 0.1 dB. The variable gain is realised in two ways. One is to use five operational amplifiers
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with variable gain of 0 dB - 10 dB, and four with 0 dB - 20 dB respectively. The other is to use a D/A converter, which provides 0 dB - 10 dB variable gain with resolution of 0.1 dB. In addition, there are two band-pass filters in the module to improve the signal to noise ratio. 2. Measurement Method
In the intercomparison, in order to expand dynamic measurement range, RF substitution is used as well, and an attenuator (8496H) is used as a gauge block. Two 10 dB attenuators are used as isolators to improve the VSWR of the test ports at 60 MHz. Four circulators are used at 5 GHz for same purpose.
3. Uncertainty Evaluation
The uncertainty sources: reference standard, mismatch, system linearity, leakage, resolution, connector repeatability were considered in the uncertainty evaluation.
The reflection coefficients of the test ports and the travelling standard were calibrated by HP8722ES S-PARAMETER NETWORK ANALYSER.
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix B.15 SIQ Measurements
B.15
SIQ Measurements (B. Pinter, Z. Svetik)
Measurement conditions All measurements were performed in the period from 22 August, 2002 to 29 August, 2002 under following environmental conditions: Temperature: Relative humidity: 23 C 1 C 50 % 20 %
The actual temperature of the measured item is given along with the measurement results. Before commencing the measurements, the connectors were inspected, cleaned and gauged.
Measurement method used All measurements were performed using an internal IF substitution method of a calibrated tuned measuring receiver. A standard method published in the CMCs was used. No
measurements have been performed at 5 GHz because SIQ does not have any equipment and procedures for traceable measurements at frequencies higher than 1.3 GHz.
Traceability The tuned measuring receiver was calibrated using a laboratory reference 0 to 110 dB step attenuator HP 8496B (10 dB steps). The reference step attenuator was calibrated for all steps at the following frequencies:
10 MHz, 30 MHz, 100 MHz, 300 MHz, 500 MHz, 700 MHz, 1 GHz, 2 GHz, 8 GHz, 12 GHz, 18 GHz.
The calibration was performed by ASAP / SESC (UKAS accreditation number: 0029). The reference step attenuator is periodically calibrated at 2 year intervals.
Measurements at 60 MHz were performed using a calibrated receiver HP8902A. The measuring receiver specifications were taken as uncertainty of the standard.
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IF substitution using a calibrated measuring receiver
An HP 8902A measuring receiver was used for measuring attenuations using tuned RF level measurement procedure. It covers RF level measurement from 0 dBm to -120 dBm in the frequency range from 2.5 MHz to 1300 MHz. Uncertainty due to measuring receiver was derived from manufacturers specifications. These were confirmed by calibration of the receiver through the measurement of tuned RF level, which is set by a reference step attenuator.
Calibration Setup
A block diagram for measurement of attenuation using tuned RF level is shown in Fig A.3.
Power source
6 dB matching pad DUT Measuring receiver
Fig A.3. Attenuation measurement setup using tuned RF level technique
The DUT was connected between the measuring receiver and a 6 dB matching pad and set to its 'zero' or 'datum' position. The power was selected so that input power to the measuring receiver was as close as possible to 0 dBm. Then a zero-reference was set on the measuring receiver at the current measurement level. The DUT was then set to the required attenuation value and measured with the measuring receiver. This relative power is equal to the insertion loss of the DUT.
Data acquisition and processing The measurement procedure was automated through GPIB interface. Measurement results were recorded into an Excel worksheet.
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Uncertainty budget The uncertainty budget of the calibration factor measurement consists of the following components:
sU_C1 Uncertainty due to measuring receiver relative power measurement error. uncertainty is derived from measuring receiver specifications and is defined as
This
0.005 dB / 10 dB step 0.015 dB 1 digit for 0 dBm to 100 dBm range, 0.050 dB / 10 dB step 0.015 dB 1 digit for 100 dBm to 120 dBm range.
This uncertainty is assumed to have rectangular probability distribution. uncertainty is verified through the calibration of the measuring receiver.
This
sU_C2 Mismatch uncertainty. uncertainty:

Ms = 8,686 2
The following equation was used to calculate mismatch
G ( s11a + s11b ) + L ( s22 a + s22 b ) + G L ( s21a + s21b )

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4
where index b in the s-parameters denotes the values measured at a chosen attenuation setting and index a in the s-parameters indicates s-parameters for zero or datum position. In calculation only nominal values of s12 and s21 were taken and it was assumed that s12 = s21. s21a (insertion loss at zero position) was assumed to be zero, resulting in maximum uncertainty contribution. A 6 dB matching pad was used at input connector of the measured item, while the receiver itself in tuned mode provides an input attenuation pad. The uncertainties of the values of G and L and the scattering coefficients used in equation were considered in such a way, that they were added in quadrature to the measured or derived values of the reflection coefficients. A U-shaped probability distribution was applied in the calculation.
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sU_C3 uncertainty due to leakage. It was assumed that leakage was controlled to better than 140 dB using high quality microwave cables and connectors at 60 MHz, and better than 120 dB at 5 GHz. The contribution of leakage was calculated from:
AL =
(A A ) 8,686 L20 A 10 2
A U-shaped probability distribution was applied in the calculation.
sU_C4 Type A uncertainty evaluation (1) based on 10 repetitions (standard deviation of the mean).
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B.16
MIKES Measurements (K. Ojasalo)
Incremental attenuation measurement was performed with VNA. After calibration of the instrument, twoport S-parameter uncertainty evaluation was carried out (according to EA10/12). The S-parameters of the unknown DUT were measured after this. Finally, the Sparameters of a calibrated reference attenuator were measured with five closest settings to the unknown values (both datum and setting values). The reference had been calibrated at exact frequencies of the measurement (60 MHz, 5 GHz).
The incremental attenuation of the unknown DUTs were determined from the difference of the S21 parameters (dB) measured at the reference attenuation of the DUT and at datum value. The difference of reference attenuator S21 measurements and calibrated data were observed at both frequencies. These differences were used to estimate two uncertainties:
- uncertainty of the reference zero setting due to mismatch - linearity uncertainty
Uncertainty of the zero setting is taken as a rectangular distribution, limit value taken from 20 dB 0 dB measurement. Especially at the 5 GHz frequency this has considerable effect. Linearity is deduced from the trend in measurements beyond 20 dB. The temperature of the attenuators was measured with an environmental measurement probe close to the attenuator. There was no possibility to attach the probe directly to the case.
K19.CL/2 device was measured up to 80 dB attenuation level.
Description of the equipment used
VNA: Agilent PNA E8357A (300 kHz 6 GHz) with option 015.
VNA Calkit: Agilent 85054D.
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Calibration method: full 2 port SOLT with adapter removal.
Settings of the VNA: Segment sweep 1 Hz IF bandwith with 60 MHz and 5 GHz, other points with 10 Hz Two additional points measured around 60 MHz and 5 GHz with 1 Hz IF bandwith. Averaging was set to 10. Power level 0 dBm
Reference clock Rubidium accuracy 2.4810-10.
Reference step attenuator:
Step attenuator combination consisting of: Model 84904L, Range 0 90 dB connected to Model 84906L, Range 0 11 dB.
The attenuator combination includes a 2.4 mm male to N-type male adapter and a 2.4 mm male to N-type female adapter to make the device insertable. The frequency range is therefore limited to 18 GHz. The attenuator has been calibrated using port 1 as input. The calibration was performed with 1 dB steps between 0 90 using 0-setting as reference. Last calibrated in July 2004, at NPL.
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix B.17 KRISS Measurements
B.17
KRISS Measurements (J-G Lee, J-H Kim)
A brief description of measurement technique
We measure the attenuation of the intercomparison devices using an RF series substitution technique as shown in Figure A.5. A standard step attenuator, composed of 10 steps of build-up chain of power measurement and operating from 10 MHz to 18 GHz, is used as the attenuation standard. Its measurement scheme and uncertainty analysis at 30 MHz are described in reference 1. The overall system has a dynamic range over 90 dB.
The regulated RF source with amplifier provides a stable RF signal with its level monitored and leveled using thermistor mount and the power level control unit. The receiving system consists of a mixer and a 30 MHz receiver, and has a resolution of 0.001 dB. We attach a pad between the output of DUT and the input of receiving system to reduce the mismatch.
Initially, to measure attenuation of 40 dB, STD is set to its reference stage and DUT is set to nominal 40 dB. Reading at the receiving system is denoted as A40. Next, DUT is set to its 0 dB datum and the attenuation of the STD is approximately increased to around 40 dB. The signal level is adjusted and measured until the reading of the receiving system indicates the value measured beforehand (A40).
In order to compensate the mismatch factors, reflection coefficients and S-parameters of the DUT and the measurement system are measured using a vector network analyzer.
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Power level control unit Thermistor mount
ALC
6 dB attenuator Receiving system STD (Attenuation standard) DUT (Step attenuator)
40.000 dB
RF source Power splitter
S11
S22
Figure A.5. Block diagram of the attenuation measurement system.
The traceability route for the attenuation measurements The KRISS attenuation standards are traceable, via calibrated dc voltmeters, to the KRISS national standards for dc voltage.
References [1] J. G. LEE

ET AL,
A broadband attenuation standard, Measurement Science and
Technology, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 55-57, Jan. 2004.
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B.18
INRIM Measurements (L. Brunetti)
The measurements on travelling standards KCL/1 and KCL/2 have been performed by means of the S-parameter measurement technique. Two Vectorial Network Analyzers (VNA), a HP8510C and a HP8753E have been used, but only measurements made with the HP8510C have been considered and reported to the Pilot laboratory. The VNA HP8753E, even though more suitable for high attenuation measurements, is not the primary INRIM system and it has been used only for performing supplementary checks on the HP8510C data. Attenuation measurements and the related accuracy assessment have been performed up to 110 dB, but are reported only up to 80 dB, being them not realistic beyond this level. For the HP8510C the accuracy becomes poor at 60 dB, but the data seems having sense up to 80 dB, at least for the frequency used.
The INRIM system (HP8510C) is traced to a set of impedance standards, which are defined and maintained through mechanical and electrical measurements. Basically, for each transmission line or connector type, a precision calibration kit and verification kit have been qualified for being the primary impedance standard set. Actually, the calibration kit
component is only mechanical checked, while the verification kit components are dimensionally and electrically calibrated through independent sources and methods. In this manner traceability is assumed of the HP8510C to the primary standards of length and direct current, that is, to the SI fundamental quantities.
INRIM Official Data come from 10 sets of repeated measurements, which have been performed under well-controlled environment parameters, (23 0.2) C and (505)% RH. The HP8510C calibration process has been repeated two times always using a high number of averages (1024).
The incremental attenuation values have been measured subtracting at the total insertion loss associated to X-configuration the insertion loss associated to 0-configuration.
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Accuracy assessment of the measurements has been performed according to the Guide Document EA-10/12, EA Guidelines on the Evaluation of Vector Network Analysers (VNA), but with some modification.
Basically, reflection measurement uncertainty UVRC of Type B have been calculated using the formula:
2 2 UVRC = (D + M 2 )2 + (T)2 + (S21L )2 + (2MS21L )2
where is the Measured Voltage Reflection Coefficient, while D is the Measured Effective Directivity (of VNA), T the Estimated Overall Effect of Tracking and Non-Linearity (of VNA), M the Measured Effective Test Port Match (of VNA), L the Effective Load Match (of VNA) and S21 the Measured Transmission Coefficient of the device under test, all of them expressed in modulus and linear scale.
Directivity and test port mismatch terms combine linearly before entering in the square sum because are considered highly correlated terms. For transmission measurement uncertainty UTM the following formula have been used:
UTM = L + M TM + I
where L is the Measured System Deviation from linearity, M TM the Calculated Mismatch term and I the Estimated/Measured Cross-Talk.
M TM
is given by:
M TM = 20 log10
1 + MS11 + L S22 + ML S11S22 + ML S21S12 1 ML
where S11,S22 ,S21,S12 are the scattering parameters (in modulus) of the device under test. In UTM all terms are expressed in logarithmic scale. The terminology here used has correspondence to that of the EA-10/12 document.
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Anyway, the INRIM does not support the suggestion of the EA-10/12 in adding random components ( RVRC & RdB ) to the Type B uncertainty, because all random effects should appear in the dispersion of the measurements and accounted in the Type A uncertainty term.
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix B.19 VNIIFTRI Measurements
B.19
VNIIFTRI Measurements (V. Bekkerov, S. Bezdenezhnykh, S. Kucherenko, V.
Turyansky)
The measurement equipment applied during measurements at 60 MHz and 5.0 GHz is different, therefore they will be described separately.
Equipment applied during comparisons at 60 MHz.
The attenuation measurement of NPLs travelling standards is carried out by means of the system from the National Standard of Attenuation of Russia. This system is a measuring system with frequency conversion with further substitution of attenuation of measured RFattenuator by attenuation of standard attenuator, operating at low IF 230 Hz.
As a standard, the system uses precision resistive attenuator, calibrated by means of a standard LF inductive voltage divider.
The process of attenuation measurement, introduction of corrections, excluding main sources of systematic errors, as well as measurement results processing is automated. The magnitudes of reflection coefficients of travelling standards (S11, S22), "source" and "load" are measured by means of three devices:
RF Network analyser HP8714ET (300 kHz 3000 MHz); two Russian single-type devices for measurement of complex coefficients of transmission and reflection 4-11 (1 1250 MHz).
Measurements are made by comparison of close values of measured reflection coefficients and reflection coefficient, reproduced by the standard. The weighted values, calculated as described in [1], are considered to be the results of the reflection coefficients measurement.
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Equipment applied during comparisons at 5.0 GHz.
The attenuation measurement of standards K19.CL/1 and K19.CL/2 at 5.0 GHz is carried out by means of the standard system D1-16, manufactured in Russia and researched by our metrological special rules. This system is intended for the measurement of attenuation and phase shift angle.
The system is two-channel superheterodyne measuring device with parallel substitution of attenuation of measured RF attenuator at operating frequency for attenuation of standard resistive attenuator at IF frequency 55.5 kHz.
The standard resistive attenuator was researched and calibrated on the National Standard of HF Attenuation of Russia. The measurement system D1-16 is a Russian analogue of the famous attenuation measurement system VM-4B of Weinschel Engineering, USA.
The process of attenuation measurement, introduction of corrections, excluding main sources of systematic errors, as well as measurement results processing is automated.
During the attenuation measurement of standards K19.CL/1 and K19.CL/2, sign compensation of the main component of mismatch error was carried out by means of precision quarter-wave-length coaxial segment with air filling. Phase of the segments transmission coefficient at 5.0 GHz was (90 0.5). Besides, the accuracy of the realisation of inner and outer conductors of the coaxial waveguide segment enabled only the phase relationship to change during insertion (removal) of the segment in transmission line, almost without changing reflection coefficients.
Attenuation measurements consisted of two stages:
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Fig B.19.1 Two-stage measurement the segment is inserted in front of port 1 of attenuator; the segment is inserted behind of port 2 of attenuator.
The arithmetic mean of attenuation values, obtained in the two above mentioned cases, is considered to be the result of attenuation measurement. Reflection coefficients of the measured standards (S11, S22), "source" and "load" are measured by means of tuned reflectometer system.
The reflectometer is tuned according to a generally used procedure [2] up to around 54-56 dB and |2i| < 0.005 (|2i| - magnitude of reflection coefficient in output section of reflectometer). The indicator of the reflectometer is the aforementioned superheterodyne attenuation measurement system. The precision shorting unit is used as a standard of reflection coefficient. Both reflectometer calibration (during connection of shorting unit to its output) and reflection coefficient measurement are carried out with inserted quarter-wavelength segment and without it with further averaging of obtained results.
During attenuation measurement of standards K19.CL/1 and K19.CL/2 at 5.0 GHz it was worthwhile to use three variants of "source" and "load" match.
Variant 1. Ferrite isolator and matching transformer (standard K19.CL/1, in attenuation range 0-70 dB, and standard K19.CL/2, in attenuation range 0-40 dB). The match of this device with reflection coefficient 0.01 is carried out by means of matching tuning transformer; the tuned reflectometer is used as a match indicator.
Variant 2. Ferrite isolator and matching attenuator of "Agilent Tech." with attenuation 6 dB (standard K19.CL/1, in attenuation range 0-70 dB, and standard K19.CL/2, in attenuation range 60-80 dB).
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Variant 3.
Ferrite isolator (standard K19.CL/2, in attenuation range 100-110 dB).
Attenuation of standard K19.CL/1 is determined for Variant 1 and Variant 2 of "source" and "load" match.
Weighted measurement results for variants 1 and 2 of "source" and "load" match, obtained as accepted in [1], are final results for standard K19.CL/1 at 5.0 GHz.
In the tables containing attenuation measurements results of researched standards, SUtot is total standard uncertainty, calculated by the equation [3]:
SUtot = U A + U B ,
2 2
where UA standard uncertainty, evaluated by A-type; UB standard uncertainty, evaluated by B-type. Uncertainty evaluation UA and UB is carried out, as recommended in [3]. Effective number of degrees of freedom Veff is calculated according to equation:
UB 2 2 ) ] , UA
Veff =
( n 1)[1 + (
which follows from (G.2b) [3], supposing that Veff A = n 1; Veff B = , where Veff A and Veff
B
effective number of degrees of freedom for uncertainty, evaluated by Type A and Type B
respectively.
References
[1]
J. RANDA, Proposal for KCRV and Degree of Equivalence for GTRF Key Comparisons, NIST, 8/18/00, GT-RF/2000-12
[2]
G.F. ENGEN & R.W. BEATTY, Microwave reflectometer techniques, IRE Trans. on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. MMT-7, pp. 351 355, July 1959
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[3]
Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement. First Edition ISO, Switzerland, 1993
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix B.20 NMIA Measurements
B.20
NMIA Measurements (S. P. Grady, J. E. Peters, T. Zhang, M. Daly)
NMI Australia has two 30 MHz Wave Guide below Cut-off (WBCO) Standard Attenuators. The Mark I Standard Attenuator [1] [2] is primarily used for heterodyne measurements and the Mark II Standard Attenuator [3] is only used for 30 MHz measurements.
Each attenuator is operated as a parallel IF substitution system with the WBCO Piston travel measured by a moir fringe plate system in the case of the Mark I attenuator and a laser interferometer in the case of the Mark II attenuator.
Traceability is established by ratio techniques using a 30 MHz Voltage Doubler Calculable Attenuation Step [4].
Attenuator reflection coefficient measurements were carried out with a Hewlett Packard (Agilent) 8510 Vector Network Analyser.
60 MHz Measurements
The 60 MHz measurements were carried out with the NMI Australia Mark I Standard Attenuator. The moir fringe plate system locks the WBCO Piston at intervals of 0.02 dB, to an accuracy of 0.0001 dB, the DC output of the Phase Sensitive Detector is used to interpolate between the 0.02 dB points.
The source (60 MHz) and local oscillator signals (90 MHz) were provided by Hewlett Packard 83640A 40 GHz signal generators with their time bases locked to the 10 MHz standard provided by the NMI Australia Time and Frequency Section. The outputs of the generators were connected to a mixer where the output product is 30 MHz and this is connected via a band pass filter to the input of the Mark I Standard Attenuator. The RF generator and mixer generator had filters on their outputs to reduce harmonic and spurious products from the mixer.
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In order to maximise source and load matching to the attenuator under test the source was padded with a 20 dB attenuator and the load was padded with a tuner and a 10 dB attenuator. The reflection coefficient of the source (looking into the RF source) and load (looking into the mixer) were measured to be better than 0.01 and this figure was used in the uncertainty calculations as a worst case even if the actual figures were better.
Control of the attenuator under test was done manually, while the Standard Attenuator measured the step change in the attenuator under test under the control of a software computer program. The uncertainty budget for the measurements is attached in the supplied Excel Spreadsheet.
Measurements on the mixer showed it was linear within 2 mdB over the range of 30 to 100 dB of the Standard Attenuator and from 20 to 30 dBm the linearity degrades by a few mdB due to compression. The receiver of the Standard Attenuator is limited to around 100 dB due to increasing noise, so the dynamic range of our measurements was limited to 70 dB. This was fine for the K19-CL/1 attenuator although we were able to measure the 80 dB step of the K19-CL/2 attenuator by increasing the input level by 10 dBm and measuring the 40 to 80 dB step and adding this step value to the value of the 40 dB step. So measurements greater than 80 dB were not reported.
5 GHz Measurements
The 5 GHz measurements were similar to the 60 MHz measurements except for the attenuators used for the source and load match. In this case stub tuners and 38 dB isolators were tuned on our HP 8510 VNA at 5 GHz for best reflection coefficient measurements while being terminated into 50 . The match was checked by removing the 50
terminations and checking that the reflection coefficient was not worst than 0.01 when been terminated in an open circuit. Then like the 60 MHz measurements 0.01 was used as a worst case reflection coefficient for source and load match in the uncertainty calculations.
Again measurements on the mixer showed it was linear within 2 mdB over the range of 30 to 100 dB of the Standard Attenuator and from 20 to 30 dBm the linearity degrades by a few mdB due to compression. Accepting this slightly worst mixer performance the attenuator was
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operated over 20 to 100 dB of its range so the 80 dB measurements were able to be achieved without cascading attenuation steps.
References
[1] Hollway D.L. and Kelly F.P. A Standard Attenuator and the Precise measurement of Attenuation, IEEE Trans., 1964, IM-13, pp. 33-44. [2] Hollway, D.L. and Somlo, P.I., The reduction of errors in a precise microwave attenuation calibration system, IEEE Trans., 1973, IM-22, pp. 268-270. [3] Cousins T.E. and Kobler H. A 30 MHz Standard Attenuator, Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Australia IE Aust. and IREE Aust., 1984, Vol 4 No. 1, pp. 1-5, March 1984 and Erratum June 1984 p. 117. [4] Somlo, P.I., A voltage doubling circuit for the absolute calibration of 30 MHz attenuation measurement systems, IEEE Trans, 1978, IM-27, pp. 76-79.
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Appendix C Uncertainty budgets

C.1 NPL uncertainty budget
Table C.1.1 Uncertainty budget for measurement of 20 dB step of K19.CL/1 at 60 MHz
Source (i) Random Inductive Voltage Divider DVM Non-linearity Leakage Mismatch Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0001 0.0002 0.0001 0.0002 0.0006 0.0006 0.001
Table C.1.2 Uncertainty budget for measurement of 20 dB step of K19.CL/1 at 5 GHz
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0002 0.0002 0.0000 0.0002 0.0000 0.0013 0.001
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0002 0.0005 0.0004 0.0007 0.0020 0.0006 0.002
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Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0009 0.0005 0.0002 0.0007 0.0001 0.0013 0.002
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0001 0.0002 0.0001 0.0002 0.0002 0.0004 0.001
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0001 0.0002 0.0000 0.0002 0.0000 0.0031 0.003
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Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0002 0.0005 0.0002 0.0007 0.0006 0.0004 0.001
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0003 0.0005 0.0001 0.0007 0.0001 0.0033 0.004
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0006 0.0009 0.0005 0.0012 0.0012 0.0006 0.002
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Source (i) Random Inductive Voltage Divider Non-linearity Leakage Mismatch Resolution Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0006 0.0009 0.0012 0.0014 0.0050 0.0033 0.006
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C.2 NIST uncertainty budget
Source (i) Calibration (ua) Standard deviation (ud) Airline and test port imperfections (ub) Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
Type A A B
uT(i) (dB) 0.007 0.001 0.001 0.007
Type A A B
uT(i) (dB) 0.009 0.002 0.003 0.010
Type A A B
uT(i) (dB) 0.080 0.073 0.001 0.086
Type A A B
uT(i) (dB) 0.080 0.013 0.003 0.081
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Type A A B
uT(i) (dB) 0.007 0.000 0.001 0.007
Type A A B
uT(i) (dB) 0.009 0.001 0.003 0.010
Type A A B
uT(i) (dB) 0.081 0.044 0.001 0.083
Type A A B
uT(i) (dB) 0.081 0.002 0.003 0.081
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C.3 LNE uncertainty budget
Source (i) Random Standard calibration Resolution Noise Non-linearity Mismatch Source stability Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
Type A B B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.00046 0.00119 0.00067 0.00015 0.00071 0.00143 0.00031 0.010
Type A B B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.00046 0.00119 0.00067 0.00015 0.00071 0.00212 0.00031 0.012
Source (i) Random Standard calibration Resolution Noise Non-linearity Mismatch Source stability 50 dB attenuator Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
Type A B B B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.00126 0.00323 0.00067 0.00043 0.00200 0.00143 0.00031 0.00339 0.024
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uT(i) (dB) 0.00126 0.00323 0.00067 0.00043 0.00200 0.00212 0.00031 0.00401 0.027
Type A B B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.00046 0.00119 0.00067 0.00015 0.00071 0.00143 0.00031 0.010
Type A B B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.00046 0.00119 0.00067 0.00015 0.00071 0.00329 0.00031 0.016
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uT(i) (dB) 0.00126 0.00323 0.00067 0.00043 0.00200 0.00143 0.00031 0.00378 0.025
uT(i) (dB) 0.00126 0.00323 0.00067 0.00043 0.00200 0.00370 0.00031 0.00586 0.035
uT(i) (dB) 0.00163 0.00647 0.00067 0.00113 0.00200 0.00143 0.00037 0.00541 0.040
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uT(i) (dB) 0.00163 0.00647 0.00067 0.00113 0.00200 0.00452 0.00037 0.00824 0.052
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C.4 PTB uncertainty budgets
Source (i) Random Bolometer bridge voltage Difference voltage, DUT out Difference voltage DUT in Linearity Mismatch Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.00006 0.00002 0.00004 -0.00010 0.00065 0.00044 0.001
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.00006 0.00002 0.00004 -0.00010 0.00065 0.00104 0.001
Source (i) Random Linearity Mismatch Reference attenuators Cable flexure Crosstalk and noise Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.00063 0.00087 0.00088 0.00149 0.00082 0.00003 0.002
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Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.00095 0.00087 0.00354 0.00230 0.00163 0.00029 0.005
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.00006 0.00002 0.00004 -0.00010 0.00065 0.00033 0.001
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.00006 0.00002 0.00004 -0.0001 0.00065 0.00248 0.003
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Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.00063 0.00087 0.00065 0.00146 0.00082 0.00003 0.002
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.00063 0.00087 0.00627 0.00230 0.00163 0.00029 0.007
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.00095 0.00087 0.00072 0.00209 0.00082 0.00285 0.004
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Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.00095 0.00087 0.00691 0.00346 0.00163 0.02953 0.032
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C.5 NMIJ uncertainty budget
Source (i) Random Reference standard (IVD) Source and load impedance to IVD Amplitude change of phase shifter Non-linearity Leakage Stability Mismatch Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
uT(i) (dB) 0.0007 0.0005 0.0001 0.0003 0.0002 0.0000 0.0001 0.0007 0.001
uT(i) (dB) 0.0005 0.0005 0.0001 0.0003 0.0003 0.0000 0.0001 0.0006 0.001
uT(i) (dB) 0.0010 0.0005 0.0001 0.0003 0.0008 0.0000 0.0001 0.0008 0.002
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uT(i) (dB) 0.0012 0.0005 0.0001 0.0003 0.0009 0.0000 0.0001 0.0006 0.002
uT(i) (dB) 0.0006 0.0005 0.0001 0.0003 0.0003 0.0000 0.0001 0.0005 0.001
uT(i) (dB) 0.0006 0.0005 0.0001 0.0003 0.0003 0.0000 0.0001 0.0014 0.002
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Source (i) Random Reference standard (IVD) Source and load impedance to IVD Amplitude change of phase shifter Non-linearity Leakage Stability Mismatch Gauge block calibration Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
Type A B B B B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0014 0.0005 0.0001 0.0003 0.0005 0.0000 0.0001 0.0005
0.002
uT(i) (dB) 0.0029 0.0005 0.0001 0.0003 0.0006 0.0000 0.0001 0.0016
0.003
uT(i) (dB) 0.0047 0.0052 0.0001 0.0003 0.0030 0.0029 0.0001 0.0006 0.0015 0.008
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uT(i) (dB) 0.0036 0.0052 0.0001 0.0003 0.0006 0.0029 0.0001 0.0016 0.0015 0.007
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C.6 CMI uncertainty budget
Source (i) Random VM7 calibration Vm7 linearity and range switching Resolution Mismatch Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0005 0.0006 0.0115 0.0006 0.0019 0.012
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0004 0.0006 0.0115 0.0006 0.0066 0.013
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0008 0.0006 0.0231 0.0006 0.0019 0.023
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0006 0.0006 0.0231 0.0006 0.0062 0.024
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Type A B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0004 0.0006 0.0115 0.0006 0.0015 0.012
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0002 0.0006 0.0095 0.0006 0.0106 0.014
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0086 0.0006 0.0231 0.0006 0.0015 0.025
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0007 0.0006 0.0231 0.0006 0.0118 0.026
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Type A B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0027 0.0006 0.2211 0.0058 0.0016 0.221
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0027 0.0006 0.1443 0.0058 0.0121 0.145
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C.7 CSIR uncertainty budget
Source (i) Mismatch Receiver calibration Isolation Repeatability Resolution Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
Type B B B A B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0089 0.0027 0.0000 0.0010 0.0003 0.009
Type B B B A B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0196 0.0027 0.0000 0.0010 0.0003 0.020
Type B B B A B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0089 0.0096 0.0003 0.0010 0.0003 0.013
Type B B B A B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0197 0.0096 0.0003 0.0020 0.0003 0.022
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Type B B B A B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0070 0.0027 0.0000 0.0010 0.0003 0.008
Type B B B A B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0421 0.0027 0.0000 0.0010 0.0003 0.042
Type B B B A B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0070 0.0096 0.0003 0.0010 0.0003 0.012
Type B B B A B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0466 0.0096 0.0003 0.0020 0.0003 0.048
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Type B B B A B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0078 0.0186 0.0283 0.0100 0.0003 0.036
Type B B B A B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0497 0.0186 0.0281 0.0100 0.0003 0.061
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C.8 NRC uncertainty budget
Source (i) Inductive Voltage Divider Mismatch Linearity Leakage Resolution Readings Repeatability Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
Type B B B B B A A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0006 0.0006 0.0029 0.0030 0.0006 0.0010 0.0100 0.011
Type B B B B B A A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0006 0.0006 0.0029 0.0030 0.0006 0.0010 0.0100 0.011
Type B B B B B A A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0006 0.0012 0.0058 0.0058 0.0023 0.0100 0.0200 0.024
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix C.8 NRC Uncertainty Budgets Table C.8.4 Uncertainty budget for measurement of 60 dB step of K19.CL/1 at 5 GHz
Type B B B B B A A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0006 0.0012 0.0058 0.0058 0.0023 0.0100 0.0200 0.024
Type B B B B B A A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0006 0.0006 0.0029 0.0030 0.0006 0.0010 0.0100 0.011
Type B B B B B A A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0006 0.0006 0.0029 0.0030 0.0006 0.0010 0.0100 0.011
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix C.8 NRC Uncertainty Budgets Table C.8.7 Uncertainty budget for measurement of 60 dB step of K19.CL/2 at 60 MHz
Type B B B B B A A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0006 0.0012 0.0058 0.0058 0.0023 0.0100 0.0200 0.024
Type B B B B B A A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0006 0.0012 0.0058 0.0058 0.0023 0.0100 0.0200 0.024
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C.9 NMi-VSL uncertainty budget
Source (i) Type A Linearity Drift in linearity Mismatch uncertainty of 0 dB setting Mismatch uncertainty for 20 dB setting Combined uncertainty (k = 1) linear units: Combined uncertainty (k = 1) dB:
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (linear) 0.00002 0.00026 0.00012 0.00003 0.00002 0.00029 0.025
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (linear) 0.00003 0.00026 0.00000 0.00007 0.00004 0.00027 0.024
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (linear) 0.000002 0.000007 0.000001 0.000000 0.000000 0.000008 0.066
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Type A B B B B
uT(i) (linear) 0.000003 0.000007 0.000000 0.000001 0.000000 0.000008 0.071
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (linear) 0.00003 0.00026 0.00012 0.00002 0.00001 0.00029 0.025
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (linear) 0.00065 0.00026 0.00011 0.00016 0.00006 0.00073 0.064
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix C.9 NMi-VSL Uncertainty Budgets Table C.9.7 Uncertainty budget for measurement of 60 dB step of K19.CL/2 at 60 MHz
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (linear) 0.000002 0.000007 0.000001 0.000000 0.000000 0.000007 0.066
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (linear) 0.000002 0.000007 0.000001 0.000002 0.000001 0.000008 0.072
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (linear) 0.0000003 0.0000001 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000011 0.907
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (linear) 0.0000018 0.0000001 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000036 2.824
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C.10 METAS uncertainty budget
Source (i) Random Attenuation standard Environment Mismatch Non-linearity (mixer and WBCO) WBCO source stability Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0002 0.0010 0.0003 0.0007 0.0001 0.0030 0.003
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0011 0.0010 0.0003 0.0023 0.0001 0.0030 0.004
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0002 0.0030 0.0010 0.0007 0.0001 0.0030 0.004
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix C.10 METAS Uncertainty Budgets Table C.10.4 Uncertainty budget for measurement of 60 dB step of K19.CL/1 at 5 GHz
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0031 0.0030 0.0010 0.0022 0.0001 0.0030 0.006
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0005 0.0010 0.0003 0.0003 0.0001 0.0030 0.003
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0003 0.0010 0.0003 0.0048 0.0001 0.0030 0.006
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix C.10 METAS Uncertainty Budgets Table C.10.7 Uncertainty budget for measurement of 60 dB step of K19.CL/2 at 60 MHz
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0003 0.0030 0.0010 0.0003 0.0001 0.0030 0.004
Source (i) Random Attenuation standard Environment Mismatch Non-linearity (mixer and WBCO) WBCO source stability High attenuation Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
Type A B B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0006 0.0030 0.0010 0.0048 0.0001 0.0030
0.007
Type A B B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0012 0.0050 0.0016 0.0004 0.0004 0.0030 0.0040 0.007
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Type A B B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0019 0.0050 0.0016 0.0053 0.0004 0.0030 0.0330 0.034
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C.11 SP uncertainty budget
Source (i) Random Measurement drift Cable flexure Frequency error Isolation Linearity Residual port match on port 1 Residual port match on port 2 Residual port match interaction Uncertainty due to S22 of adaptor Uncertainty due to S12 and S22 of adaptor Uncertainty due to S21 and S22 of adaptor Temperature coefficient of DUT Combined uncertainty (k = 1) linear units: Combined uncertainty (k = 1) dB:
Type A B B B B B B B B B B B B
uT(i) (linear) 0.0001 0.0001 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0007 0.0000 0.0001 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0003 0.0008 0.007
uT(i) (linear) 0.0000 0.0003 0.0001 0.0000 0.0001 0.0028 0.0001 0.0001 0.0000 0.0002 0.0000 0.0000 0.0003 0.0028 0.025
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uT(i) (linear) 0.0003 0.0001 0.0000 0.0000 0.0016 0.0007 0.0000 0.0001 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0010 0.0020 0.018
uT(i) (linear) 0.0005 0.0003 0.0001 0.0000 0.0093 0.0028 0.0001 0.0001 0.0000 0.0002 0.0000 0.0000 0.0010 0.0098 0.085
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uT(i) (linear) 0.0000 0.0001 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0007 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0003 0.0008 0.007
uT(i) (linear) 0.0000 0.0003 0.0001 0.0000 0.0001 0.0028 0.0003 0.0003 0.0000 0.0005 0.0000 0.0000 0.0003 0.0029 0.025
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uT(i) (linear) 0.0002 0.0001 0.0000 0.0000 0.0016 0.0007 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0010 0.0020 0.018
uT(i) (linear) 0.0006 0.0003 0.0001 0.0000 0.0097 0.0028 0.0003 0.0002 0.0000 0.0005 0.0000 0.0000 0.0010 0.0102 0.088
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C.12 UME uncertainty budget
Source (i) Linearity Mismatch Crosstalk (Isolation) System Repeatability Noise Connector Repeatability Cable Flexure Ambient conditions Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
Type B B B A B A B B
uT(i) (dB) -0.0299 0.0003 0.0023 0.0003 0.0008 0.0006 0.0100 0.0020 0.032
uT(i) (dB) -0.0299 0.0009 0.0023 0.0002 0.0008 0.0004 0.0100 0.0020 0.032
uT(i) (dB) -0.0901 0.0003 0.2395 0.0035 0.0284 0.0070 0.0100 0.0020 0.258
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uT(i) (dB) -0.0901 0.0006 0.2395 0.0076 0.0284 0.0153 0.0100 0.0020 0.258
uT(i) (dB) -0.0299 0.0002 0.0023 0.0003 0.0008 0.0006 0.0100 0.0020 0.032
uT(i) (dB) -0.0299 0.0010 0.0023 0.0003 0.0008 0.0006 0.0100 0.0020 0.032
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix C.12 UME Uncertainty Budgets Table C.12.7 Uncertainty budget for measurement of 60 dB step of K19.CL/2 at 60 MHz
uT(i) (dB) -0.0902 0.0002 0.2395 0.0062 0.0284 0.0125 0.0100 0.0020 0.258
uT(i) (dB) -0.0902 0.0017 0.2395 0.0075 0.0284 0.0151 0.0100 0.0020 0.258
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix C.13 SPRING Uncertainty Budgets
C.13 SPRING uncertainty budget
Source (i) Inductive voltage divider Mismatch System uncertainty including leakage Non-linearity Repeatability Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
Type B B B B A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0004 0.0003 0.0003 0.0017 0.0001 0.002
Type B B B B A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0004 0.0005 0.0023 0.0012 0.0003 0.003
Type B B B B A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0004 0.0002 0.0044 0.0052 0.0001 0.007
Type B B B B A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0004 0.0005 0.0054 0.0035 0.0008 0.006
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Type B B B B A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0004 0.0002 0.0003 0.0017 0.0001 0.002
Type B B B B A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0004 0.0012 0.0023 0.0012 0.0003 0.003
Type B B B B A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0004 0.0002 0.0042 0.0052 0.0002 0.007
Type B B B B A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0004 0.0013 0.0055 0.0035 0.0002 0.007
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Type B B B B A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0011 0.0002 0.0102 0.0150 0.0017 0.018
Type B B B B A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0004 0.0014 0.0096 0.0058 0.0021 0.011
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix C.14 NIM Uncertainty Budgets
C.14 NIM uncertainty budget
Source (i) Reference Standard Mismatch System Linearity Leakage Resolution Connector Repeatability Random Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
Type B B B B B B A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0003 0.0008 0.0006 0.0000 0.0003 0.0010 0.0002 0.002
Type B B B B B B A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0003 0.0028 0.0006 0.0000 0.0003 0.0010 0.0002 0.003
Type B B B B B B A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0020 0.0008 0.0006 0.0000 0.0003 0.0010 0.0002 0.003
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix C.14 NIM Uncertainty Budgets Table C.14.4 Uncertainty budget for measurement of 60 dB step of K19.CL/1 at 5 GHz
Type B B B B B B A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0020 0.0027 0.0006 0.0000 0.0003 0.0010 0.0003 0.004
Type B B B B B B A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0003 0.0006 0.0006 0.0000 0.0003 0.0010 0.0002 0.001
Type B B B B B B A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0003 0.0061 0.0006 0.0000 0.0003 0.0010 0.0001 0.006
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix C.14 NIM Uncertainty Budgets Table C.14.7 Uncertainty budget for measurement of 60 dB step of K19.CL/2 at 60 MHz
Type B B B B B B A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0015 0.0006 0.0006 0.0000 0.0003 0.0010 0.0002 0.002
Type B B B B B B A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0020 0.0065 0.0006 0.0000 0.0003 0.0010 0.0002 0.007
Type B B B B B B A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0030 0.0006 0.0032 0.0060 0.0003 0.0010 0.0004 0.008
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix C.14 NIM Uncertainty Budgets Table C.14.10 Uncertainty budget for measurement of 100 dB step of K19.CL/2 at 5 GHz
Type B B B B B B A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0030 0.0069 0.0032 0.0060 0.0003 0.0010 0.0005 0.010
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix C.15 SIQ Uncertainty Budgets
C.15 SIQ uncertainty budget
Source (i) Measuring receiver ratio measurement Mismatch Leakage Random Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
Type B B B A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0150 0.0066 0.0000 0.0005 0.016
Type B B B A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0266 0.0066 0.0006 0.0008 0.027
Type B B B A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0150 0.0066 0.0000 0.0008 0.016
Type B B B A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0266 0.0066 0.0006 0.0004 0.027
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix C.15 SIQ Uncertainty Budgets Table C.15.5 Uncertainty budget for measurement of 100 dB step of K19.CL/2 at 60 MHz
Type B B B A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0670 0.0066 0.0614 0.0007 0.091
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix C.16 MIKES Uncertainty Budgets
C.16 MIKES uncertainty budget
Source (i) Reference uncertainty Reference mismatch Reference drift DUT mismatch Leakage Drift during measurement Linearity Random Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
Type B B B B B B B A
uT(i) (dB) 0.0015 0.0044 0.0004 0.0007 0.0001 0.0011 0.0120 0.0003 0.013
uT(i) (dB) 0.0015 0.0149 0.0014 0.0038 0.0001 0.0036 0.0122 0.0012 0.020
uT(i) (dB) 0.0025 0.0044 0.0004 0.0007 0.0062 0.0011 0.0361 0.0059 0.037
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uT(i) (dB) 0.0025 0.0149 0.0018 0.0037 0.0065 0.0036 0.0363 0.0011 0.040
uT(i) (dB) 0.0015 0.0044 0.0004 0.0004 0.0001 0.0007 0.0120 0.0003 0.013
uT(i) (dB) 0.0015 0.0149 0.0014 0.0082 0.0001 0.0036 0.0123 0.0006 0.021
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix C.16 MIKES Uncertainty Budgets Table C.16.7 Uncertainty budget for measurement of 60 dB step of K19.CL/2 at 60 MHz
uT(i) (dB) 0.0025 0.0044 0.0004 0.0004 0.0063 0.0007 0.0361 0.0058 0.037
uT(i) (dB) 0.0025 0.0149 0.0018 0.0086 0.0066 0.0038 0.0364 0.0013 0.041
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C.17 KRISS uncertainty budget
Source (i) Random Standard attenuator Mismatch Resolution Leakage Stability Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0004 0.0021 0.0009 0.0004 0.0000 0.0006 0.002
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0003 0.0021 0.0040 0.0004 0.0000 0.0006 0.005
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0009 0.0032 0.0010 0.0004 0.0003 0.0006 0.004
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Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0005 0.0032 0.0040 0.0004 0.0003 0.0006 0.005
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0004 0.0021 0.0009 0.0004 0.0000 0.0006 0.002
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0004 0.0021 0.0046 0.0004 0.0000 0.0006 0.005
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix C.17 KRISS Uncertainty Budgets Table C.17.7 Uncertainty budget for measurement of 60 dB step of K19.CL/2 at 60 MHz
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0008 0.0032 0.0010 0.0004 0.0003 0.0006 0.004
Type A B B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0007 0.0032 0.0047 0.0004 0.0003 0.0006 0.006
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix C.18 INRIM Uncertainty Budgets
C.18 INRIM uncertainty budget
First measurement
Source (i) Random Type B Linearity Mismatch Crosstalk Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0099 0.0013 0.0006 0.0002 0.0005 0.0113
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0002 0.0015 0.0006 0.0004 0.0005 0.0017
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0342 0.0519 0.0006 0.0002 0.0511 0.0861
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0043 0.0537 0.0006 0.0003 0.0528 0.0580
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Type A B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0100 0.0013 0.0006 0.0002 0.0005 0.0113
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0002 0.0015 0.0006 0.0004 0.0005 0.0017
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0358 0.0522 0.0006 0.0002 0.0516 0.0880
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0030 0.0071 0.0006 0.0011 0.0054 0.0101
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Repeat Measurement
Source (i) Random Type B Linearity Mismatch Crosstalk Total uncertainty on insertion loss Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
Type A B B B B A+B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0099 0.0013 0.0006 0.0002 0.0005 0.0108 0.0221
Type A B B B B A+B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0038 0.0015 0.0006 0.0004 0.0005 0.0032 0.0084
Type A B B B B A+B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0342 0.0519 0.0006 0.0002 0.0511 0.0108 0.0861
Type A B B B B A+B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0043 0.0537 0.0006 0.0003 0.0528 0.0032 0.0584

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Type A B B B B A+B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0100 0.0013 0.0006 0.0002 0.0005 0.0102 0.0215
Type A B B B B A+B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0002 0.0015 0.0006 0.0004 0.0005 0.0051 0.0067
Type A B B B B A+B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0358 0.0522 0.0006 0.0002 0.0516 0.0102 0.0979
Type A B B B B A+B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0030 0.0071 0.0006 0.0011 0.0054 0.0051 0.0148
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix C.19 VNIIFTRI Uncertainty Budgets
C.19 VNIIFTRI uncertainty budget
Source (i) Random Reference attenuator Mismatch Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
Type A B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0002 0.0003 0.0006 0.001
Source (i) Random Reference attenuator Non-linearity Mismatch Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
Type A B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0002 0.0012 0.0006 0.0006 0.001
Source (i) Random Reference attenuator Non-linearity Leakage Mismatch Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0002 0.0003 0.0001 0.0003 0.0006 0.001
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0003 0.0012 0.0006 0.0012 0.0006 0.002
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix C.19 VNIIFTRI Uncertainty Budgets Table C.19.5 Uncertainty budget for measurement of 20 dB step of K19.CL/2 at 60 MHz
Source (i) Random Reference attenuator Mismatch Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
Type A B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0002 0.0003 0.0006 0.001
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0003 0.0012 0.0006 0.0005 0.0006 0.002
Source (i) Random Reference attenuator Non-linearity Mismatch Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
Type A B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0002 0.0003 0.0001 0.0006 0.001
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0005 0.0012 0.0006 0.0001 0.005 0.005
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix C.19 VNIIFTRI Uncertainty Budgets Table C.19.9 Uncertainty budget for measurement of 100 dB step of K19.CL/2 at 60 MHz
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.0010 0.0003 0.0012 0.0004 0.0009 0.002
Type A B B B B
uT(i) (dB) 0.003 0.012 0.006 0.014 0.023 0.030
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix C.20 NMIA Uncertainty Budgets
C.20 NMIA uncertainty budget
Source (i) Random Mismatch Mixer Linearity Attenuation Resolution Leakage Standard Attenuation Scaling Factor Environmental Influences on Standard Reference Attenuator Combined uncertainty (k = 1):
uT(i) (dB) 0.0008 0.0011 0.0012 0.0001 0.0000 0.0020 0.0000 0.0000 0.003
uT(i) (dB) 0.0010 0.0028 0.0012 0.0001 0.0000 0.0020 0.0000 0.0000 0.004
uT(i) (dB) 0.0006 0.0011 0.0012 0.0001 0.0000 0.0060 0.0000 0.0000 0.006
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix C.20 NMIA Uncertainty Budgets Table C.20.4 Uncertainty budget for measurement of 60 dB step of K19.CL/1 at 5 GHz
uT(i) (dB) 0.0008 0.0025 0.0012 0.0001 0.0000 0.0060 0.0001 0.0000 0.007
uT(i) (dB) 0.0002 0.0008 0.0012 0.0001 0.0000 0.0020 0.0000 0.0000 0.002
uT(i) (dB) 0.0005 0.0058 0.0012 0.0001 0.0000 0.0020 0.0000 0.0000 0.006
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix C.20 NMIA Uncertainty Budgets Table C.20.7 Uncertainty budget for measurement of 60 dB step of K19.CL/2 at 60 MHz
uT(i) (dB) 0.0003 0.0008 0.0012 0.0001 0.0000 0.0060 0.0001 0.0000 0.006
uT(i) (dB) 0.0010 0.0062 0.0012 0.0001 0.0000 0.0060 0.0001 0.0000 0.009
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix D Other reported results
Appendix D Other reported results
Please note: the average values given here are the unweighted means of ALL measurements supplied and the uncertainties are the root sum squares of all uncertainties divided by the number of participants (excluding INRIM first measurement). There are provided for
guidance only and do not form part of the main body of this comparison; hence they should not be treated as KCRVs.
Lab i NPL NIST LNE PTB NMIJ CMI CSIR NRC NMi-VSL METAS SP UME SPRING NIM SIQ MIKES KRISS INRIM INRIM repeat VNIIFTRI NMIA
Measurement and Combined Uncertainty of 40 dB attenuation step of K19.CL/1 at 60 MHz A40_i (dB) u(A40_i) (dB) 40.117 0.002 40.113 0.020 40.120 0.020 40.117 0.002 40.119 0.001 40.105 0.017 40.112 0.010 40.120 0.015 40.117 0.043 40.112 0.004 40.112 0.009 40.119 0.066 40.121 0.007 40.116 0.002 40.110 0.022 40.112 0.025 40.113 0.003 40.137 0.016 40.120 0.027 40.117 0.001 40.114 0.004 A40_ave (dB) u(A40_ave) (dB) 0.005 Table D.1
Average value
40.115
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Measurement and Combined Uncertainty of 40 dB attenuation step of K19.CL/1 at 5 GHz A40_i (dB) u(A40_i) (dB) 40.116 0.002 40.101 0.021 40.120 0.020 40.113 0.005 40.112 0.001 40.094 0.019 40.105 0.030 40.110 0.015 40.093 0.042 40.117 0.005 40.105 0.027 40.113 0.066 40.113 0.004 40.114 0.004 40.104 40.117 40.068 40.112 40.119 40.111 A40_ave (dB) 0.029 0.006 0.007 0.010 0.002 0.005 u(A40_ave) (dB) 0.005 Table D.2
Average value
40.110
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Average value
70.018
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Average value
70.021
187
Average value
40.191
188
Average value
40.156
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Measurement and Combined Uncertainty of 80 dB attenuation step of K19.CL/2 at 60 MHz A80_i (dB) u(A80_i) (dB) 80.335 0.002 80.341 0.372 80.300 0.030 80.332 0.003 80.330 0.002 80.290 0.106 80.318 0.014 80.340 0.062 80.369 0.126 80.330 0.006 80.389 0.151 80.336 80.328 80.326 80.357 80.319 82.164 80.531 80.331 80.316 A80_ave (dB) 0.011 0.003 0.034 0.082 0.004 1.095 0.369 0.002 0.006 u(A80_ave) (dB) 0.031 Table D.7
Average value
80.343
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Measurement and Combined Uncertainty of 80 dB attenuation step of K19.CL/2 at 5 GHz A80_i (dB) u(A80_i) (dB) 80.295 0.005 80.251 0.263 80.280 0.043 80.302 0.008 80.293 0.003 80.237 0.061 80.303 0.050 80.292 0.062 80.477 0.339 80.301 0.008 81.044 0.987 80.290 80.296 80.286 80.302 80.342 80.200 80.312 80.270 A80_ave (dB) 0.007 0.007 0.085 0.007 0.089 0.107 0.006 0.012 u(A80_ave) (dB) 0.061 Table D.8
Average value
80.335
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Lab i NPL NIST LNE PTB NMIJ CMI CSIR NRC NMi-VSL METAS SP UME SPRING NIM SIQ MIKES KRISS INRIM VNIIFTRI NMIA
Measurement and Combined Uncertainty of 110 dB attenuation step of K19.CL/2 at 60 MHz A110_i (dB) u(A110_i) (dB) 110.212 0.006
110.210 110.214 110.180 110.230
0.010 0.024 0.279 0.100
110.211
0.008
110.195 110.204
0.021 0.218
110.191
0.004
A110_ave (dB) Average value 110.205 Table D.9
u(A110_ave) (dB) 0.041
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Lab i NPL NIST LNE PTB NMIJ CMI CSIR NRC NMi-VSL METAS SP UME SPRING NIM SIQ MIKES KRISS INRIM VNIIFTRI NMIA
Measurement and Combined Uncertainty of 110 dB attenuation step of K19.CL/2 at 5 GHz A110_i (dB) u(A110_i) (dB) 110.187 0.013
110.210 110.181 110.070 110.230
0.095 0.020 0.203 0.110
110.169
0.034
110.180
0.022
110.253
0.060
A110_ave (dB) Average value 110.185 Table D.10
u(A110_ave) (dB) 0.033
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CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator Appendix E Stability of Intercomparison Attenuators
Appendix E Stability of Intercomparison Attenuators
E.1 - Background
One of the duties of the Pilot Laboratory is to confirm the suitability and stability of the travelling comparison devices. To this end the attenuators have been measured five times at NPL. Once on delivery from the supplier, and at the start, middle and end of the main comparison, then again following the return of the artefacts from NMIA. The initial measurements were performed to both verify the correct operation of the attenuators and also to clean and condition the RF switch contacts. These measurements are reported to demonstrate the stability of the attenuators over the duration of the comparison.
As stated elsewhere only one set (the 'middle') results are used as the NPL contribution to the KCRV.
Following the nominal completion of the comparison, and after the circulation of the 'draft' Draft A report, INRIM requested and was given permission to re-measure the travelling attenuators in October 2006. Also NMIA requested to join the intercomparison and measured the attenuators after INRIM in late 2006 to early 2007. During the course of these measurements NMIA reported that attenuator K19.CL/1 exhibited some instability in measured attenuation but this stabilized with repeated switch operation. However on return to NPL, measurements at 60 MHz suggested that the attenuation value had indeed altered and that the NPL measurements agreed with the values reported by NMIA. This would explain the slight discrepancies in the NMIA results. Repeat measurements on the second attenuator would suggest that its value is unchanged.
E.2 - Mechanical Condition
On delivery from the supplier the attenuators were cleaned and checked for mechanical tolerances, and in the case of K19.CL/2 the connectors adjusted to optimise the relative position of the inner and outer connector mating faces.
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At each subsequent NPL measurement the connectors were cleaned and re-gauged. Additionally each participant was requested to inspect, mechanically measure and report on the condition of the connectors. No significant deterioration in the connectors was observed during the comparison, a testament to the careful handling of the attenuators by the participants.
E.3 - Pilot Lab Held Check Standards
The pilot laboratory keeps, for its own internal use, similar attenuators to those circulated in the comparison. These are used to monitor the performance of the attenuation measurement systems and are regularly measured. These attenuators were also available for use in the event of loss or failure of the travelling attenuators. It is estimated that these attenuators received a similar level of usage to the travelling devices, but were kept in temperature controlled measurement laboratory.
These devices showed a very similar level of agreement between each set of measurements to that shown by the travelling attenuators, indicating that the transport of the devices has not adversely affected their stability.
E.4 - Pilot Laboratory Measurements
The measurements, performed in October 2001, November December 2002 and December 2005 to February 2006 are presented below.
K19.CL/1 60 MHz Nominal Attenuation 20 40 60 70 Mean 2001 19.9538 40.1183 60.0713 70.0221 U 2001 0.0010 0.0017 0.0025 0.0031 Mean 2002 19.9525 40.1173 60.0698 70.0215 U 2002 0.0009 0.0016 0.0024 0.0029 Mean 2005 19.9543 40.1191 60.0735 70.0275 U 2005 0.0011 0.0020 0.0029 0.0035
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K19.CL/1 5000 MHz Nominal Attenuation 20 40 60 70 Mean 2001 19.9607 40.1125 60.0689 70.0259 U 2001 0.0062 0.0020 0.0022 0.0029 Mean 2002 19.9564 40.1158 60.0691 70.0450 U 2002 0.0014 0.0017 0.0018 0.0023 Mean 2005 19.9558 40.1165 60.0714 70.0484 U 2005 0.0026 0.0035 0.0042 0.0052
K19.CL/2 60 MHz Nominal Attenuation 20 40 60 80 100 110 Mean 2001 19.9430 40.1935 60.1377 80.3317 100.2753 110.1952 U 2001 0.0008 0.0017 0.0025 0.0033 0.0060 0.0103 Mean 2002 19.9452 40.1952 60.1404 80.3349 100.2767 110.2118 U 2002 0.0006 0.0009 0.0012 0.0016 0.0021 0.0058 Mean 2005 19.9468 40.1960 60.1426 80.3328 100.2788 110.2187 U 2005 0.0009 0.0016 0.0023 0.0031 0.0039 0.0073
K19.CL/2 5000 MHz Nominal Attenuation 20 40 60 80 100 110 Mean 2001 19.9275 40.1582 60.1061 80.3011 100.2493 110.1550 U 2001 0.0006 0.0014 0.0040 0.0045 0.0063 0.0103 Mean 2002 19.9313 40.1513 60.0980 80.2951 100.2457 110.1866 U 2002 0.0031 0.0034 0.0035 0.0046 0.0064 0.0127 Mean 2005 19.9320 40.1502 60.0978 80.2900 100.2361 110.1731 U 2005 0.0049 0.0057 0.0063 0.0072 0.0078 0.0133
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K19.CL/1 - 60 MHz
60.080 Attenuation 60.075 60.070 60.065 60.060 2000 2002 2004 Year 2006 2008
K19.CL/1 - 5000 MHz

60.078 60.076 Attenuation 60.074 60.072 60.070 60.068 60.066 2000 2001 2002 2003 Year 2004 2005 2006
K19.CL/2 - 60 MHz
60.150 Attenuation 60.145 60.140 60.135 60.130 2000 2002 2004 Year 2006 2008
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K19.CL/2 - 5000 MHz

60.111 60.109 60.107 60.105 60.103 60.101 60.099 60.097 60.095 60.093 60.091 2000 2001 2002 2003 Year 2004 2005 2006
E.5
Attenuation
Observations
As can be seen from the above data and graphs the attenuators have remained stable within the measurement uncertainties (expressed at the one standard uncertainty level) during the main portion of the comparison. No allowance or adjustment to the comparison participants reported attenuation values is required.
E.6
INRIM, NMIA and final NPL Measurements
As reported above, attenuator K19.Cl/1 appears to have changed its attenuation prior to the measurements being performed at NMIA. While the following information is available in the main report, for convenience the 60 MHz results for both attenuators are summarised below for the NPL 2005 and 2007, INRIM and NMIA measurements:
K19.CL/1 60 MHz
Nominal Attenuation
20 40 60 70
NPL Mean (2005)

19.9543 40.1191 60.0735 70.0275
NPL U (2005)
0.0011 0.0020 0.0029 0.0035
INRIM Mean (2006) 19.9520 40.1200 60.0590 70.0120
INRIM U (2006) 0.0221 0.0268 0.0964 0.2795
NMI-A Mean (2007) 19.9438 40.1136 60.0595 70.0031
NMI-A U (2007) 0.0027 0.0043 0.0062 0.0075
NPL Mean (2007) 19.9449 40.1226 60.0661 70.0163
NPL U (2007) 0.0014 0.0024 0.0036 0.0042
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K19.CL/2 60 MHz
Nominal Attenuation 20 40 60 80 100 NPL Mean (2005) 19.9468 40.1960 60.1426 80.3328 100.2788 NPL U (2005) 0.0009 0.0016 0.0023 0.0031 0.0039 INRIM Mean (2006) 19.9440 40.2000 60.1410 80.5310 INRIM U (2006) 0.0215 0.0241 0.0979 0.3685 NMI-A Mean (2007) 19.9379 40.1834 60.1253 80.3157 NMI-A U (2007) 0.0024 0.0043 0.0062 0.0060 NPL Mean (2007) 19.9476 40.1949 60.1372 80.3300 100.3223 NPL U (2007) 0.0018 0.0036 0.0055 0.0073 0.0109
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CCEM KEY COMPARISON CCEM.RF-K19.

Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator

Final Report of the Pilot Laboratory

COMPARISON PROTOCOL AND SCHEDULE

SUMMARY OF MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES

DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS

B.15 B.16 B.17 B.18 B.19 B.20

APPENDIX D OTHER REPORTED RESULTS

APPENDIX E STABILITY OF INTERCOMPARISON ATTENUATORS

Dieter Stumpe Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) Braunschweig GERMANY

Anton Widarta National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ) Tsukuba JAPAN

Frantisek Hejsek esk Metrologick Institut (CMI) Prague CZECH REPUBLIC

Alain Michaud National Research Council (NRC) Ottawa Ontario CANADA

Klas Yhland Sveriges Provnings- och Forskningsinstitut (SP) Bors SWEDEN

Senel Yaran Tubitak Ulusal Metrologi Enstits (TUBITAK-UME) TURKEY

Qiulai Gao National Institute of Metrology (NIM) Beijing CHINA

Kari Ojasalo Mittatekniikan Keskus (MIKES) Espoo FINLAND

CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator

CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator

Comparison Protocol and Schedule

These measurements were to be made at 60 MHz and 5 GHz.

Attenuation (dB) 1 0 20 40 60 70 80 100 110

Table 1 Attenuator switch positions for use in this intercomparison

CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator

Table 2 Dates of measurements for this intercomparison

Inductive voltage divider

Inductive voltage divider

Commercial VNA RF substitution Commercial VNA Parallel substitution RF attenuation on IF IF substitution

Calibrated attenuator DC voltage Length standards Resistive attenuator on IF WBCO attenuator

CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator

Summary of Measurement Techniques

Discussion of the Results

CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator

CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator

CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator

Table 4a Reported measurements used to calculate the KCRV

All uncertainties are given for coverage factor k = 1.

CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator

All uncertainties are given for coverage factor k = 1.

CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator

All uncertainties are given for coverage factor k = 1.

CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator

All uncertainties are given for coverage factor k = 1.

CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator

All uncertainties are given for coverage factor k = 1.

CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator

All uncertainties are given for coverage factor k = 1.

CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator

All uncertainties are given for coverage factor k = 1.

CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator

All uncertainties are given for coverage factor k = 1.

CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator

All uncertainties are given for coverage factor k = 1.

CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator

All uncertainties are given for coverage factor k = 1.

CCEM.RF-K19.CL Attenuation at 60 MHz and 5 GHz using a Type N step attenuator

Fig 1a K19.CL/1 device 20 dB step at 60 MHz: participants using attenuation systems

19.96000 NIST 19.95000 MIKES 19.94000 SP UME INRIM (repeat) NMi-VSL

Fig 1b K19.CL/1 device 20 dB step at 60 MHz: particpants using network analysers