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This paper summarizes the calibration of precision coaxial air lines in a 3.5-mm line size. The standard system of the National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMU) is used to accurately obtain mechanical measurements of the diameters and lengths of lines. Length compression of approximately 6.0 μm and diameter distortions caused by connections with specified torques have been observed in 3.5-mm air lines. A small insertion loss in the millimeter-wave frequency range has also been detected. Furthermore, NMIJ has established standards for scattering parameters in the frequency range up to 110 GHz for coaxial air lines in the 1.0-mm line size by the enhancement of mechanical measurement systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A new ac-dc comparator system of 20-1000 V has been developed at the National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMLJ) for the calibration of ac-dc thermal voltage converters (TVCs), which are used as national ac-dc transfer standards. The ac-dc transfer differences of high-voltage transfer standards were evaluated by a traditional step-up procedure. The voltage dependence of the ac-dc transfer difference was observed in the earlier step-up procedures over 300 V, as reported by the latest international intercomparison. The experimental results for high- voltage TVCs with several different range resistors at the NMU suggest that the voltage dependence may primarily be caused by input connectors of range resistors and the change in the resistance value of the resistor and TVC modules due to heating from resistors. This paper describes the voltage dependence improvement of ac-dc transfer differences over 300 V at the NMLJ. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]