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VERIFYING PRECISION VOLTAGE DIVIDERS AND HIGH RESISTANCE RATIO BRIDGES USING A JOSEPHSON VOLTAGE STANDARD Neil Faulkner Fluke Corporation Abstract: Directly verifying the ratio accuracy of precision voltage dividers which have a specification around 0.1 to 0.2 ppm at a division ratio of 10:1 is very challenging. A Josephson Voltage Standard (JVS) has the required uncertainty for the measurements but the output resistance of these dividers is high enough (>40 kOhm) that a direct measurement of the divider output with the JVS has high uncertainties. A method is described using a second low resistance divider which yields acceptable uncertainties with the JVS. The results of the measurements on two models of dividers is given. This method can also be used to verify high resistance ratio bridges. Also discussed are refinements that were made to the Fluke JVS in Everett, WA to reduce the uncertainty of measurement at 1 V and below. 1. Introduction The verification of the division ratio of a voltage divider can be accomplished by comparing it to another divider whose ratio is accurately known or by using a device such as a DMM that has excellent linearity or by measuring the input and output voltage with a sufficiently low uncertainty. Any of these methods becomes difficult to do when the divider has a division ratio specification as low as 0.1 ppm and an output resistance as high as 65 kOhms as does the Fluke 720A. The Fluke Primary Standards Lab was requested to verify this divider in a way that was traceable and accredited. NIST does not require traceability for self calibrating ratio devices such as the 720A yet some customers wanted some kind of a verification through instrumentation that was traceable and accredited. The Josephson Voltage Standard (JVS) System in the Lab had the required uncertainties to measure the input and output voltages of the divider and these measurements were traceable and accredited. The problem was that the uncertainty of measuring the output voltage was too high due to the affect of the high output resistance of the divider. A method was developed using a voltage source with a low output resistance divider that solved this problem. This divider was built so its division ratio could be adjusted until its output voltage was equal to the output of the divider under test as indicated on a null detector. Then the output of this divider was measured on the JVS. The JVS was used to measure the input voltage to the divider under test and the division ratio was then calculated. This paper discusses the problems that were overcome by using this divider, some changes made to the Fluke JVS to improve uncertainties at 1 V and below and some results achieved with this technique. 2002 NCSL International Workshop and Symposium 2. Improvements made to the JVS to reduce uncertainties at low voltage A JVS is an adjustable source of