- Author
- Hamilton, C. A. | Day, G. W. | Phelan, R. J., Jr.
- Title
- Electrically Calibrated Pyroelectric Radiometer System.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NBS TN 678, March 1976, 50 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- detectors | pyroelectricity | radiometers
- Abstract
- A new type of radiometer based on an electrically calibrated pyroelectric detector is described. Emphasis is placed on system design and analysis with careful consideration of design trade-offs. An evaluation of both systematic and random errors for the complete system yields an expression for the accuracy relative to the electrical standards by which it is calibrated. Throguhout the paper the analysis should be sufficiently general that it can be applied to any Electrically Calibrated Pyroelectric Radiometer which employs the same basic principals.