Accession Number:

AD0255070

Title:

APPLICATION OF THE HALL EFFECT TO BASIC MEASUREMENTS

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

OHIO SEMICONDUCTORS INC COLUMBUS

Personal Author(s):

• MILLIGAN,N.P.
• CRAWFORD,R.W.

Report Date:

1961-01-16

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

A study was made of the practicability of utilizing the Hall effect for making two specific types of basic measurements, namely for measurement of current in a conductor and the measurement of microwave power in a waveguide. As a result of the study, a laboratory model of a D. C. Hall effect milliammeter with range of 5-0-5 ma, 50-0-50 ma, and 500-0-500 ma was successfully constructed. Methods of overcoming such problems as drift, ohmic unbalance in the Hall probe and spurious magnetic fields are discussed. The basic theory relating to the use of the Hall effect as a microwave power meter is reviewed. Details of the experimental data taken with InAs and Ge probes are discussed. Data showing that a power meter for specific load conditions can be constructed are shown. The large magnitude of the output voltage from the Hall element casts doubt on its being a Hall voltage. An hypothesis discussing the possibility of the output voltage arising from the Seebeck Effect is forwarded. A recommendation is made that a Hall assembly containing no junctions in the waveguide be fabricated. This junctionless assembly could be used in future work to prove or disprove the presence of the Seebeck voltage. Author

Descriptors:

• *AMMETERS
• *HALL EFFECT
• *LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
• *RADIOFREQUENCY POWER
• CIRCUITS
• ELECTRIC CURRENT
• MEASUREMENT
• MICROWAVE FREQUENCY
• POWER METERS
• WAVEGUIDES

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE