[ utility model ]
Against the background, the utility model provides an independent correction device for correcting a cable tester, which is independent of the cable tester to be corrected, and is butted with a plurality of test channels of the cable tester to be corrected when in use, and simultaneously corrects the plurality of test channels.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical means:
An independent correction device for correcting a cable tester comprises a circuit board, a plurality of standard resistors, a plurality of wires, a first connector and a second connector, wherein the circuit board comprises a plurality of first traces and a plurality of second traces, the standard resistors, the wires, the first connector and the second connector are installed on the circuit board and are sequentially butted with a plurality of test interfaces of the cable tester, the first connector is provided with a plurality of first terminals connected with the circuit board, each standard resistor is electrically connected with two of the associated first terminals through the first traces, the second connector is provided with a plurality of second terminals connected with a plurality of second traces, each wire is electrically connected with two of the associated second terminals through the second traces, the number of the first terminals is equal to the number of the second terminals, and the number of standard resistors is equal to the number of the wires.
Further, the circuit board is further provided with two third traces, two fourth traces, two first connecting holes and two second connecting holes, wherein the two first connecting holes are electrically connected to the two first terminals with the voltage difference equal to the test voltage of the cable tester through the two third traces, and the two second connecting holes are electrically connected to the two second terminals with the voltage difference equal to the test voltage of the cable tester through the two fourth traces.
Further, the first connector, the plurality of standard resistors, and the first trace are all disposed in a first region of the circuit board, the second connector, the plurality of wires, and the second trace are all disposed in a second region of the circuit board, and the first region and the second region are electrically isolated.
Further, all circuits in the first region are symmetrically arranged with respect to all circuits in the second region except for the standard resistor and the wire.
Further, the lengths and the widths of the first trace and the second trace corresponding to the same test channel of the cable tester are equal.
A self-contained calibration device for calibrating a cable tester comprises a circuit board, a plurality of standard electronic components, a plurality of wires, a first connector and a second connector, wherein the standard electronic components, the wires, the first connector and the second connector are mounted on the circuit board and are provided with known fixed tested values, the first connector and the second connector are sequentially butted with a plurality of test interfaces of the cable tester, the first connector is provided with a plurality of first terminals connected with the circuit board, each standard electronic component is electrically connected with two associated first terminals through the first wires, the second connector is provided with a plurality of second terminals connected with a plurality of second wires, each wire is electrically connected with two associated second terminals through the second wires, the number of the first terminals is equal to the number of the second terminals, and the number of standard electronic components is equal to the number of wires.
Further, the circuit board is further provided with two third traces, two fourth traces, two first connecting holes and two second connecting holes, wherein the two first connecting holes are electrically connected to the two first terminals with the voltage difference equal to the test voltage of the cable tester through the two third traces, and the two second connecting holes are electrically connected to the two second terminals with the voltage difference equal to the test voltage of the cable tester through the two fourth traces.
Further, the first connector, the plurality of standard electronic components, and the first trace are all disposed within a first area of the circuit board, the second connector, the plurality of wires, and the second trace are all disposed within a second area of the circuit board, and the first area and the second area are electrically isolated.
Further, all circuits in the first region are symmetrically arranged with respect to all circuits in the second region except for the standard electronic component and the wires.
Further, the lengths and the widths of the first trace and the second trace corresponding to the same test channel of the cable tester are equal.
The technical means has the following technical effects that the independent correction device simultaneously corrects the plurality of test channels corresponding to the plurality of test interfaces without correcting each test channel one by one, thereby greatly improving the efficiency. The independent correction device is externally used relative to the cable tester, a user can independently maintain the independent correction device, each independent correction device can be simultaneously applied to a plurality of cable testers with the same model, and the manufacturing cost and the maintenance cost are obviously reduced. The lead is used for zero point correction, namely the independent correction device has a zero point correction function.
[ Detailed description ] of the invention
For a better understanding of the utility model with objects, structures, features, and effects, the utility model will be described further with reference to the drawings and to the detailed description.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the independent calibration device 1 of the present utility model is used for calibrating a cable tester 2, and can be used for calibrating both a cable tester 2 without a built-in calibration circuit and a cable tester 2 integrated with a built-in calibration circuit. The corrected cable tester 2 comprises a test interface 21 arranged at the butt joint end of the cable tester 2 and a plurality of built-in test channels, wherein the test channels are test circuits for connecting the tested cable, and each test channel is communicated with the upper test interface 21 and the lower test interface 21 and is used for simultaneously connecting the two ends of the tested cable to form a complete closed-loop test circuit. Before the test, the cable tester 2 must be calibrated, the independent calibration device 1 is simultaneously connected to a plurality of test channels, and the original test function of the cable tester 2 is utilized to verify whether the test result of the cable tester 2 is accurate, if so, the cable tester 2 is normally used, and if not, the cable tester 2 is further maintained and calibrated.
As shown in fig. 1, the independent correction device 1 includes a circuit board 11, a plurality of standard resistors 12 mounted on the circuit board 11, a plurality of wires 13, a first connector 14, and a second connector 15. The first connector 14 and the second connector 15 are used for being in butt joint with the test interface 21 of the cable tester 2 in sequence.
As shown in fig. 1, the first connector 14 is spaced apart from the standard resistor 12 and electrically connected thereto, the second connector 15 is spaced apart from the conductive wire 13 and electrically isolated from the standard resistor 12 and the conductive wire 13. The circuit board 11 includes a first area a and a second area B that are electrically isolated, and in this embodiment, the first area a and the second area B are defined by a center line C of the circuit board 11, but the present utility model is not limited thereto. The first connector 14 and the plurality of standard resistors 12 are located in the first area a, and the second connector 15 and the plurality of wires 13 are located in the second area B. The circuit board 11 has a plurality of first traces 111 in the first region a and a plurality of second traces 112 in the second region B, and the first traces 111 and the second traces 112 are formed inside the circuit board 11 by a conventional copper layer etching process and electrically connected with pads (not numbered) and plated through holes (not numbered) in the respective regions.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in the present embodiment, two pins of each standard resistor 12 are soldered on a pad on the surface of the first area a, so as to be electrically connected to the first trace 111. Each of the standard resistors 12 has a known fixed resistance value. The first connector 14 has a plurality of first terminals 141, one end of the first terminals 141 is used for connecting with the test interface 21, and the other end is inserted into the plated through hole of the first area a, and is electrically connected with the first trace 111 by soldering or crimping. In other embodiments, a metal pad may be used instead of the plated through hole, and the first terminal 141 may be soldered or press-connected to the surface of the metal pad, so as to be electrically connected to the first trace 111. The plurality of first terminals 141 need to interface with the plurality of test interfaces 21 one by one, so the number of first terminals 141 is equal to the number of test interfaces 21. Each of the first terminals 141 is electrically connected to one of the first traces 111, so that the number of the first terminals 141 is equal to the number of the first traces 111. And each of the standard resistors 12 is electrically connected to two of the first traces 111, the number of the first terminals 141 is equal to twice that of the standard resistors 12. The two first terminals 141 electrically connected to each standard resistor 12 correspond to the two test interfaces 21 of the same test channel. Parameters such as the resistance value of each standard resistor 12 depend on requirements such as the measuring range and accuracy of the corresponding test channel, and the test channels with different measuring ranges correspond to the standard resistors 12 with different resistance values, so that the resistance values of the plurality of standard resistors 12 are not identical.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the wire 13 is used as a resistor having a zero resistance value. Both ends of each wire 13 are soldered to the pads on the surface of the second area B, so as to be electrically connected to the second trace 112. The second connector 15 has a plurality of second terminals 151, one end of the second terminals 151 is used for connecting with the test interface 21, and the other end is inserted into the plated through hole of the second area B, and is electrically connected with the second trace 112 by soldering or crimping. In other embodiments, a metal pad may be used instead of the plated through hole, and the second terminal 151 may be soldered or press-connected to the surface of the metal pad, so as to be electrically connected to the second trace 112. The plurality of second terminals 151 need to interface with the plurality of test interfaces 21 one by one, so the number of second terminals 151 is equal to the number of test interfaces 21. Each of the second terminals 151 is electrically connected to one of the second traces 112, so that the number of the second terminals 151 is equal to the number of the second traces 112. And each of the wires 13 is electrically connected to two of the second traces 112, the number of the second terminals 151 is equal to twice that of the wires 13. The two second terminals 151 electrically connected to each of the wires 13 correspond to the two test interfaces 21 of the same test channel.
The method for using the independent calibration device 1 is simply described, in which the second connector 15 is firstly docked with the test interface 21, so that each test channel, the two corresponding second terminals 151, the two second traces 112 and one of the wires 13 form a complete closed-loop test circuit, and then the self-contained resistance measurement function of the cable tester 2 is used to perform zero calibration on a plurality of test channels. If the measured resistance value is equal to zero, the zero point of the resistance value measuring range of the cable tester 2 is accurate, and the next measurement can be performed, and if the measured resistance value is not equal to zero, the zero point of the resistance value measuring range of the cable tester 2 is inaccurate, and correction maintenance is required. After the zero point calibration is completed, the first connector 14 is in butt joint with the test interface 21, so that each test channel, the two corresponding first terminals 141, the two first traces 111 and one standard resistor 12 form a complete closed-loop test circuit, and then the self-contained resistance value measurement function of the cable tester 2 is used to perform measurement calibration on a plurality of test channels. If the measured resistance value of each test channel is equal to the resistance value of the corresponding connected standard resistor 12, the measured resistance of the cable tester 2 is accurate, the measured result is reliable, and the subsequent actual measurement can be performed, and if the measured resistance value of some test channels is not equal to the resistance value of the corresponding connected standard resistor 12, the measured resistance of the cable tester 2 is inaccurate, and correction maintenance is required.
In this embodiment, the lengths and widths of the first trace 111 and the second trace 112 corresponding to the same test channel are substantially equal (generally equal within the range of manufacturing errors), so that the resistances of the first trace 111 and the second trace 112 are as equal as possible, and the influence of the resistance values of the first trace 111 and the second trace 112 on the correction result in the two corrections is eliminated. Except for the standard resistor 12 and the wire 13, all circuits of the first region a (including the first terminal 141 and the first trace 111) and all circuits of the second region B (including the second terminal 151 and the second trace 112) are symmetrically disposed with respect to the center (midpoint of the center line C) of the circuit board 11 so that the respective parameters of the first region a and the second region B are identical in the front-rear correction as much as possible.
It is apparent that in the present embodiment, since the first area a is provided with the standard resistor 12, the independent correction device 1 is mainly used for verifying the resistance value measuring function of the cable tester 2. In other embodiments, the standard resistor 12 may be replaced with other standard electronic components of known values according to different calibration projects, for example, to calibrate the inductance measurement function, the standard resistor 12 may be replaced with a standard inductor.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the first area a further has two third traces 113 and two first vias 115. The two first connection holes 115 are electrically connected to the two first terminals 141 having a voltage difference equal to the test voltage of the cable tester 2 through the two third traces 113, so that the voltage difference between the two first connection holes 115 is equal to the real-time test voltage of the cable tester 2, and a user can check whether the real-time test voltage of the cable tester 2 is equal to the rated test voltage thereof by connecting another multimeter or voltmeter to the two first connection holes 115. The second region B also has two fourth traces 114 and two second vias 116. The two second connection holes 116 are electrically connected to the two second terminals 151 with a voltage difference equal to the test voltage of the cable tester 2 through the two fourth traces 114, so that the voltage difference between the two second connection holes 116 is equal to the real-time test voltage of the cable tester 2, and a user can check whether the real-time test voltage of the cable tester 2 is equal to the rated test voltage by connecting another multimeter or voltmeter to the two second connection holes 116.
The independent correction device 1 for the cable tester 2 has the following beneficial effects:
(1) The independent correction device 1 is simultaneously connected with a plurality of test interfaces 21 in a butt joint mode, and corrects a plurality of test channels simultaneously, so that correction of each test channel one by one is not needed, and the efficiency is greatly improved. The independent correction device 1 is externally arranged relative to the cable tester 2, so that a user can independently maintain the independent correction device 1, each independent correction device 1 can be simultaneously applied to a plurality of cable testers 2 with the same model, and the manufacturing cost and the maintenance cost are obviously reduced. The wire 13 is used for zero point correction, i.e. the independent correction device 1 has a zero point correction function.
(2) The lengths of the first trace 111 and the second trace 112 corresponding to the same test channel are equal, so that the resistances of the first trace 111 and the second trace 112 are equal as much as possible, and the influence of the resistance values of the first trace 111 and the second trace 112 on the correction result in the two previous and subsequent corrections is eliminated.
(3) The first area a and the second area B are arranged symmetrically with respect to the center of the circuit board 11 except for the standard resistor 12 and the wire 13 so that the respective parameters of the first area a and the second area B are identical in the front-back correction twice as much as possible.
(4) The two first connection holes 115 are electrically connected to the two first terminals 141 having a voltage difference equal to the test voltage of the cable tester 2 through the two third traces 113, and the two second connection holes 116 are electrically connected to the two second terminals 151 having a voltage difference equal to the test voltage of the cable tester 2 through the two fourth traces 114, so that the independent correction device 1 has a test voltage correction function.
The above detailed description is merely illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present utility model and is not intended to limit the scope of the utility model, therefore, all technical equivalents which may be employed in the present specification and illustrations are included in the scope of the utility model.