3-56 Agilent 4155B/4156B User’s Guide Vol.2, Edition 5
Measurement Functions
Measurement Ranging Mode
Compliance Range
Compliance range is available for knob sweep measurement only.
For details about setting compliance, refer to “Compliance” on page 3-57.
V measurement
The monitor unit measures at the lowest range that includes V compliance.
For VMUs, compliance range is automatically set as follows.
grounded mode 20 V
differential mode 2 V
I measurement
The monitor unit measures at the lowest range that includes I compliance.
Fixed Range
The monitor unit measures at the specified range only.
For current measurement, if specified range is greater than the lowest range that
includes I compliance, an error occurs.