2-6 Agilent 4155C/4156C VXIplug&play Driver User’s Guide, Edition 4
Driver Function Reference
Parameters
Parameters
The parameters used by several functions are explained in this section.
• “range value and ranging mode”
• “VSU output voltage, resolution, and compliance”
• “SMU output voltage, resolution, and compliance by range”
• “SMU/VMU measurement voltage and resolution by range”
• “SMU output current, resolution, and compliance by range”
• “SMU measurement current and resolution by range”
• “PGU output voltage, resolution, and compliance by range”
• “PGU pulse period, pulse width, and delay time”
• “PGU leading transition time and trailing transition time”
NOTE Macros
Some functions can use macros to set the parameter values. For details of functions
and macros, refer to the help file (hp4156b.hlp) in the directory that the driver is
installed.
Table 2-2 range value and ranging mode
Voltage or
current
Available range values
a
Ranging mode used for
output/measurement
both range = 0
Auto ranging
b
voltage 0 < range ≤ 0.2 V (for VMU in differential mode)
0.2 V limited auto ranging
c
0 < range ≤ 2 V
2 V limited auto ranging
c
2 V < range ≤ 20 V
20 V limited auto ranging
c
20 V < range ≤ 40 V
40 V limited auto ranging
c
40 V < range ≤ 100 V
100 V limited auto ranging
c
100 V < range ≤ 200 V (for HPSMU)
200 V limited auto ranging
c