Agilent 4155C/4156C VXIplug&play Driver User’s Guide, Edition 4 2-9
Driver Function Reference
Parameters
Table 2-6 SMU output current, resolution, and compliance by range
Output range
(actually used)
Output current
a
a. Parameter name may be base, bias, peak, stress, value, start, stop, and so on.
Setting
b
resolution
b. Minimum resolution is range × 5E-5. However, the setting accuracy is not guaranteed for the
resolution less than the value shown in the table.
Maximum comp value
c
c. This column shows the maximum value of the voltage compliance.
HRSMU MPSMU HPSMU
10 pA (for HRSMU) 0 ≤ |I| ≤ 10 pA 10 fA ±100 V --
100 pA (for HRSMU) 0 ≤ |I| ≤ 100 pA 10 fA ±100 V --
1 nA 0 ≤ |I| ≤ 1 nA 100 fA ±100 V ±100 V ±200 V
10 nA 0 ≤ |I| ≤ 10 nA 1 pA ±100 V ±100 V ±200 V
100 nA 0 ≤ |I| ≤ 100 nA 10 pA ±100 V ±100 V ±200 V
1 μA0 ≤ |I| ≤ 1 μA 100 pA ±100 V ±100 V ±200 V
10 μA0 ≤ |I| ≤ 10 μA 1 nA ±100 V ±100 V ±200 V
100 μA0 ≤ |I| ≤ 100 μA 10 nA ±100 V ±100 V ±200 V
1 mA 0 ≤ |I| ≤ 1 mA 100 nA ±100 V ±100 V ±200 V
10 mA 0 ≤ |I| ≤ 10 mA 1 μA ±100 V ±100 V ±200 V
100 mA 0 ≤ |I| ≤ 20 mA 10 μA ±100 V ±100 V ±200 V
20 mA < |I| ≤ 50 mA ±40 V ±40 V ±200 V
50 mA < |I| ≤ 100 mA ±20 V ±20 V ±100 V
1 A (for HPSMU) 0 ≤ |I| ≤ 50 mA 100 μA --±200 V
50 mA < |I| ≤ 125 mA --±100 V
125 mA < |I| ≤ 500 mA --±40 V
500 mA < |I| ≤ 1
A --±2
0 V