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Calibration Procedures
This chapter contains procedures for verification of the power supply’s
perform ance and calibr ation (adju stm ent). The chapter is divided into the
following sections :
• Agil ent Technologies Cali brati on Services, on page 45
• Cali bration Interval, on page 45
• Automating Calibration Procedures, on page 46
• Test Consi deratio ns, on page 46
• Recommended Test Equipment, on page 47
• Perform ance Verification Tests, on page 48
• Measurement Techni ques, starti ng on page 49
• Constant Vo ltage (CV) Ve rifications , startin g on page 51
• Constant Cu rrent (CC ) Ve rifications , startin g on page 56
• Comm on M ode C urrent Noise, on page 59
• Perform ance Test Record for Agilent E3633A/E3634A, on page 60
• Cali bration Securi ty Code, starting on page 61
• Cali bration C ount, on page 64
• Cali bration M essage, on page 64
• General Calib ration/ A dju stm ent Procedure, starting on page 65
• Aborti ng a Calibrati on in Progres s, on page 71
• Cali bration R ecord for Agil ent E3633A/E 3634A, on page 72
• Error Messages, starting on page 73
• An Example Program of Excel 97 for C alibration, starting on page 75
The performance verification tests for constant voltage (CV) and constant
current (CC) operatio ns use the power supply’s specifications lis ted in
chapter 1, ‘‘Specifications,’’ starting on page 13.