PARSTAT 4000 Hardware Manual
PARSTAT 4000 Hardware Manual 25
4. SPECIFICATIONS AND PINOUTS
4.1. Electronic Specifications
4.1.1 System Performance
Minimum Time Base: 1 μs
Minimum Potential Step: 1 μV
Minimum Current Range 2nA (hardware)
Minimum Current Range 40 pA with 50X gain
Minimum Current Resolution 1.2 fA
4.1.2. Power Amplifier
Compliance Voltage + 48V
Maximum Current: ±4 A (standard) ±20 A (with 20 A option)
Rise Time (-1.0V-+1.0V): < 100 ns (typical)
4.1.3. Voltage Control
Applied Voltage Range + 10 V maximum
Applied Voltage Resolution (with LSV and CV)
for ±10 mV signal = 305 nV
for ±100 mV signal = 3 µV
for ±1 V signal = 30 µV
for ±10 V signal = 300 µV
Applied Voltage Accuracy ± 0.2% of setting ± 2 mV
Maximum Scan Rate 25 KV/s Staircase Voltammetry (25 mV step)
Maximum Scan Range/Resolution + 10 V / 300 uV
4.1.4. Current Control
Applied Current Range 0 to ±4 A (standard)
Applied Current Resolution + 1/32,000 x full scale
Applied Current Accuracy + 0.2% of reading, + 0.2% of range +/-2pA
Minimum Current Range/Resolution + 40 pA / 61 fA
4.1.5. Differential Electrometer
Leakage Current < 2 pA at less than 25
o
C (typical)
Input Voltage Differential + 10 V
Bandwidth ≥10 MHz (-3 dB)
Common Mode Rejection 60 dB at 100 kHz, typical
Input Impedance > 10
14
Ω in parallel with < 2 pF (typical)