Keithley 2600a series - Topic Page

Table of Contents Series 2600A System SourceMeter
®
Instruments Reference Manual
ii 2600AS-901-01 Rev. B / September 2008
Section Topic Page
3 Basic Operation...................................................................................... 3-1
Overview ..................................................................................................... 3-2
Operation overview ..................................................................................... 3-2
Source-measure capabilities ................................................................ 3-2
Compliance limit ................................................................................... 3-3
Setting the compliance limit.................................................................. 3-4
Basic circuit configurations ................................................................... 3-5
Operation considerations............................................................................ 3-5
Warm-up............................................................................................... 3-5
Auto zero .............................................................................................. 3-6
NPLC caching....................................................................................... 3-7
Basic source-measure procedure ............................................................... 3-7
Front panel source-measure procedure ............................................... 3-7
Remote source-measure procedure..................................................... 3-9
Triggering in local mode............................................................................ 3-10
Configuring trigger attributes in local mode............................................... 3-11
Measure only............................................................................................. 3-12
Sink operation and interface ..................................................................... 3-13
Ohms measurements................................................................................ 3-13
Ohms calculations .............................................................................. 3-13
Ohms ranging..................................................................................... 3-13
Basic ohms measurement procedure................................................. 3-13
Ohms sensing..................................................................................... 3-14
Sense selection .................................................................................. 3-15
Remote ohms programming ............................................................... 3-16
Power measurements ............................................................................... 3-17
Power calculations.............................................................................. 3-17
Basic power measurement procedure................................................ 3-17
Remote power programming.............................................................. 3-17
Contact check measurements................................................................... 3-18
Overview............................................................................................. 3-18
Contact check commands .................................................................. 3-19
Contact check programming example................................................ 3-20
User setup................................................................................................. 3-20
Saving user setups............................................................................. 3-20
Recalling a saved setup ..................................................................... 3-21
To select power-on setup.................................................................... 3-21
Saving user setups from a command interface .................................. 3-21
4 Source-Measure Concepts .................................................................. 4-1
Overview ..................................................................................................... 4-2
Compliance limit.......................................................................................... 4-2
Maximum compliance........................................................................... 4-2
Compliance principles .......................................................................... 4-2
Overheating protection................................................................................ 4-3
Power equations to avoid overheating ................................................. 4-3
Operating boundaries.................................................................................. 4-6
Source or sink....................................................................................... 4-6
Continuous power operating boundaries.............................................. 4-6
I-Source operating boundaries ............................................................. 4-7
V-Source operating boundaries.......................................................... 4-11
Source I measure I, source V measure V........................................... 4-15
Basic circuit configurations........................................................................ 4-15
Source I .............................................................................................. 4-15
Source V............................................................................................. 4-16
Measure only (V or I).......................................................................... 4-16
Contact check..................................................................................... 4-17
Guard ........................................................................................................ 4-18
Guard overview .................................................................................. 4-18
Guard connections ............................................................................. 4-19