In this section:
Topic Page
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
Settling time considerations............................................................. 4-20
Measurement settling time considerations .................................... 4-20
Reduction in gain-bandwidth ......................................................... 4-22
Section 4
Source-Measure Concepts