Keithley 2601B

Series 2600B
System SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual Table
of Contents
Overview ................................................................................................................................. 3-20
Sweep characteristics ............................................................................................................. 3-22
Configuring and running sweeps ............................................................................................. 3-29
Sweeping using factory scripts ................................................................................................ 3-30
Sweep programming examples ............................................................................................... 3-31
Triggering ........................................................................................................................... 3-32
Remote triggering overview..................................................................................................... 3-32
Using the remote trigger model ............................................................................................... 3-34
SMU event detectors ............................................................................................................... 3-39
Using trigger events to start actions on trigger objects ............................................................ 3-40
Digital I/O port and TSP-Link synchronization lines ................................................................ 3-41
Timers ..................................................................................................................................... 3-43
Event blenders ........................................................................................................................ 3-49
LAN triggering overview .......................................................................................................... 3-50
Command interface triggering ................................................................................................. 3-52
Trigger generator .................................................................................................................... 3-53
Manual triggering .................................................................................................................... 3-53
Interactive triggering ................................................................................................................ 3-53
Hardware trigger modes .......................................................................................................... 3-57
Understanding synchronous triggering modes ........................................................................ 3-61
High-capacitance mode ..................................................................................................... 3-65
Overview ................................................................................................................................. 3-65
Understanding high-capacitance mode ................................................................................... 3-65
Enabling high-capacitance mode ............................................................................................ 3-68
Display operations .............................................................................................................. 3-71
Display functions and attributes .............................................................................................. 3-71
Display features ...................................................................................................................... 3-71
Display messages ................................................................................................................... 3-72
Input prompting ....................................................................................................................... 3-76
Indicators................................................................................................................................. 3-78
Local lockout ........................................................................................................................... 3-79
Load test menu ....................................................................................................................... 3-79
Running a test from the front panel ......................................................................................... 3-81
Key-press codes ..................................................................................................................... 3-81
Digital I/O ........................................................................................................................... 3-83
Digital I/O port ......................................................................................................................... 3-83
Using output enable ................................................................................................................ 3-87
Interlock................................................................................................................................... 3-89
TSP-Link synchronization lines ............................................................................................... 3-90
Theory of operation .................................................................................................. 4-1
Analog-to-digital converter ................................................................................................... 4-1
Source-measure concepts ................................................................................................... 4-1
Overview ................................................................................................................................... 4-1
Compliance limit principles ........................................................................................................ 4-2
Overheating protection .............................................................................................................. 4-2
Operating boundaries ................................................................................................................ 4-4
Basic circuit configurations ...................................................................................................... 4-19
Guard ...................................................................................................................................... 4-23
Measurement settling time considerations ......................................................................... 4-25
For controlling settling time delay ............................................................................................ 4-26
For analog filter (Models 2634B/2635B/2636B only) ............................................................... 4-26
Effects of load on current source settling time ................................................................... 4-26
Creating pulses with the Series 2600B .............................................................................. 4-27