Keithley 4200A-SCS

Model 4200A
-SCS Parameter Analyzer Reference Manual Section 3: Source-
measure hardware
4200A-901-01 Rev. C / February 2017 3-27
Local and remote sensing
There are two types of sensing: local and remote.
With local sensing, only two terminals are connected to the DUT: SMU FORCE and Ground Unit
FORCE (COMMON), as shown in the following figure.
Figure 61: Local sensing
With remote sensing, both SENSE terminals are connected to the DUT, along with both FORCE
terminals, as shown in the following figure.
Figure 62: Sensing overview
See Basic source-measure connections (on page 2-1) for detailed information on various connection
methods. Guard connections are not shown in these figures for the sake of clarity.