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2 Connections

Connection overview .................................................................. 2-2

Connecting Remote PreAmp to the mainframe .................. 2-2

Source-measure terminals ................................................... 2-3

Test ﬁxture interlock ............................................................ 2-5

Connections to DUT ................................................................... 2-6

Sensing methods .................................................................. 2-6

Guarding methods ...................................................................... 2-9

Cable guard ......................................................................... 2-9

Ohms guard ....................................................................... 2-10

Guard selection .................................................................. 2-13

3 Basic Source-Measure Operation

CAUTION .................................................................................. 3-2

Operation overview .................................................................... 3-3

Source-measure capabilities ................................................ 3-3

Compliance limit ................................................................. 3-4

Setting the compliance limit ................................................ 3-5

Basic circuit conﬁguration .................................................. 3-6

Operation considerations ............................................................ 3-6

Warm-up .............................................................................. 3-6

Auto zero ............................................................................. 3-6

NPLC caching ..................................................................... 3-7

V-source protection ............................................................. 3-8

Source delay ........................................................................ 3-9

Basic source-measure procedure .............................................. 3-10

Output control ................................................................... 3-10

Current measurements and capacitive loads ...................... 3-11

Front panel source-measure procedure ............................. 3-12

Remote command source-measure procedure ................... 3-15

Measure only ............................................................................ 3-17

Front panel measure only .................................................. 3-17

Remote command measure only ....................................... 3-18

Sink operation ........................................................................... 3-19

Overview ........................................................................... 3-19

Sink programming example .............................................. 3-19

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