Section 5: Measurement options Model 6517B Electrometer Reference Manual
5-2 6517B-901-01 Rev. C / August 2015
Capacitive inputs increase preamplifier noise, resulting in noise across the voltage source terminals.
V-Source configuration
Operations to configure the V-source are performed from the V-source configuration menu which is
summarized in the following table. The CONFigure V-SOURCE menu is displayed by pressing
CONFIG and then OPER. The various items of this configuration menu are explained in the following
sections.
Configure V-Source menu structure
Menu item Description
RANGE Select V-source range (100 V or 1000 V)
V-LIMIT
CONTROL
LIMIT-VALUE
Voltage limit menu:
Use to enable or disable V-Limit
Set maximum absolute output limit
RESISTIVE-LIMIT Enable or disable resistive I-Limit
METER-CONNECT Enable or disable internal V-source LO to ammeter LO connection
Sourcing options
The voltage source can be used as an independent source or it can be internally connected to the
ammeter to force voltage measure current (FVMI).
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