Keithley 6517B User Manual

6517B-900-01 Rev. A / Jun 2008 Return to Section Topics 4-11
Model 6517B Electrometer User’s Manual Section 4: Measurement Options
Figure 4-4
Basic trigger model (simplified)
Figure 4-5
Advanced trigger model (simplified)
Idle
The instrument is in idle whenever it is not within one of the layers of the trigger model. When the
Model 6517B is taken out of idle by pressing TRIG (or sending :INIT or :INIT:CONT ON over
the bus), the ARM indicator turns on and operation proceeds in the trigger model.
Continuous
One
Shot
Output Trigger
Device
Action
Event
Detection
MODE
Idle
Arm
Layer
Scan
Layer
Measure
Layer
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Arm
Count
Scan
Count
Measure
Count
Idle
Measure
Event
Device
Action
Output
Trigger
Arm
Event
Scan
Event
Another
Measure-
ment
?
Another
Scan
?
Another
Arm
?
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Keithley 6517B Specifications

General

Input Impedance	>200 TΩ
Electrometer Type	Electrometer/High Resistance Meter
Current Measurement Range	20 fA to 20 mA
Display	Vacuum Fluorescent Display
Communication Interfaces	IEEE-488 (GPIB), RS-232
Power Supply	100 V / 120 V / 220 V / 240 V; 50 Hz / 60 Hz
Resistance Measurement Range	Up to 200 TΩ