8-2 Source-Measure Concepts Series 2600 System SourceMeters Reference Manual
2600S-901-01 Rev. A / May 2006 Return to Section 8 topics
Overview
The documentation in this section provides detailed information on source-measure
concepts and includes the following information:
• Compliance limit
• Sweep waveforms
• Overheating protection
• Operating boundaries
• Basic circuit configurations
• Guard
• Pulse concepts
Compliance limit
When sourcing voltage, the SourceMeter can be set to limit current. Conversely,
when sourcing current, the SourceMeter can be set to limit voltage. The
SourceMeter output will not exceed the compliance limit, except for the condition
described in “
Compliance limit” in Section 4.
Maximum compliance
The maximum compliance values for the source ranges are summarized in Table 8-
1.