Section 8
Source-Measure Concepts
Section 8 topics
Overview, page 8-2 Guard, page 8-29
Guard overview, page 8-29
Compliance limit, page 8-2 Guard connections, page 8-29
Maximum compliance, page 8-2
Compliance principles, page 8-3 Pulse concepts, page 8-32
Pulse period, page 8-32
Sweep waveforms, page 8-4 Pulse rise and fall times, page 8-32
Staircase sweeps, page 8-4 Pulse duty cycle, page 8-33
Pulse sweeps, page 8-5
Settling time considerations, page 8-34
Overheating protection, page 8-6 Reduction in gain-bandwidth, page 8-34
Power equations to avoid overheating, page 8-6
Operating boundaries, page 8-10
Source or sink, page 8-10
Continuous power operating boundaries, page 8-10
I -Source operating boundaries, page 8-12
V-Source operating boundaries, page 8-18
Source I measure I, source V measure V,
page 8-24
Basic circuit configurations, page 8-24
Source I, page 8-24
Source V, page 8-25
Measure only (V or I), page 8-26
Contact check, page 8-27