Introduction .............................................................................................................. 1-1
Welcome .............................................................................................................................. 1-1
Extended warranty ............................................................................................................... 1-1
Contact information .............................................................................................................. 1-1
Customer documentation ..................................................................................................... 1-2
Product software and drivers ............................................................................................... 1-2
Capabilities and features...................................................................................................... 1-3
Model-specific capabilities......................................................................................................... 1-4
Displaying the serial number ................................................................................................ 1-4
Sourcing and measuring ......................................................................................... 2-1
Basic operation .................................................................................................................... 2-1
Source-measure capabilities ................................................................................................ 2-2
Voltage and current ................................................................................................................... 2-2
Circuit configurations ............................................................................................................ 2-2
Source V ................................................................................................................................... 2-3
Source I ..................................................................................................................................... 2-4
Source I measure I, source V measure V ................................................................................. 2-5
Measure only (voltage or current) ............................................................................................. 2-6
Contact check ........................................................................................................................... 2-7
Operation considerations for the ADC ................................................................................. 2-8
Autozero .................................................................................................................................... 2-8
NPLC caching ........................................................................................................................... 2-9
Remote source-measure commands ................................................................................. 2-10
Requesting readings ............................................................................................................... 2-10
Source-measure programming example ................................................................................. 2-11
Triggering in local mode ..................................................................................................... 2-11
Configuring trigger attributes in local mode ....................................................................... 2-12
Front-panel triggering example ............................................................................................... 2-13
Configuring for measure-only tests using the MODE key .................................................. 2-13
Voltmeter and ammeter measurements ............................................................................. 2-14
Ohms measurements ......................................................................................................... 2-15
Ohms ranging .......................................................................................................................... 2-15
Basic ohms measurement procedure ...................................................................................... 2-15
Ohms sensing ......................................................................................................................... 2-17
Power measurements ........................................................................................................ 2-19
Basic power measurement procedure ..................................................................................... 2-20
Power measurements using the remote interface ................................................................... 2-21
Contact check measurements ........................................................................................... 2-22
Contact check commands ....................................................................................................... 2-23
Contact check programming example ..................................................................................... 2-23
Multiple SMU connections.................................................................................................. 2-24