Detecting trigger events using the wait() function .................................................................... 4-26
Using the assert function to generate output triggers .............................................................. 4-27
Using the release function of the hardware lines ..................................................................... 4-27
Using the set function to bypass SMU event detectors ........................................................... 4-28
Event detector overruns .......................................................................................................... 4-28
Examples using interactive triggering ...................................................................................... 4-29
Hardware trigger modes..................................................................................................... 4-30
Falling edge trigger mode ....................................................................................................... 4-31
Rising edge master trigger mode ............................................................................................ 4-32
Rising edge acceptor trigger mode ......................................................................................... 4-33
Either edge trigger mode ......................................................................................................... 4-34
Understanding synchronous triggering modes .................................................................. 4-35
Synchronous master trigger mode (SynchronousM) ............................................................... 4-35
Synchronous acceptor trigger mode (SynchronousA) ............................................................. 4-36
Synchronous trigger mode ...................................................................................................... 4-37
Digital I/O ........................................................................................................................... 4-38
Port configuration .................................................................................................................... 4-38
Digital I/O configuration ........................................................................................................... 4-40
Controlling digital I/O lines....................................................................................................... 4-41
Using output enable ................................................................................................................ 4-42
Interlock................................................................................................................................... 4-44
TSP-Link trigger lines .............................................................................................................. 4-45
Theory of operation ................................................................................................. 5-1
Source-measure concepts ................................................................................................... 5-1
Limit principles .......................................................................................................................... 5-1
Overheating protection .............................................................................................................. 5-2
Operating boundaries ................................................................................................................ 5-4
Guard ...................................................................................................................................... 5-22
Analog-to-digital converter ................................................................................................. 5-24
Measurement settling time considerations ......................................................................... 5-24
Programming example for controlling settling time delay ........................................................ 5-25
Programming example for controlling analog filter (2634B, 2635B, and 2636B only) ............. 5-25
Effects of load on current source settling time ................................................................... 5-25
Creating pulses with the 2600B SMU ................................................................................ 5-26
Pulse rise and fall times .......................................................................................................... 5-26
Pulse width .............................................................................................................................. 5-27
Troubleshooting guide ............................................................................................ 6-1
Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 6-1
Error levels ........................................................................................................................... 6-1
Effects of errors on scripts ................................................................................................... 6-1
Retrieving errors ................................................................................................................... 6-2
Error summary list ................................................................................................................ 6-2
LAN troubleshooting suggestions ........................................................................................ 6-6
Introduction to TSP operation ................................................................................. 7-1
Introduction to TSP operation .............................................................................................. 7-1