Table of contents Model 2601B-PULSE System SourceMeter Instrument Reference Manual
Beeper ................................................................................................................................ 3-13
Displayed error and status messages ................................................................................ 3-13
Display operations .............................................................................................................. 3-14
Display mode .......................................................................................................................... 3-14
Display functions and attributes .............................................................................................. 3-15
Display features ...................................................................................................................... 3-15
Display messages ................................................................................................................... 3-17
Input prompting ....................................................................................................................... 3-21
Indicators................................................................................................................................. 3-23
Local lockout ........................................................................................................................... 3-24
Load test menu ....................................................................................................................... 3-24
Running a test from the front panel ......................................................................................... 3-26
Key-press codes ..................................................................................................................... 3-26
USB storage overview ........................................................................................................ 3-28
Connecting the USB flash drive .............................................................................................. 3-28
File system navigation ............................................................................................................. 3-29
Sourcing and measuring ......................................................................................... 4-1
Operation overview .............................................................................................................. 4-1
Limits ......................................................................................................................................... 4-2
Setting the limit .......................................................................................................................... 4-3
Pulser protection levels ............................................................................................................. 4-4
Sink operation ........................................................................................................................... 4-5
DUT test connections ........................................................................................................... 4-6
FORCE and SENSE connectors ............................................................................................... 4-8
2-wire local sensing connections ............................................................................................. 4-10
4-wire remote sensing connections ......................................................................................... 4-10
Connections for pulser operation ............................................................................................ 4-11
Contact check connections ..................................................................................................... 4-12
Combining SMU outputs ......................................................................................................... 4-14
Guarding and shielding ........................................................................................................... 4-20
Test fixture .............................................................................................................................. 4-23
DUT connection settings .................................................................................................... 4-25
Sense mode selection ............................................................................................................. 4-25
Output-off modes .................................................................................................................... 4-26
Output-off function ................................................................................................................... 4-27
Output-off limits (compliance) .................................................................................................. 4-28
Remote programming output-off states quick reference ......................................................... 4-29
Basic source-measure procedure ...................................................................................... 4-30
Front-panel source-measure procedure .................................................................................. 4-30
Remote source-measure commands ...................................................................................... 4-31
Pulser operation ...................................................................................................................... 4-33
Operation considerations for the ADC ............................................................................... 4-41
Autozero .................................................................................................................................. 4-41
NPLC caching ......................................................................................................................... 4-42
Triggering in local mode ..................................................................................................... 4-42
Configuring trigger attributes in local mode ....................................................................... 4-44
Front-panel triggering example ............................................................................................... 4-44
Configuring for measure-only tests using the MODE key .................................................. 4-45
Voltmeter and ammeter measurements ............................................................................. 4-45
Ohms measurements ......................................................................................................... 4-46