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Agilent 4339B High Resistance Meter User's Guide Agilent Part No. 04339-90041 Printed in JAPAN January 2001 Fifth Edition...
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In addition it violates safety standards of design, manufacture, and intended use of the instrument. The Agilent Technologies assumes no liability for the customer's failure to comply with these requirements. 4339B is designed for use in INSTALLATION CATEGORY II according to IEC Note 61010-1 and POLLUTION DEGREE 1 according to IEC 61010-1 and IEC 60664-1.
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4339B Dangerous Procedure Warnings Warnings , such as the example below, precede potentially dangerous procedures throughout this manual. Instructions contained in the warnings must be followed. Dangerous voltages, capable of causing death, are present in this Warning instrument. Use extreme caution when handling, testing, and adjusting...
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4339B Exclusive Remedies The remedies provided herein are buyer's sole and exclusive remedies. Agilent Technologies shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages, whether based on contract, tort, or any other legal theory. Assistance Product maintenance agreements and other customer assistance agreements are available for Agilent Technologies products.
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4339B Safety Symbols General denitions of safety symbols used on equipment or in manuals are listed below. Instruction manual symbol: the product is marked with this symbol when it is necessary for the user to refer to the instruction manual.
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4339B 4339B High Resistance Meter at a Glance. touch the UNKNOWN terminals or the electrodes of the accessory, Warning when the High Voltage indicator is ON.
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4339B In User's Guide Chapter 1, Preparation for Use For initial turn on of the 4339B Chapter 2, Operating the 4339B Basic measurement operation Getting acquainted with the 4339B|for beginners Handy reference for common measurement tasks|for all users Chapter 3, Measurement Examples...
Preparation for Use In This Chapter Before turning the 4339B ON, you must rst set the 4339B to match the available power LINE voltage. If the 4339B's power LINE voltage and frequency are properly set and ready to use, you can skip this chapter.
1. Connect the power cable to the power cord receptacle on the rear panel. 2. Push the LINE switch in. The 4339B will emit a beep and perform the self test. (If any message is displayed, see \Error Messages" back of .) The 4339B...
UNKNOWN terminals or the electrodes of the accessory, Warning when the High Voltage indicator is ON, the 4339B outputs dangerous voltage of up to 1000 Vdc. Before handling the 4339B or the accessory, turn OFF the test voltage pressing and conrm that the High Voltage indicator is OFF.
Three type modules are available. For detail see \Accessories Available" later in this chapter. * Measuring a high capacitance DUT keeping good S/N ratio, change the short bar to an appropriate resistor. For detail, see page 3-6 of 16339A Component Test Fixture Operation and Service Manual Operating the 4339B...
To Perform Calibration|Canceling internal measurement errors 1. Press 2. Select using and press . The 4339B will perform the calibration. ExecCal After the calibration is completed with the message , the 4339B will Calibration Complete return to the measurement display.
. A source voltage is applied to the test xture, and the V Output indicator will turn ON. Pressing may cause the 4339B to output dangerous voltage, up to Warning 1000 Vdc. Do touch the UNKNOWN terminals or the electrodes of the accessory when the V Output indicator is ON.
2. Select the desired parameter using and press :Resistance, :Current, :Volume resistivity :Surface resistivity If the 16008B resistivity cell is connected to the 4339B, to change volume and Note surface resistivity, switch the volume/surface selector on the resistivity cell. Operating the 4339B...
1. Select using and press ResCell 2. Select the electrode size that you want to use ( , or ) using , and 26mm 50mm 76mm press 3. Press 4. Select and press to exit the menu. Exit Operating the 4339B...
. The measurement range setup menu is displayed. 2. Press until the desired range is displayed. Or, input the current value to be measured using the numeric ENTRY keys, and the 4339B will select the optimum measurement range setting. 3. Press .
2. Enter the desired trigger delay time using the numeric ENTRY keys. (For example, to set 0.5 s, press .) You can set the trigger delay time from 0 s to 9.999 s. 3. Press to set the value and to exit. Operating the 4339B...
4. Press to enter the value. Selecting the Deviation Mode 5. Select using and press ModeSet 6. Select the desired mode using and press mode: Measured value Reference 1ABS % mode: (Measured value Reference)/Reference 100 % 2-10 Operating the 4339B...
The 4339B shows the comparison results using the display, beeper, printer, and 16064B LED Display/Trigger Box. (To use the 16064B, see \Accessories Available" later in this chapter.) For result output to the display, see \To Select Display Mode"...
Each display mode shows the result as follows: The Measurement Display mode shows the measurement data: mode Exponent mode Prefix The Comparison Display mode shows the comparison results: The Display OFF mode ( ) does not show any measurement result. DISP OFF 2-12 Operating the 4339B...
Exit 5. The Cont Chk annunciator( ) turns ON if the contact check function is on. When contact check failed, the 4339B displays (No-Contact). The limit value for the N.C. contact check function is changable. Refer to Operation Manual The OPEN correction function must be performed correctly for a valid contact check.
2. Connect the printer to the 4339B's GPIB port on the rear panel. 3. Turn the printer ON. Printing Set the 4339B to talk only mode (Set the 4339B's GPIB address to 31). 1. Press 2. Press . The Talk Only annunciator( ) turns ON, and the printer begins printing the measurement data.
Intvl b. Enter the interval time using the numeric ENTRY keys, and press c. Enter the number of measurement points (equivalent to Memory size), and press 4. Select and press to exit. Exit Operating the 4339B 2-15...
4339B's rear panel, and apply a TTL level trigger signal to trigger a measurement. (For details, see the 4339B Operation Manual Note that the 4339B must be set to the external trigger mode to be triggered from an external handler or from the 16064B LED Display/Trigger Box. To Turn OFF Voltage Output Press and conrm the V Output indicator and the High Voltage indicator is turn OFF.
Oset-error canceling : OFF Measurement range : Auto OPEN correction data is cleared Accessories Available Test Fixtures and Test Leads Following test xtures and test leads are available for the 4339B for various forms of DUTs. Operating the 4339B 2-17...
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4339B 16008B 16339A 16117B 2-18 Operating the 4339B...
16064B LED Display/Trigger Box The 16064B LED Display/Trigger Box triggers a measurement when its trigger key is pressed, and displays the comparison results using LEDs. It allows you to manually operate the comparator function of the 4339B. Operating the 4339B 2-19...
) turns OFF and the front-panel keys are unlocked. Check that the 16064B LED display/trigger box is connected to the 4339B and it is set to lock out the keys. If so, unlock the keys from the 16064B. is not accepted: Check whether the interlock connector is rmly connected.
Measurement Examples In This Chapter The 4339B's features are discussed, which you can investigate by trying the typical measurement examples described in this chapter. touch the UNKNOWN terminals or the electrodes of the accessory, Warning when the High Voltage indicator is ON, the 4339B outputs dangerous voltage of up to 1000 Vdc.
Measurement Parameter : R Measurement Range : Auto range mode Test Voltage : 100 V Use the measurement sequence single mode (measure after charged for 1 minute.) Measurement Procedure 1. Reset the 4339B. a. Press b. Select using and press 2.
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4339B Select using and press . After a while, the calibration will be ExecCal completed with the message \ ". Calibration Complete 4. Set the test voltage. a. Press b. Press to set the test voltage to 100 V. 5. Perform the OPEN correction.
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4339B h. Press i. Select using and press OpenMeas After a while, the OPEN correction will be completed with the message \ Correction ". (If is displayed, see \ To Perform OPEN Correction Complete Out Of Limit |Canceling the stray admittance in parallel with the DUT" in Chapter 2.) j.
4339B e. Press f. Select using and press Single 10. Press . After charging 1 minute, the measuremen result will be displayed. The following gure shows the typical measurement result display. For More Information To print out the measurement result | See \To Print Measurement Data" in Chapter 2 To select measurement level | See \To Set Test Voltage"...
Measurement parameter : Rv( Measurement Range : Auto range mode Test Voltage : 500 V Use the measurement sequence single mode (measure after charged for 1 minute.) Measurement Procedure 1. Reset the 4339B. a. Press b. Select using and press 2.
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4339B 3. Perform calibration. a. Press b. Select using and press ExecCal After a while, the calibration is completed with the message \ ". Calibration Complete 4. Set the test voltage. a. Press b. Press to set the test voltage to 500 V.
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4339B d. Select using and press to select the current measurement mode. e. Press . The Meas Time annunciator( ) will indicates Long . f. Press . The V Output indicator will turn ON. g. Wait until the value has stabilized within 0.5 pA.
4339B 8. Set the measurement sequence charging time to 1 minute. a. Press b. Select and press Chrg c. Press d. Select and press to exit. Exit e. Press f. Select using and press Single 9. Press . After charging 1 minute, the measurement result will be displayed. The following gure shows the typical measurement result display.