Series 2600B System SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual
Overview ................................................................................................................................. 3-20
Sweep characteristics ............................................................................................................. 3-22
Triggering ........................................................................................................................... 3-32
Remote triggering overview..................................................................................................... 3-32
SMU event detectors ............................................................................................................... 3-39
Timers ..................................................................................................................................... 3-43
Event blenders ........................................................................................................................ 3-49
LAN triggering overview .......................................................................................................... 3-50
Trigger generator .................................................................................................................... 3-53
Manual triggering .................................................................................................................... 3-53
Interactive triggering ................................................................................................................ 3-53
Hardware trigger modes .......................................................................................................... 3-57
High-capacitance mode ..................................................................................................... 3-65
Overview ................................................................................................................................. 3-65
Display operations .............................................................................................................. 3-71
Display features ...................................................................................................................... 3-71
Display messages ................................................................................................................... 3-72
Input prompting ....................................................................................................................... 3-76
Indicators................................................................................................................................. 3-78
Local lockout ........................................................................................................................... 3-79
Load test menu ....................................................................................................................... 3-79
Key-press codes ..................................................................................................................... 3-81
Digital I/O ........................................................................................................................... 3-83
Digital I/O port ......................................................................................................................... 3-83
Using output enable ................................................................................................................ 3-87
Interlock................................................................................................................................... 3-89
Theory of operation .................................................................................................. 4-1
Source-measure concepts ................................................................................................... 4-1
Overview ................................................................................................................................... 4-1
Compliance limit principles ........................................................................................................ 4-2
Overheating protection .............................................................................................................. 4-2
Operating boundaries ................................................................................................................ 4-4
Guard ...................................................................................................................................... 4-23
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