Introduction; Capabilities And Features - Keithley 2601 Reference Manual

Section 1: Getting Started

Introduction

Keithley Instruments Series 2600 System SourceMeter
and semiconductor device manufacturers a scalable, high throughput, highly cost-effective
solution for precision DC, pulse, and low frequency AC source-measure testing.

Capabilities and features

• Models 2601/2602 System SourceMeters:
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• Models 2611/2612 System SourceMeters:
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• Models 2635/2636 System SourceMeters:
– Source +/- DC voltage from 1uV to 202V
– Source +/- DC current from 20fA to 1.515A
– Measure +/- DC voltage from 1uV to 204V
– Measure +/- DC current from 1fA to 1.53A
• Resistance and power measurement functions
• Contact check function
• Two independent SourceMeter channels (Models 2602, 2612, and 2636 only)
• Four-quadrant sink or source operation
• Embedded Test Script Processor (TSP) accessible from any host interface; responds to
high-speed test scripts comprised of instrument control commands
• Factory script sweep functions: Linear staircase, logarithmic staircase, fixed pulse, and
custom sweeps
• Five user-saved setups
• Buffer storage and recall for at least 100,000 source-measure readings
• Filtering to reduce reading noise
• Supported remote interfaces: IEEE-488 (GPIB) and RS-232
• TSP-Link: Allows TSP-enabled instruments to trigger and communicate with each other
• Digital I/O port: Allows the Series 2600 to control other devices
1. All Model 2611/2612 System SourceMeters manufactured by Keithley Instruments support the contact check function. Models 2635
and 2636 do not support the contact check function. Only Models 2601/2602 with firmware Revision 1.1.0 or later and source measure
unit (SMU) hardware Revision E or later support the contact check function. To determine the firmware and SMU hardware revisions,
inspect the data returned by the print(localnode.info()) command. The InstFwRev and SMUBrdRev keys contain the
necessary information.
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Source ±DC voltage from 1μV to 40.4V
Source ±DC current from 1pA to 3.03A
Measure ±DC voltage from 1μV to 40.8V
Measure ±DC current from 1pA to 3.06A
Source ±DC voltage from 1μV to 202V
Source ±DC current from 1pA to 1.515A
Measure ±DC voltage from 1μV to 204V
Measure ±DC current from 1pA to 1.53A
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