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Section 5: Measurement options
Capacitive inputs increase preamplifier noise, resulting in noise across the voltage source terminals.
V-Source configuration
Operations to configure the V-source are performed from the V-source configuration menu which is
summarized in the following table. The CONFigure V-SOURCE menu is displayed by pressing
CONFIG and then OPER. The various items of this configuration menu are explained in the following
sections.
Configure V-Source menu structure
Menu item
RANGE
V-LIMIT
CONTROL
LIMIT-VALUE
RESISTIVE-LIMIT
METER-CONNECT
Sourcing options
The voltage source can be used as an independent source or it can be internally connected to the
ammeter to force voltage measure current (FVMI).
5-2
Description
Select V-source range (100 V or 1000 V)
Voltage limit menu:
Use to enable or disable V-Limit
Set maximum absolute output limit
Enable or disable resistive I-Limit
Enable or disable internal V-source LO to ammeter LO connection
Model 6517B Electrometer Reference Manual
6517B-901-01 Rev. C / August 2015
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