Source-Measure Capabilities; Introduction - Keithley SourceMeter 2400 Quick Start Manual

Section 1: Introduction

Introduction

This guide is designed to familiarize users with fundamental operation (front panel and remote) of
the Keithley 2400 Series SourceMeters. For comprehensive information on all aspects of
SourceMeter operation, refer to the 2400 Series SourceMeter User's Manual.
Operation information in this guide is divided into four parts; (1) Fundamental source-measure
operations, (2) Settings to optimize performance, (3) Features to enhance DUT testing and (4)
More testing techniques. This format allows a new user to easily progress from basic simple
operation to more complex procedures.
Remote command programming - For the various SourceMeter operating modes covered in this
guide, the related SCPI commands for remote operation are summarized in tables. Most
commands have a query form. For example, :OUTPut ON turns the output on, while :OUTPut?
requests the present state of the output. Note that the SourceMeter must be addressed to talk after
sending a query command.
For operations where command sequence is important, programming examples are provided. The
exact programming syntax will depend on the test program language.

Source-measure capabilities

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NOTE The Model 2401 does not use the digital output lines of the Digital I/O
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Source voltage from 5µV to 210V; measure voltage from 1µV to 211V.
Source current from 50pA to 1.05A; measure current from 10pA to 1.055A.
Measure resistance from 100µΩ (<100µΩ in manual ohms) to 211MΩ.
Maximum source power is 22W.
Source voltage from 5µV to 21V; measure voltage from 1µV to 21V.
Source current from 50pA to 1.05A; measure current from 10pA to 1.055A.
Measure resistance from 100µΩ (<100µΩ in manual ohms) to 211MΩ.
Maximum source power is 22W.
port. Therefore, it cannot be used with a component handler to
perform binning operations.
Source voltage from 5µV to 1100V; measure voltage from 1µV to 1100V.
Source current from 50pA to 1.05A; measure current from 10pA to 1.055A.
Measure resistance from 100µΩ (<100µΩ in manual ohms) to 211MΩ.
Maximum source power is 22W.
Source voltage from 5µV to 63V; measure voltage from 1µV to 63.3V.
Source current from 500pA to 3.15A; measure current from 100pA to 3.165A.
Measure resistance from 10µΩ (<10µΩ in manual ohms) to 21.1MΩ.
Maximum source power is 66W.
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Series 2400 SourceMeter® Quick Start Guide
2400S-903-01 Rev. E / September 2011