Tektronix Keithley SourceMeter 2470 Reference Manual page 8

2470 High Voltage SourceMeter Instrument Reference Manual
Automatic reference measurements .................................................................................. 4-42
Setting autozero ...................................................................................................................... 4-43
Source readback ................................................................................................................ 4-44
Setting source readback ......................................................................................................... 4-44
Source delay ...................................................................................................................... 4-45
Setting the source delay .......................................................................................................... 4-46
Relative offset .................................................................................................................... 4-46
Establishing a relative offset value .......................................................................................... 4-47
Disabling the relative offset ..................................................................................................... 4-49
Calculations that you can apply to measurements ............................................................ 4-49
mx+b ....................................................................................................................................... 4-50
Percent .................................................................................................................................... 4-50
Reciprocal (1/X) ...................................................................................................................... 4-51
Setting percent math operations ............................................................................................. 4-51
Setting mx+b math operations ................................................................................................ 4-52
Setting reciprocal math operations .......................................................................................... 4-52
Switching math on the SETTINGS swipe screen .................................................................... 4-53
Displayed measurements ........................................................................................................ 4-53
Sweep operation ................................................................................................................ 4-54
Linear staircase sweep ........................................................................................................... 4-54
Logarithmic staircase sweep ................................................................................................... 4-55
Setting up a sweep .................................................................................................................. 4-56
Aborting a sweep .................................................................................................................... 4-62
Sweep programming examples ............................................................................................... 4-63
Increasing the speed of sweeps .............................................................................................. 4-65
Limit testing and binning .................................................................................................... 4-66
Limit testing using the front-panel interface ............................................................................. 4-66
Set up a limit test using the remote interface .......................................................................... 4-68
Configuration lists ............................................................................................................... 4-83
Instrument configuration .......................................................................................................... 4-83
What is a configuration list? .................................................................................................... 4-84
What is a configuration index? ................................................................................................ 4-85
What settings are stored in a configuration list? ...................................................................... 4-86
Creating, storing, and performing operations on configuration lists and indexes .................... 4-89
Using the front panel for configuration list operations ............................................................. 4-89
Using remote commands for configuration list operations ....................................................... 4-95
Source-measure considerations .............................................................................. 5-1
Circuit configurations ............................................................................................................ 5-1
Source current ........................................................................................................................... 5-2
Source voltage .......................................................................................................................... 5-3
Operating boundaries ........................................................................................................... 5-4
Current source operating boundaries ........................................................................................ 5-5
Voltage limit boundary examples .............................................................................................. 5-5
Current limit boundary examples ............................................................................................... 5-7
Output transient recovery ..................................................................................................... 5-8
Load regulation .................................................................................................................... 5-8
Using NPLCs to adjust speed and accuracy........................................................................ 5-9
Noise shield ........................................................................................................................ 5-11
Safety shield ....................................................................................................................... 5-11
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