Measuring 4-Wire Resistance With Offset Compensation; Introduction; Equipment Required - Tektronix Keithley DMM7512 Applications Manual

Measuring 4-wire resistance with offset compensation

In this section:

Introduction .............................................................................. 3-1

Equipment required .................................................................. 3-1

Device connections .................................................................. 3-2
Measuring 4-wire resistance with offset compensation ............ 3-4
Introduction
This application example demonstrates how to use the DMM7510 to accurately measure a resistance
device.
To provide the best resistance measurement accuracy, the four-wire (Kelvin) measurement and the
offset compensation methods are used for this test. Offset compensation is a measuring technique
that reduces or eliminates thermoelectric electromotive forces (EMFs) in low-level resistance
measurements. The voltage offsets that occur because of the presence of thermoelectric
electromotive force (V
To overcome these offset voltages, you can use offset-compensated ohms.
Equipment required
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One DMM7510
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One computer setup for communication with the DMM7510
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Four insulated cables with banana plugs
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One device to be tested; the application shown here uses a 20 Ω resistor (actual resistance value
can vary with availability and user discretion)
) can adversely affect resistance measurement accuracy.
EMF
Section 3