Keithley SourceMeter 2600 Series Reference Manual page 210

8-4 Source-Measure Concepts
Sweep waveforms
Staircase sweeps
There are two basic staircase sweeps: linear staircase and logarithmic staircase
as shown in
stop level in equal linear steps. The logarithmic staircase sweep is similar except
it functions on a log scale with a specified number of steps per decade. See
Section 5
Figure 8-1
Two basic sweep waveforms
Typical applications for staircase sweeps include: I-V curves for two- and three-
terminal semiconductor devices, characterization of leakage versus voltage, and
semiconductor breakdown.
2600S-901-01 Rev. A / May 2006
Figure 8-1. The linear staircase sweep goes from the start level to the
for more details on sweep operation.
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