Tektronix KEITHLEY System SourceMeter 2636B Reference Manual page 8

Table of contents
Timer action overruns ............................................................................................................. 6-15
Using timers to perform pulse mode sweeps .......................................................................... 6-15
Event blenders ................................................................................................................... 6-20
Event blender modes .............................................................................................................. 6-20
Assigning input trigger events ................................................................................................. 6-20
Action overruns ....................................................................................................................... 6-20
LAN triggering overview ..................................................................................................... 6-21
Understanding hardware value and pseudo line state ............................................................ 6-21
Understanding LXI trigger event designations ........................................................................ 6-22
Generating LXI trigger packets ................................................................................................ 6-22
Command interface triggering ............................................................................................ 6-22
Trigger generator ............................................................................................................... 6-23
Manual triggering ............................................................................................................... 6-23
Interactive triggering ........................................................................................................... 6-23
Detecting trigger events using the wait() function .................................................................... 6-24
Using the assert function to generate output triggers .............................................................. 6-24
Using the release function of the hardware lines ..................................................................... 6-25
Using the set function to bypass SMU event detectors ........................................................... 6-25
Event detector overruns .......................................................................................................... 6-26
Examples using interactive triggering ...................................................................................... 6-26
Hardware trigger modes..................................................................................................... 6-28
Falling edge trigger mode ....................................................................................................... 6-28
Rising edge master trigger mode ............................................................................................ 6-29
Rising edge acceptor trigger mode ......................................................................................... 6-30
Either edge trigger mode ......................................................................................................... 6-31
Understanding synchronous triggering modes .................................................................. 6-32
Synchronous master trigger mode (SynchronousM) ............................................................... 6-32
Synchronous acceptor trigger mode (SynchronousA) ............................................................. 6-33
Synchronous trigger mode ...................................................................................................... 6-34
Digital I/O ........................................................................................................................... 6-35
Port configuration .................................................................................................................... 6-35
Digital I/O configuration ........................................................................................................... 6-37
Controlling digital I/O lines....................................................................................................... 6-38
Using output enable ................................................................................................................ 6-40
Interlock................................................................................................................................... 6-42
TSP-Link trigger lines .............................................................................................................. 6-43
Theory of operation ................................................................................................. 7-1
Analog-to-digital converter ................................................................................................... 7-1
Source-measure concepts ................................................................................................... 7-1
Limit principles .......................................................................................................................... 7-1
Overheating protection .............................................................................................................. 7-2
Operating boundaries ................................................................................................................ 7-4
Basic circuit configurations ...................................................................................................... 7-19
Guard ...................................................................................................................................... 7-23
Measurement settling time considerations ......................................................................... 7-25
For controlling settling time delay ............................................................................................ 7-26
For analog filter (Models 2634B/2635B/2636B only) ............................................................... 7-26
Effects of load on current source settling time ................................................................... 7-26
Creating pulses with the Series 2600B .............................................................................. 7-27
Pulse rise and fall times .......................................................................................................... 7-27
Series 2600B System SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual