User`s guide
Specifications 4 
34450A User’s Guide 105
Temperature and Capacitance Specifications
Specifications are for 90 minutes warm- up time, slow mode and 
operating temperature within 18 °C – 28 °C
Tab le 4-5 Temperature and capacitance accuracy ± (% of reading + % of range) 
Function Range 
[1]
Probe Type
or Test Current
1 Year 
23 °C ± 5 °C
Temperature Coefficient 
0 °C to 18 °C 
28 °C to 55 °C
Temperature 
–80.0 °C to 150 °C  5 kΩ thermistor probe  Probe accuracy +0.2 °C  0.002 °C
–110.0 °F to 300.0 °F  5 kΩ thermistor probe  Probe accuracy +0.4 °F  0.0036 °F
Capacitance
1.000 nF 100 nA - -
10.00 nF 100 nA 1 + 0.5 0.02 + 0.001
100.0 nF 1.0 µA  1 + 0.5 0.02 + 0.001
1.0000 µF 1.0 µA  1 + 0.5 0.02 + 0.001
10.000 µF  10 µA  1 + 0.5  0.02 + 0.001
100.00 µF  100 µA  1 + 0.5  0.02 + 0.001
1000.0 µF 0.5 mA 1 + 0.5  0.02 + 0.001
10,000 µF  1.0 mA  2 + 0.5  0.02 + 0.001
[1] 20% over range on all ranges










