User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- User’s Guide
- 1 Getting Started
- 2 Introduction
- 3 Installation
- 4 Using EasyEXPERT
- 5 Classic Test Definition
- I/V Sweep
- Multi Channel I/V Sweep
- I/V List Sweep
- I/V-t Sampling
- C-V Sweep
- Direct Control
- Function Setup
- Auto Analysis Setup
- Display Setup
- SMU Range Setup Window
- ADC and Integration Time Setup Window
- Advanced Setup Window
- CMU Range Setup Window
- Advanced Setup Window for C-V Sweep
- Switching Matrix Control
- SPGU Control
- SPGU Pulse Setup Window
- Load Z Setup Window
- Pulse Switch Setup Window
- SPGU ALWG Setup Window
- Define ALWG Waveform Window
- 6 Application Test Definition
- 7 Function Details
- I/V Sweep Measurement
- Multi Channel I/V Sweep Measurement
- I/V-t Sampling Measurement
- C-V Sweep Measurement
- SPGU Module
- Sweep Abort Function
- Standby Function
- Bias Hold Function
- Current Offset Cancel
- SMU CMU Unify Unit
- Atto Sense and Switch Unit
- SMU/PG Selector
- SMU Ranging Mode
- SMU Compliance
- SMU Pulse
- SMU Measurement Time
- SMU Filter
- SMU Series Resistor
- Interlock Function
- Auto Power Off Function
- Initial Settings
- 8 Built-in Programming Tool
- 9 If You Have a Problem
- When You Operate B1500A
- When You Perform Measurement
- Measurement Takes More Time than Specified
- Noise Affects the Measured Values
- Voltage Measurement Error is Large
- SMU Oscillates for High-Frequency Device Measurements
- SMU Oscillates for Negative Resistance Measurements
- Large Current Causes High Temperature (Thermal Drift)
- Measurement Damages the Device under Test
- Leaving Connections Damages Devices after Measurement
- Unexpected Sampling Measurement Data is Returned
- MFCMU Causes Unbalance Condition
- Before Shipping to Service Center
- Data Backup and Recovery
- B1500A System Recovery
- Updating EasyEXPERT
- Error Codes
- 10 Application Library and Utilities

2- 64 Agilent B1500 User’s Guide, Edition 7
Introduction
Specifications
Table 2-34 Voltage force accuracy, resolution, and timing
Table 2-35 ALWG function
V force (Fast IV mode) -5 V
to +5 V, -10 V to 0
V, 0 V to +10 V
V force (PG mode) -5 V to +5 V (open load), -2.5 V to +2.5 V
(50 Ω load)
Accu
racy
± 0.1 % o
f setting ± 0.1 % of range
a
b
a. Independent of the range or the mode. The load impedance must be ≥ 1
MΩ (1 μA range) or ≥ 200 kΩ (all other current ra
nges) for Fast IV
mode, or ≥ 1 MΩ for PG mode.
b. Excl
udes noise (by averaging over 10,000-time sampling) or transient
behavior
(by waiting for a sufficient time)
Resolution
c
c. Can vary at most 5 % based on the result of calibration
96 μV (-3 V to +3 V), 160 μV (all
ranges except
for -3 V to +3 V)
Overshoot/undershoot
± (5 % + 20 mV)
d
d. Trise (10-90 %) and Tfall (90-10%) >16 ns with the 1.5 m cable, >32 ns
with 3 m cable, or >56 ns with 5 m cable (PG mode, 50 Ω load)
Rise/fall time
-5 %
to (+5 % + 10 ns) of setting
e
e. Trise (10-90 %) and Tfall (90-10 %) >24 ns (PG mode, 50 Ω load)
Pulse period timing accuracy
± 0.1 % of setting
f
f. For the minimum 100 ns period (PG mode, 50 Ω load)
Pulse width timing accuracy
± (3 % + 2 ns)
g
g. For the minimum 50 ns width (PG mode, 50 Ω load)
Maximum number of vectors 2048
Maximum number of sequences 512
Maximum number of loop counts
1 to 10
12
Length of a vector 10 ns to 10,000 s with 10 ns resolution
Sampling rate 5 ns, or 10 ns to 1 s with 10 ns resolution
Hardware averaging 10 ns to 20 ms with 10 ns resolution
Hardware memory About 4 M data points/channel (typical)