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

Agilent B1500 User’s Guide, Edition 7 2- 69
Introduction
Specifications
• q: Electron charge, 1.602177E-19 C
• k: Boltzman’s constant, 1.380658E-23
• ε (e): Dielectric constant of vacuu
m, 8.854188E-12
• Engineering units
The following unit symbols are also available on the keyboard.
a (10
-18
), f (10
-15
), p (10
-12
), n (10
-9
), u or μ (10
-6
), m (10
-3
), k (10
3
), M (10
6
), G
(10
9
), T (10
12
), P (10
15
)
Analysis capabilities
• Overlay graph comparison
Graphical plots can be stored and overlaid.
• Scale
Auto scale and zoom
•Marker
Marker to min/max, interpolation, d
irect marker, and
marker skip
•Cursor
Direct cursor
•Line
Two lines, normal mode, grad mode, tangent mode, and regression mode
Auto analysis function
On a graphics plot, the markers and lines can be automatically located using the auto
analysis setup. Parameters can be automatically determined using automatic
analysis, user function, and read out functions.
• Data variable display
Up to 20 user-defined parameters can be displayed on the graphics screen.
• Analysis functions
Up to 20 user-defined analysis functions can be defined using arithmetic
expression
s.
Measured data, pre-defined variables, and read out functions can be used in the
computation
. The results can be displayed on the LCD.