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

4- 20 Agilent B1500 User’s Guide, Edition 7
Using EasyEXPERT
Main Screen
Tiling Resize and collate the data display windows such that they fill
up the entire screen.
Stacking Resize and collate the data display windows so that they
overlap slig
htly with an offset.
Overlaying Resize, overlap, and make transparent the data display windows
so that multiple
graphs can be viewed and superimposed on one
another.
Apply same scale
to
all graph
This ch
eck box must be checked to apply the same graph scale to all graphs.
Data Display Properties
This dialog box is opened by selecting the Default Data Display Properties...
function of the Data Display menu, and is used to set the default setting of the Data
Display window. Click the OK button to apply the setup and close this dialog box.
Effective Area This area is used to select the area effective when the Data Display window is
o
pened, and provides
the following check box.
X-Y Graph Check this button to enable the X-Y Graph area.
Grid ON Check this button to display the grid on the X-Y Graph.
List Display Check this button to enable the List Display area.
Parameters Check this button to enable the Parameters area.
Graph Color This area is used to set the color map for the X-Y Graph Pl
ot area. You can change
the color of the background, text, graph grid, and line/cursor. The color palette is
opened by clicking the pattern of the item.
Graph Trace Color This area is used to set visibility, color, and
thickness of the d
ata traces Y1 to Y8
plotted on the graph. The color palette is opened by clicking the pattern of the item.
Log Scale This area is used to set the maximum number of d
ecades to sh
ow the minor ticks for
on the log axis. If the number of graph decades is less than or equal to the entered
value, the minor ticks are displayed. If it is greater than the entered value, the minor
ticks are not displayed.
Text Size This area is used to set the font size for the graph. The available settings are Largest,
Lar
ge, Medium, S
mall, Smallest, and Fixed. For settings other than Fixed, the
appropriate size is automatically selected. For Fixed, a font size entry field is
provided, and the specified font size is always applied.