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
Contents
Defining Numeric/Vector Input Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-43
Defining String/Numeric Input Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-43
Defining Numeric Output Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-44
Defining Vector Output Parameter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-44
Defining String Output Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-44
Defining Format Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-45
Setup Example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-46
7. Function Details
I/V Sweep Measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Available Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Output Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Basic Sweep Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Subordinate Sweep Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Synchronous Sweep Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Pulsed Sweep Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Multi Channel I/V Sweep Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
I/V-t Sampling Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13
Available Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13
Operation Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13
Setup Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
Time Data and Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Source Output Sequence and Time Origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Sampling Completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
C-V Sweep Measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
Available Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
Setup Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
Measurement Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Four-Terminal Pair Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
Error Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24