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 9-53
If You Have a Problem
Error Codes
242 QSCV measurement was aborted.
Quasi-static CV measurement was aborted by
the automatic abort
function.
243 Enter MM13 before QSZ.
Before the QSZ command, the MM13 command must be entered to set
the measurement mod
e.
244 Set a longer integration time to QST.
The integration time is too short to perform the offset measurement. Set
a longer value
to the integration time parameter of the QST command.
245 Specify a higher measurement range to QSR.
Too large offset current was measured. Specify the next higher
measurement range to the QSR
command.
246 QSV mode value must be 1 or 3.
The mode values available for the QSV command are 1 (single linear)
and 3 (double linear
). Set one of the available values.
247 Dedicated channel must be specified by QSO.
Specify the dedicated channel to the QSO command. It must be
the
channel other than the measurement channel set by the MM13
command or the sweep output channel set by the QSV command.
253 Program memory is full.
Maximum of 2000 programs or 40000 commands can be stored in the
program memory. S
ee the ST command of Programming Guide.
254 Invalid input for a memory program.
The GPIB GET command (TRIGGER statement in HP BASIC) and an
external trig
ger input are not allowed in a memory program (between
the ST and END commands).
255 Maximum nesting level is eight.
Nesting (one program calling another) of a memory program must be
eight levels
or less.
260 Data output buffer is full.
Maximum 34034 measurement data items can be stored in the data
output bu
ffer.