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
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Application Library and Utilities
Utility Programs
Utility Programs
The following useful programs are stored in the following folder on the Agilent
B1500A internal hard disk drive. Remember that they are just sample programs.
C:\Program Files\Agilent\B1500\EasyEXPERT\Utilities\
• “Prober Control”
• “SetupFileConverter.exe”
• “sleep.exe”
•“XSLT”
Prober Control
The C:\Program Files\Agilent\B1500\EasyEXPERT\Utilities\ProberControl folder
stores the execution files used to control the following probers.
• Cascade Microtech Summit 12K or S300
• SUSS MicroTec PA200 or PA300
• Vector Semiconductor VX-2000 or VX-3000
You can use the execution files when you perform a repeat measurement by using
Agilent B1500A/EasyEXPERT and a prober listed above. The execution files
control the prober chuck movement (down, move, and up) by defining them in the
Repeat Measurement Setup window. See “Repeat Measurement Setup” on page
4-31. Also see the readme.mht file in the ProberControl folder to use the prober
control script.
This folder also stores the source files and the document files. See the pdf files in the
ProberControl\xxxx\doc folder for more details or if you create your own prober
control script by referring to the source code; xxxx is cascade, suss, or vector.