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
sleep.exe
This execution file is used to put a wait time in the test execution flow of an
application test.
Execution
environment
Agilent EasyEXPERT application test execution environment
File Name C:\Program Files\Agilent\B1500\EasyEXPERT\Utilities\sleep.exe
Parameters The following parameters are available for this file. To use sleep.exe, the parameters
must be defined in the Local Variables Definition statement of the Test Contents tab
in the Test Definition window.
WAIT : List input parameter. Vector variable (1 × 1) to store the data passed
to sleep.exe. Enter a wait time in ms.
PassFail : Value output parameter. Numeric variable to store the execution
result. 0 is always returned.
ReturnValue : Value output parameter. Numeric variable to store the data returned
by executing sleep.exe. 1 is returned after execution.
Setup examples To execute sleep.exe, the following setup should be done in the Command
Execution element, Miscellaneous component, Test Contents tab in the Test
Definition window.
Windows Command Execution
Command Filename: C:\Program Files\Agilent\B1500\EasyEXPERT\Utilities\sleep.exe
Argument:
Write Type: String x List
Read Type: String x Value List None
Write List
Va l u e s: WA I T
Format:
Read Value
Result: PassFail Value: ReturnValue