User Manual

Table of Contents 2400 Series SourceMeter
®
User’s Manual
Main menu ............................................................................ 1-19
Rules to navigate menus ...................................................... 1-22
Editing source and compliance values ................................. 1-23
Toggling the source and measure display fields ................... 1-23
Disabling front panel display ................................................. 1-24
Configuration menus ............................................................ 1-24
2 Connections
Connection overview ..................................................................... 2-2
Front/rear terminals selection ................................................. 2-2
Connections to DUT ...................................................................... 2-3
Sensing methods .................................................................... 2-5
Guarding methods .................................................................. 2-8
3 Basic Source-Measure Operation
WARNING - CAUTION .................................................................. 3-2
Operation overview ....................................................................... 3-4
Source-measure capabilities .................................................. 3-4
Compliance limit ..................................................................... 3-6
Setting the compliance limit .................................................... 3-8
Basic circuit configurations ..................................................... 3-9
Operation considerations ............................................................ 3-10
Warm-up ............................................................................... 3-10
Auto zero .............................................................................. 3-10
NPLC caching ....................................................................... 3-11
V-source protection ............................................................... 3-12
Source delay ......................................................................... 3-13
Basic source-measure procedure ............................................... 3-15
Front panel source-measure procedure ............................... 3-15
Remote command source-measure procedure .................... 3-18
Measure only ............................................................................... 3-20
Front panel measure only ..................................................... 3-20
Remote command measure only .......................................... 3-21
Sink operation ............................................................................. 3-22
Battery charging/discharging ................................................ 3-22
Sink programming example .................................................. 3-24
4 Ohms Measurements
Ohms configuration menu ............................................................. 4-2
Ohms measurement methods ....................................................... 4-3
Selecting ohms measurement method ................................... 4-4
Ohms measurement procedure .............................................. 4-4
Ohms sensing ............................................................................... 4-6