4601 I-V Meter Operation Manual
3.3 Sweep Source Mode
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3.3
Sweep Source Mode
Solar cell I-V characteristic measurement sweeps the source voltage in the sweep source mode, measures
voltage and current at each step, and displays the data graphically.
The data is converted into a graph on an external computer via the GPIB or USB interface.
This section describes the sweep source mode operation.
3.3.1
Sweep Source and Measurement Method
This section describes measurement by using the sweep source mode.
Each procedure should be started with the initial state (factory default settings). If the 4601 is not in the
initial state, initialize the 4601 referring to Section 3.5.2, “Restoring to Factory Default Settings” previ-
ously.
Press the
MODE
key.
Example display
The example display indicates the following setting values:
St: Start value
Sp: Last value Bi: Bias value
Tp: Period
Press .
The
OPERATE
key goes ON.
Press the
TRIGGER
key
Sweep starts.
RUN
appears, indicating sweep in progress.
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