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Agilent 4155B/4156B User’s Guide Vol.2, Edition 5 6-9
Screen Organization
CHANNELS Screen Group
INAME.
INAME field assigns a variable name for current that will be forced or measured.
You can use this name as a reference on the other screens. If channel does neither I
force nor I measurement, you can omit INAME.
In this field, you can do the following:
• Enter a name by using the keyboard or front panel keys
• Select DELETE ROW softkey to delete the VNAME, INAME, MODE, FCTN,
and STBY entries for the unit. Unit is disabled.
Restrictions:
• INAME must be 6 or less alphanumeric characters. First character must be
alphabet character.
• Name must be different from other names.
MODE.
You define an output mode for SMUs, VSUs, PGUs, and GNDU, and measurement
mode for VMUs. When the pointer is located in this column, allowable modes
appear in the secondary softkey area. You select a softkey to set a mode. The
following table shows allowable modes for each unit:
To delete the VNAME, INAME, MODE, FCTN, and STBY entries for a unit, select
the DELETE ROW secondary softkey. Unit is disabled.
Restrictions:
• Only one SMU can be set to VPULSE or IPULSE. That is, you cannot set
multiple SMUs to VPULSE or IPULSE, or cannot set one SMU to VPULSE and
another SMU to IPULSE.
• For sampling measurement, you cannot set VPULSE or IPULSE for SMUs. You
can set VPULSE for PGUs.
V I VPULSE IPULSE COMMON DVOLT
SMU Yes Yes
Yes
a
a. Only for sweep measurements, not for sampling.
Yes
a Yes
VSU Yes
PGU Yes Yes
GNDU Yes
VMU Yes Yes