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Table of Contents Series 2600A System SourceMeter
®
Instruments Reference Manual
iv 2600AS-901-01 Rev. B / September 2008
Section Topic Page
Interlock (Models 2612A/2612A/2635A/2636A) .......................................... 8-7
Overview ............................................................................................... 8-7
Operation .............................................................................................. 8-7
TSP-Link synchronization lines ................................................................... 8-8
Connecting to TSP-Link ........................................................................ 8-8
Using TSP-Link synchronization lines for digital I/O ............................. 8-8
Remote TSP-Link synchronization line commands .............................. 8-9
9 Sweep Operation
.................................................................................... 9-1
Overview ..................................................................................................... 9-2
Section overview .................................................................................. 9-2
Sweep overview ................................................................................... 9-2
Sweep characteristics ................................................................................. 9-3
Linear staircase sweeps ....................................................................... 9-3
Logarithmic staircase sweeps ............................................................... 9-5
List sweeps ........................................................................................... 9-8
Pulse mode sweeps .............................................................................. 9-9
Configuring and running sweeps ............................................................... 9-10
Configuring other sweep attributes ..................................................... 9-10
Configuring measurements during a sweep ....................................... 9-11
Source and measurement delays ....................................................... 9-11
Initiating and running sweeps ............................................................. 9-11
Aborting a sweep ................................................................................ 9-11
Sweeping using factory scripts .................................................................. 9-12
Front panel .......................................................................................... 9-12
Sweep programming examples .......................................................... 9-12
List sweep example ............................................................................ 9-13
10 Triggering
............................................................................................... 10-1
Remote triggering overview ...................................................................... 10-3
Using the remote trigger model ................................................................. 10-4
Configuring source and measure actions ........................................... 10-6
Enabling pulse mode sweeps (end pulse action) ............................... 10-6
SMU event detectors ................................................................................. 10-6
Clearing SMU event detectors ............................................................ 10-7
Using the TRIG key to trigger a sweep ............................................... 10-7
Using trigger events to start actions on trigger objects ............................. 10-8
Action overruns ................................................................................... 10-9
Digital I/O Port and TSP-Link synchronization lines ................................. 10-9
Common attributes ............................................................................. 10-9
Trigger configuration on hardware lines ........................................... 10-10
Action overruns on hardware lines ................................................... 10-11
Timers ..................................................................................................... 10-11
Timer attributes ................................................................................. 10-11
Triggering a timer .............................................................................. 10-12
Using timers to perform pulse mode sweeps .................................... 10-13
Timer action overruns ....................................................................... 10-17
Event blenders ........................................................................................ 10-17
Event blender modes ........................................................................ 10-17
Assigning input trigger events ........................................................... 10-18
Action overruns ................................................................................. 10-18
LAN triggering overview .......................................................................... 10-18
Understanding hardware value and pseudo line state ...................... 10-18
Understanding LXI trigger event designations .................................. 10-19
Generating LXI trigger packets ......................................................... 10-19
Logging LAN trigger events in the event log ........................................... 10-20
Accessing the event log from the command interface ...................... 10-22
Command interface triggering ................................................................. 10-22
Manual triggering .................................................................................... 10-23
Interactive triggering ................................................................................ 10-23
Detecting trigger events using the wait() function ............................. 10-23