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Model 2400 Series

SourceMeter

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Page 1: ...Model 2400 SeriesSourceMeter Quick Results Guide A G R E A T E R M E A S U R E O F C O N F I D E N C E...

Page 2: ...ENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF ITS INSTRUMENTS AND SOFTWARE EVEN IF KEITHLEY INSTRUMENTS INC HAS BEEN ADVISED IN ADVANCE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES SUCH EXCLUDED DAM AGES SHALL INCLU...

Page 4: ...are numbered sequentially When a new Revision is created allAddenda associated with the previous Revision of the manual are incorporated into the new Revision of the manual Each new Revision includes...

Page 5: ...ected to mains voltage or to voltage sources with high tran sient over voltages Installation Category II connections require protection for high transient over voltages often associated with localAC m...

Page 6: ...ersonal contact with these voltages The WARNING heading in a manual explains dangers that might result in personal injury or death Always read the associated information very carefully before performi...

Page 7: ...t rear terminals selection 6 2 wire connections 6 4 wire connections 7 Cable guard 8 Ohms guard 8 Remote command programming 10 Basic SourceMeter operations 10 Source measure 10 Measure only V or I 12...

Page 8: ...measure only 16 Table 7 SCPI commands measure ohms 16 Table 8 Command sequence for source measure example 17 Table 9 Command sequence for measure current only example 17 Table 10 Command sequence for...

Page 9: ...ex procedures Remote command programming For the various SourceMeter operating modes covered in this guide the related SCPI commands for remote operation are summarized in tables Most commands have a...

Page 10: ...V Source current from 500pA to 3 15A measure current from 100pA to 3 165A Measure resistance from 10 10 in manual ohms to 21 1M Maximum source power is 110W Model 2430 Source DC or pulse voltage from...

Page 11: ...ENTER CONFIG MENU SWEEP TRIG REL LOCAL FILTER LIMIT DIGITS SPEED V MEAS I FCTN V I SOURCE 2 3 0 1 6 7 8 9 4 5 STORE RECALL EDIT Figure 1 Front panel WARNING NO INTERNAL OPERATOR SERVICABLE PARTS SERV...

Page 12: ...keys for numeric entry include the EDIT and keys to control cursor position EDIT and keys to increment or decrement the digit value and the number keys After a value is keyed in press ENTER to select...

Page 13: ...es in the desired display fields Basic connections WARNING The SourceMeter uses safety jacks for signal connections To avoid electric shock Do not leave exposed connections Properly insulate all exter...

Page 14: ...front and rear The REAR annunci ator indicates that the rear terminals are selected With REAR off the front terminals are selected 2 wire connections Connections for 2 wire local sensing are shown in...

Page 15: ...s required With 4 wire sensing selected the 4W annunciator is on The following menu sequence selects 4 wire remote sensing Press CONFIG select SOURCE V or MEAS select SENSE MODE select 4 WIRE NOTE Spe...

Page 16: ...also present on the guard shield for the test circuit WARNING To prevent injury from electric shock the guard shield must be enclosed in a safety shield i e test fixture that is connected to safety ea...

Page 17: ...e V Guard test lead could be high enough such that a significant voltage drop appears across R The resultant leakage current through R will corrupt the measurement of the DUT Guard Sense is used to ca...

Page 18: ...for the SourceMeter Source V Measure I Source I Measure V Source V Measure V Source I Measure I The basic procedure to source measure is provided in Table 2 It assumes that the DUT is already connect...

Page 19: ...e then press ENTER 3 Set compliance limit Use DISPLAY EDIT key to place cursor in Cmpl field use RANGE and keys to select range use edit keys to key in limit value then press ENTER 4 Select measuremen...

Page 20: ...ress SOURCE I and MEAS V To mea sure current press SOURCE V and MEAS I 2 Set source level to zero Use DISPLAY EDIT key to place cursor in source field Vsrc or Isrc use RANGE key to select lowest range...

Page 21: ...nel operation since the measured source value is more accurate than the programmed source value For remote operation the user specifies the functions to measure Use the following menu sequence to enab...

Page 22: ...d observe the offset compensated ohms reading on the display Note that the source value alternates between the set output level and zero 5 When finished turn the output off and disable offset compensa...

Page 23: ...to talk The data string is typically made up of five elements separated by commas The first element is the voltage reading the second is the current reading and the third is the resistance reading For...

Page 24: ...nd acquire one data string 1 For measure only the following rules apply Table 9 provides an example to measure I only a To measure V only you must source I To measure I only you must source V b The so...

Page 25: ...mit to 10mA SENS CURR RANG 10e 3 Select the 10mA measurement range OUTP ON Turn the output on READ Trigger and acquire one data string SourceMeter must be addressed to talk after sending READ to trigg...

Page 26: ...UNC RES Select ohms measurement function SENS RES RANG 200 Select 200 range SENS RES MODE AUTO Select the auto ohms measurement method SYST RSEN ON Select 4 wire sense mode OUTP ON Turn the output on...

Page 27: ...reading rate of the instrument It is specified in parameters based on the number of power line cycles NPLC where 1 PLC for 60Hz is 16 67msec 1 60 and 1 PLC for 50Hz and 400Hz is 20msec 1 50 In genera...

Page 28: ...ng them to yield a filtered reading The SourceMeter has two filter types moving and repeating Repeating filter The stack is filled with the specified number of reading conversions The reading conver s...

Page 29: ...Input Rel Value Since the actual input offset and the rel value are the same the displayed reading is zero Rel is enabled by pressing the REL key REL annunciator on Pressing REL a second time disables...

Page 30: ...ycles n Set measurement speed n 0 01 to 10 Digits command DISPlay DIGits n Set display resolution n 4 5 6 or 7 Filter commands SENSe AVERage TCONtrol name Select filter type name REPeat or MOVing SENS...

Page 31: ...change the buffer location number To exit from the recall mode press EXIT Timestamp Just below the buffer location number is the timestamp in seconds for the reading It can be referenced to the first...

Page 32: ...y reading source name SENSe raw read ings CALCulate math readings or CALCulate2 limits readings TRACe TSTamp FORMat name Select timestamp format name ABSolute or DELTa TRACe FEED CONTrol name Enable d...

Page 33: ...equal steps until the stop source level is reached With trigger delay set to zero the time duration at each step is determined by the source delay and the time it takes to perform the measurement With...

Page 34: ...esired source V or I selected use the following menu sequence to set the start and stop levels and the number of sweep points 2 to 2500 Press CONFIG press SWEEP select TYPE select LOG After selecting...

Page 35: ...umber of points in the sweep 1 to 2500 ADJUST POINTS Use to set the source level at each point in the sweep The first point in the sweep is P0000 After setting the level for P0000 increment the pointe...

Page 36: ...ion for the sweep For example if your first setup is stored in memory location 001 set the start point to 001 POINTS Use to specify the number of points memory locations in the sweep For example if th...

Page 37: ...t automatically by the SourceMeter auto delay or it can be set manually With auto delay selected the delay setting will be1ms 2ms or 3ms depending on which current range and source function is being u...

Page 38: ...evel you set becomes the bias level for the sweep 2 Configure the custom sweep by choosing the number of points and initial value Also be sure to adjust individual sweep points as required 3 Set the s...

Page 39: ...ithmic SOURce SWEep RANGing name Select source ranging name BEST AUTO or FIXed SOURce xxx STARt n Specify sweep start level n V or I source value SOURce xxx STOP n Specify sweep stop level n V or I so...

Page 40: ...T Restore GPIB defaults source V measure I SOUR VOLT 0 Set bias level to 0V SOUR DEL 0 1 Set delay to 100ms SOUR SWE RANG BEST Select best source ranging SOUR VOLT MODE SWE Select the sweep source mod...

Page 41: ...rent source function SOUR CURR LEV 50e 6 Set current source to 50 A SENS FUNC VOLT Select voltage measurement function SOUR MEM SAVE 3 Save setup in memory location 003 Configure source memory sweep S...

Page 42: ...e the SourceMeter is set to output 1mA with 1V compliance If the DUT is above 1k the source will be in compliance If the DUT is below 1k the source will be out of compliance Use the following menu seq...

Page 43: ...ing of limit commands See Sections 12 and 18 of the 2400 Series SourceMeter User s Manual for complete documentation Table 17 SCPI commands basic non binning limit testing Command Description For all...

Page 44: ...measured current I val ues as follows Power V I Use the following menu sequence to enable the power math function Press CONFIG press FCTN select POWER This math function can now be selected by pressin...

Page 45: ...NOTE Offset compensated is also available from the CONFIG OHMS menu Using Offset compensated from this menu automatically selects zero as one of the source values For details see Measure ohms in the...

Page 46: ...is the reference value The reference value Y can be a user specified value or a reading acquired by the SourceMeter Use the following menu sequence to configure and enable the percent deviation math...

Page 47: ...ions Command Description CALCulate MATH NAME name Select math expression name POWER OFF COMPOHM VOLTCOEF or VARALPHA CALCulate STATe b Enable disable math b ON or OFF CALCulate DATA Query math data Ta...

Page 48: ...sec Note however that the minimum pulse width that can be achieved in Figure 10 is determined by the minimum pulse width overhead 80 sec and the time it takes to measure the signal For example if the...

Page 49: ...he off time is 9msec duty cycle is calculated as follows Duty Cycle 1msec 1msec 9msec 1msec 10msec 0 10 10 10Arange limitations Pulse width The maximum pulse width for the 10A range source or measure...

Page 50: ...ith the Pulse Mode selected pulse measurement speed can be set from 0 004 to 0 1 PLC To set speed press SPEED and enter the desired NPLC value Set pulse count Arm count and trigger count determines ho...

Page 51: ...be turned off at any time by pressing ON OFF key Pulse ohms measurements While in the Pulse Mode auto or manual ohms measurements can be performed Also offset compensated ohms is available as a math...

Page 52: ...d configure Pulse Mode Command Description SOURce FUNCtion SHAPe PULSe Select Pulse Mode operation SOURce PULSe WIDTh n Set pulse width in sec n 0 00015 to 0 005 SOURce PULSe DELay n Set pulse delay i...

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