CALIBRATION
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INTRODUCTION
Calibration of the SR715/720 is composed of several parts: open and short circuit calibration, standard resistor
calibration, and amplitude calibration. The open and short circuit calibrations are offset corrections to correct
for any stray impedances of the test fixture. These calibrations may be performed at any time and should be
done whenever the fixture is changed. The standard resistor calibration sets the accuracy of the SR715/720
since it allows the LCR meter to determine the values of its internal standard resistors. Standard resistor
calibration need only be performed periodically to account for component aging and drift. Amplitude calibration
sets the amplitude of the ac test signal, and only needs to be done periodically. The amplitude calibration does
not affect the SR715/720's accuracy.
Calibration Enable
The SR715/720 is shipped with standard resistor and amplitude calibration
disabled. When calibration is disabled only the open and short circuit calibrations
are allowed. The internal calibration enable jumper must be set to enable
amplitude and resistor calibration. To set the jumper, remove the SR715/720's
top cover by removing its four retaining screws (this will break the calibration
seal). In the rear center of the circuit board is a three pin jumper labelled JP1001.
Use the jumper to connect the center pin and the "cal" pin to enable calibration.
Connecting the center pin and the "normal" pin will disable calibration.
Calbytes
The SR715/720's calibration is controlled by calibration constants ("calbytes") that
the firmware uses to adjust the impedance calculations. These calbytes are
stored in the SR715/720's RAM. Recalibration of the SR715/720 involves
determining the values of the calbytes and storing the new values in RAM. The
calbyte values determined at the time of the SR715/720's manufacture are also
stored in ROM and may be recalled at any time. The standard resistor calbytes
are automatically determined by the standard resistor calibration subroutines. The
amplitude calbytes must be manually determined.
A list of the SR715/720's calbytes is shown on the following page. The open and
short circuit, and resistor calibration calbyte values are automatically determined
by the SR715/720's calibration subroutines. These calbytes cannot be directly
changed from the front panel (they may be changed via the computer interfaces).
The amplitude calbytes are directly adjustable from the front panel.
For the SR715 only: The values for the 100 kHz calbytes are set to zero and do
not need to be adjusted.