Model 2651A High Power System SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual
Section 7: Command reference
2651A-901-01 Rev. A / March 2011
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Usage
SweepILogMeasureV(
smu, starti, stopi, stime, points
)
smu
System SourceMeter
®
instrument channel (set to
smua
)
starti
Sweep start current in amperes
stopi
Sweep stop current in amperes
stime
Settling time in seconds; occurs after stepping the source and before performing a
measurement
points
Number of sweep points (must be
≥
2)
Details
Data for voltage measurements, current source values, and timestamps are stored in
smuX.nvbuffer1.
If all parameters are omitted when this function is called, this function is executed with the parameters set to the
default values.
Performs a logarithmic current sweep with voltage measured at every step (point):
1. Sets
the
smu
to output
starti
amperes value, allows the source to settle for
stime
seconds,
and then performs a voltage measurement.
2. Sets
the
smu
to output the next amperes step, allows the source to settle for
stime
seconds, and
then performs a voltage measurement.
3. Repeats the above sequence until the voltage is measured on the
stopi
amperes step.
The source level at each step (
SourceStepLevel
) is automatically calculated as follows:
MeasurePoint = The step point number for a measurement
For example, for a five-point sweep (
points
= 5), a measurement is performed at
MeasurePoint
1, 2, 3, 4,
and 5.
LogStepSize = (log10(stopi) – log10(starti)) / (points – 1)
LogStep = (MeasurePoint – 1) * (LogStepSize)
SourceStepLevel = antilog(LogStep) * starti
Figure 107: SweepILogMeasureV()
starti
= Voltage measurement
stopi
stime
stime
stime