Model 6487 Reference Manual
Applications Guide
G-5
Figure G-2
Voltage burden considerations
Noise and source impedance
Noise can seriously affect sensitive current measurements. The following paragraphs dis-
cuss how source resistance and input capacitance affect noise performance.
Source resistance
The source resistance of the DUT will affect the noise performance of current measure-
ments. As the source resistance is reduced, the noise gain of the picoammeter will
increase, as we will now discuss.
shows a simplified model of the feedback picoammeter. R
S
and C
S
represent
the source resistance and source capacitance, V
S
is the source voltage, and V
NOISE
is the
noise voltage. Finally, R
F
and C
F
are the feedback resistance and capacitance respectively.
The source noise gain of the circuit can be given by the following equation:
Note that as R
S
decreases in value, the output noise increases. For example, when R
F
= R
S
,
the input noise is multiplied by a factor of two. Since decreasing the source resistance can
have a detrimental effect on noise performance, there are usually minimum recommended
source resistance values based on measurement range.
summarizes minimum
recommended source resistance values for various measurement ranges. Note that the rec-
ommended source resistance varies by measurement range because the R
F
value also
depends on the measurement range.
Rs
Vs
I
M
=
R
S
V
S
- V
B
I
V
B
(Voltage
Burden)
+
-
+
-
6487
V-Source
Model of 6487 Picoammeter
Input Characteristics Before
Voltage Offset Correction
Output V
NOISE
Input V
NOISE
1
R
F
/R
S
+
(
)
=
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