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Voltage Measurement Accuracy and Resolution
Range
Resolution
Accuracy ± (%of roffset)
±10 V
10 μV
0.02% + 3.0 mV
±100 V
100 μV
0.02% + 5.0 mV
Temperature effects on SMU accuracy
Devices operating outside the five degree range of the last calibration temperature, with the
calibration carried out no later than one year from the time the acquisition is carried out, have an
accuracy that is given by the sum of the “factory standard accuracy” (see above) with an extra term
depending on the
Tempco
(temperature coefficient), where Tempco is express as % of the factory
accuracy specification per degree
o
C. For both NI PXI 4132, and Keithley 2612B Tempco is 0.15.
As an example, let us suppose that a PXI calibrated at T = 25
o
C is operated at 35
o
C. The PXI is use as
SMU with output voltage V
out
= 20 V.
From the Voltage Output accuracy table and Eq. 32, the uncertainty on the output is given by
Accuracy = 20 x ( 0.025)/100 + 10 mV
= 15 mV.
The correction factor due to the temperature is
Temp_Accuracy = Accuracy x (Tempo)/100 *|Calibration_temp – Meas_Temperature|
= 15 x 0.15 x 10
= 22.5 mV.
The PXI output is then given by V
out
= 20 V ± 37.5 mV.