Table of Contents Series 2600 System SourceMeter® Instruments Reference Manual
iv 2600S-901-01 Rev. C / January 2008
Speed .......................................................................................................... 6-6
Setting speed........................................................................................ 6-7
Remote speed programming ................................................................ 6-7
Rel............................................................................................................... 6-8
Front panel rel....................................................................................... 6-8
Remote rel programming...................................................................... 6-9
Filters ........................................................................................................ 6-10
Filter types .......................................................................................... 6-10
Response time considerations ........................................................... 6-10
Front panel filter control...................................................................... 6-10
Remote filter programming ................................................................. 6-13
7 Buffer (Data Store) ................................................................................. 7-1
Overview ..................................................................................................... 7-2
Data store overview .................................................................................... 7-2
Front panel data store ................................................................................. 7-2
Buffer configuration............................................................................... 7-2
Storing readings.................................................................................... 7-3
Recalling readings ................................................................................ 7-3
Remote data store....................................................................................... 7-4
Data store commands........................................................................... 7-4
Reading buffers .................................................................................... 7-5
Time and date values ........................................................................... 7-7
Buffer status.......................................................................................... 7-8
Dynamically allocated buffers............................................................... 7-8
Buffer programming examples.............................................................. 7-9
8 Source-Measure Concepts .................................................................. 8-1
Overview ..................................................................................................... 8-2
Compliance limit.......................................................................................... 8-2
Maximum compliance........................................................................... 8-2
Compliance principles .......................................................................... 8-3
Sweep waveforms....................................................................................... 8-3
Staircase sweeps.................................................................................. 8-3
Pulse sweeps........................................................................................ 8-4
Overheating protection................................................................................ 8-4
Power equations to avoid overheating ................................................. 8-4
Operating boundaries.................................................................................. 8-7
Source or sink....................................................................................... 8-7
Continuous power operating boundaries.............................................. 8-8
I-Source operating boundaries ............................................................. 8-9
V-Source operating boundaries .......................................................... 8-13
Source I measure I, source V measure V........................................... 8-16
Basic circuit configurations........................................................................ 8-16
Source I .............................................................................................. 8-16
Source V............................................................................................. 8-17
Measure only (V or I) .......................................................................... 8-17
Contact check..................................................................................... 8-18
Guard ........................................................................................................ 8-19
Guard overview .................................................................................. 8-19
Guard connections ............................................................................. 8-20
Pulse concepts.......................................................................................... 8-22
Pulse period........................................................................................ 8-22
Pulse rise and fall times...................................................................... 8-22
Pulse duty cycle.................................................................................. 8-23
Settling time considerations ...................................................................... 8-23
Measurement Settling Time Considerations....................................... 8-23
Reduction in gain-bandwidth .............................................................. 8-24
In this section: ............................................................................................. 9-1
9 System Expansion (TSP-Link) ............................................................ 9-1
Overview ..................................................................................................... 9-2
Master and Slaves................................................................................ 9-2
System configurations .......................................................................... 9-2