Model 6220/6221 Reference Manual Sweeps 4-15
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Running a linear staircase sweep
1. Configure source functions.
Examples – The following commands restore defaults, set the bias current
to 100μA, and the compliance to 10V:
2. Configure the sweep.
Examples – The following commands configure a single linear staircase
sweep from 1mA to 10mA with 1mA steps using a 1s delay, best fixed
source range, and compliance abort disabled:
3. Arm and run the sweep:
4. When the sweep is done, turn the source output off with this
command:
OUTP OFF
*RST ‘ Restore 622x defaults.
SOUR:CURR 1e-4 ‘ Set bias current to 100μA
SOUR:CURR:COMP 10 ‘ Set compliance to 10V.
SOUR:SWE:SPAC LIN ‘ Select linear staircase sweep.
SOUR:CURR:STAR 1e-3 ‘ Set start current to 1mA.
SOUR:CURR:STOP 1e-2 ‘ Set stop current to 10mA.
SOUR:CURR:STEP 1e-3 ‘ Set step current to 1mA.
SOUR:DEL 1 ‘ Set delay to 1s.
SOUR:SWE:RANG BEST ‘ Select best fixed source range.
SOUR:SWE:COUN 1 ‘ Set sweep count to 1.
SOUR:SWE:CAB OFF ‘ Disable compliance abort.
SOUR:SWE:ARM ‘ Arm sweep, turn on output.
INIT ‘ Trigger sweep.
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