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                                               Varistor Evaluation Using the
                                               Agilent B2900A Series of SMUs
                                                Technical Overview

                                               Agilent B2901/02/11/12A Precision Source/Measure Unit
                                                   Agilent B2901A Precision SMU, 1ch, 100 fA resolution, 210 V, 3 A DC/10.5 A pulse
                                                   Agilent B2902A Precision SMU, 2ch, 100 fA resolution, 210 V, 3 A DC/10.5 A pulse
                                                   Agilent B2911A Precision SMU, 1ch, 10 fA resolution, 210 V, 3 A DC/10.5 A pulse
                                                   Agilent B2912A Precision SMU. 2ch, 10 fA resolution, 210 V, 3 A DC/10.5 A pulse




Introduction                                   Agilent B2901/02/11/12A Precision              that make it easy for you to begin
                                               Source/Measure Unit is a compact               making productive measurements
A varistor is a variable resistor that         and cost-effective bench-top Source/           immediately. These features make
exhibits high resistance at low                Measure Unit (SMU) with the capability         the B2900A Series of SMUs the best
voltages and low resistance at high            to output and measure both voltage             solution for accurate characterization
voltages. Varistors typically have a           and current.                                   of varistors and other devices.
clamping voltage above which their
resistance decreases significantly             The B2900A Series of SMUs enables              Figure 1 illustrates the connections
(similar to a zener diode). Due to             you to make a wide range of current            necessary for measuring a varistor
their variable resistance, varistors are       versus voltage (IV) measurements               using the B2900A Series of SMUs.
frequently used as a transient voltage         more accurately and quickly than ever          The B2900A Series of SMUs allows
suppressor (TVS) to protect electrical         before. In addition, the B2900A Series         you to accurately and easily measure
circuitry from excessive voltages.             of SMUs comes with an intuitive                the basic IV parameters and charac-
                                               graphical user interface (GUI) and             teristics of varistors, including tests
                                               free PC-based application software             such as varistor voltage and leakage
                                                                                              current.


                                                        B2901/02/11/12A
                                                                                   High force
                                                                  A
                                                                      -

                                                                          V                             Varistor
                                                                              -


                                                                                   Low force


Figure 1. Image of the B2900A Series of SMUs and its circuit diagram to characterize a varistor
What is the B2900A                            by test lead residual resistance.             Quick and Easy
                                              Measurements made through a 2-wire
Series of SMUs?                               connection can contain significant
                                                                                            IV Characterization
An SMU combines the capabilities of           error when the resistance being               During routine device evaluation it
a current source, a voltage source,           measured is comparable to that of             is often desirable to make a quick
a current meter and a voltage meter           the test leads (please see Figure 2a).        measurement from the instrument's
along with the capability to switch           However, a 4-wire measurement uses            front panel without having to go
easily between these various func-            one pair of leads to force current and        through the time and trouble of writ-
tions into a single instrument. This          the other pair of leads to monitor volt-      ing a test program. To meet this need,
gives it the ability to evaluate the IV       age. This eliminates cable resistance         all members of the B2900A Series of
characteristics of devices across all         effects so that only the voltage drop         SMUs have a resident GUI that makes
four measurement quadrants without            across the DUT is measured (please            it easy to perform a variety of tests
                                              see Figure 2b). In addition, the 4-wire       and save measurement data without
the need for any additional equip-
                                                                                            having to write any code.
ment. Besides being able to output            measurement scheme of the B2900A
and measure voltage or current very           Series of SMUs keeps the voltage
                                                                                            The wide QVGA LCD display of the
accurately, SMUs also possess a               between the sense points (A and B
                                                                                            B2900A Series of SMUs supports an
compliance feature that allows a limit        in Figure 2b) at exactly the specified
                                                                                            easy-to-use GUI that provides easy
to be placed on the voltage or current        voltage Vset, thereby ensuring that
                                                                                            instrument control from the front
output to prevent device damage. The          your device is characterized exactly
                                                                                            panel (please see Figure 3).
members of the B2900A Series of               under the measurement conditions
SMUs are single or dual channel SMU           you specify.
units that offer a wide range of IV
measurement capability for a variety
of two-terminal and three-terminal             B2901/02/11/12A                             B2901/02/11/12A
devices. They cover currents from                                                                                   RLead
10 fA to 3 A (DC)/10.5 A (pulse)                 High force                        IMeas     High force                        IMeas
and voltages from 100 nV to 210 V.                                      RLead
In addition to their DC operation                High sense                                  High sense                        A
mode, the B2900A Series of SMUs                          VMeas         VSet        RDUT               VMeas        VSet        RDUT
also has the ability to perform pulsed
                                                 Low sense                                   Low sense                         B
measurements in order to prevent                                        RLead
device self-heating from distorting              Low force                                   Low force
the measurement results.
                                                     a) 2-wire connection                           b) 4-wire connection
The B2900A Series of SMUs supports
4-wire measurements (remote sensing)          Figure 2. A 4-wire connection eliminates the measurement error caused by residual lead
to eliminate the voltage error caused         resistance


                    1) Set the measurement condition                                       2) Change the view mode
                       and the compliance




   3) Execute



                             a) Single view                                                       b) Graph view

Figure 3. The GUI of the B2900A Series of SMUs makes it easy to take a quick measurement and display the results

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The GUI of the B2900A Series of          The Agilent B2900A Graphical Web             The Agilent B2900A Quick I/V
SMUs has the following multiple          Interface provides functionality to          Measurement Software has more
viewing modes: Single View, Dual         allow access to the B2900A Series            powerful measurement capabilities
View, Graph View and Roll View (for      of SMUs over a LAN connection. The           to control the B2900A Series of
viewing time domain measurements).       B2900A Series of SMUs is fully com-          SMUs over GPIB, USB or LAN
Single View mode allows you to eas-      pliant with the LXI class C specifica-       connections (please see Figure 5).
ily set up not only constant voltage     tion and it contains a web server that       You can download this PC-based
and current measurements but also        provides a webpage with an interface         software from Agilent's web site
swept voltage and current measure-       to support the basic measurement             for free. The Agilent B2900A Quick
ments. Dual View can perform similar     functions of the B2900A Series of            I/V Measurement Software also
functions for both channels simulta-     SMUs. You can quickly and easily             supports a variety of functions such
neously (for B2902A and B2912A).         make measurements using a standard           as a sweep measurement, a sampling
After measurement completion you         web browser by just connecting the           measurement, graphical display
can use the front panel GUI to graphi-   B2900A Series of SMUs to a PC using          functions and the ability to save test
cally view measurement results such      a LAN cable.                                 results into CSV files.
as IV curves using Graph View, and
display a list of the measurement
data using the Measure Result dialog
window.
                                                                                            Measurement
                                                                                            data
The B2900A Series of SMUs has a                                                                              Measurement
USB interface on the front panel so                                                                          setups
that a USB flash memory device can
be used with the B2900A Series of
SMUs to save and load measurement
setups as well as to save measure-
ment results. In addition, Graph View               Graph dump to JPEG
supports a Screen Dump function
that enables you to save screen
images (such as IV curves) to any
attached USB flash memory device as
JPEG files, making it easy to include    Figure 4. Measurement results and measurement setups can be saved to any attached
graphical results in reports and         USB flash memory device
presentations (please see Figure 4).

Ready-to-use PC software
In addition to its powerful and
easy-to-use GUI, the B2900A Series
of SMUs comes with free PC applica-
tion software to facilitate program
development if you prefer PC-based
instrument control. The Agilent
B2900A Graphical Web Interface
and the Agilent B2900A Quick I/V
Measurement Software are both
available for the B2900A Series of
SMUs.

                                         Figure 5. It is easy to make a quick measurement on a PC using the Agilent B2900A Quick
                                         I/V Measurement Software




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Easy custom                             Summary
program support                         The Agilent B2901/02/11/12A
If you have specialized programming     Precision Source/Measure Unit is the
needs then both Standard Commands       best solution for IV characterization
for Programmable Instruments (SCPI)     of varistors and a variety of other
and IVI-COM drivers are available for   devices. Its wide current and voltage
the B2900A Series of SMUs. SCPI         measurement ranges (from 10 fA/
is an industry-standard command         100 nV to 10.5 A/210 V) provide
set for basic instruments, and it has   superior measurement performance
a uniform structure that supports       and allow you to characterize devices
a common set of commands. The           more accurately and easily than ever
SCPI command set for the B2900A         before.
Series of SMUs not only supports its
advanced features but also general-     The easy-to-use GUI of the B2900A
purpose SMU commands (such as           Series of SMUs has a variety of capa-
those used by the Keithley 2400) to     bilities and features that make it easy
simplify test program migration. In     to take measurements quickly and
addition to SCPI, the IVI-COM drivers   to save both the measurement setup
for the B2900A Series of SMUs work      conditions and data to USB-based
in a variety of programming environ-    flash memory devices.
ments and languages so that you can
develop programs without having to      In addition to being able to control
use low-level commands.                 the B2900A Series of SMUs remotely
                                        over GPIB, USB and LAN interfaces,
                                        Agilent supplies PC-based Agilent
                                        B2900A Graphical Web Interface
                                        and Agilent B2900A Quick I/V
                                        Measurement Software for free to
                                        simplify controlling the B2900A Series
                                        of SMUs from your PC.

                                        For more detailed information on the
                                        various models of the B2900A Series
                                        of SMUs, please refer to the data
                                        sheet of the B2900A Series of SMUs
                                        (5990-7009EN).

                                        The B2900A Series of SMUs enables
                                        you to quickly debug and accurately
                                        characterize a wide variety of devices
                                        using only a single bench-top SMU.




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