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Hp 4284A User Manual

HP 4284A PRECISION LCR METER
OPERATION MANUAL
(Including Option 001, 002, 006, 201, 202, 301)
SERIAL NUMBERS
This manual applies directly to instruments with the serial number
prex of 2940J02283,02285 and ab ove, and whose ROM-based
rmware is version 01.20. For additional imp ortant information about
serial numbers, read \Serial Number" in Chapter 9 of this Operation
HP Part No. 04284-90040
Printed in JAPAN August 1998
Sixth Edition
Notice
The information contained in this do cument is sub ject to change
without notice.
This document contains proprietary information which is protected
by copyright. All rights are reserved. No part of this do cument
may be photocopied, repro duced, or translated to another language
without the prior written consent of the Hewlett-Packard Company.
Hewlett-Packard Japan, LTD.
Kobe Instrument Division
1-3-2, Murotani, Nishi-ku, Kobe-shi,
Hyogo, 651-2241 Japan
c
Copyright 1988,1991,1994,1996,1998 Hewlett-Packard Japan, LTD.
Manual Printing
History
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edition. The printing date changes when a new edition is printed.
(Minor corrections and updates which are incorp orated at reprintdo
not cause the date to change.) The manual part number changes
when extensive technical changes are incorp orated.
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Safety Summary
The following general safety precautions must be observed during all
phases of operation, service, and repair of this instrument. Failure
to comply with these precautions or with specic
WARNINGS
elsewhere in this manual may impair the protection provided by
the equipment. In addition it violates safety standards of design,
manufacture, and intended use of the instrument.
The Hew lett-Packard Company assumes no liability for the customer's
failuretocomply with these requirements.
Note
Note
Ground The Instrument
DO NOT Operate In An
ExplosiveAtmosphere
Keep Away From Live
Circuits
HP 4284A complies with INSTALLATION CATEGORY II and
POLLUTION DEGREE 2 in IEC1010-1. HP 4284A is INDOOR USE
product.
LEDs in this product are Class 1 in accordance with IEC825-1.
CLASS 1 LED PRODUCT
Toavoid electric sho ck hazard, the instrumentchassis and cabinet
must be connected to a safety earth ground by the supplied p ower
cable with earth blade.
Do not operate the instrument in the presence of ammable gasses or
fumes. Operation of any electrical instrument in suchanenvironment
constitutes a denite safety hazard.
Operating p ersonnel must not remove instrumentcovers. Component
replacement and internal adjustments must be made by qualied
maintenance personnel. Do not replace comp onents with the power
cable connected. Under certain conditions, dangerous voltages may
exist even with the power cable removed. Toavoid injuries, always
disconnect power and discharge circuits before touching them.
DO NOT Service Or
Adjust Alone
DO NOT Substitute
Parts Or Modify
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Instrument
Do not attempt internal service or adjustment unless another person,
capable of rendering rst aid and resuscitation, is present.
Because of the danger of introducing additional hazards, do not
install substitute parts or p erform unauthorized mo dications to the
instrument. Return the instrument to a Hewlett-Packard Sales and
Service Oce for service and repair to ensure that safety features are
maintained.
Dangerous Procedure
Warnings
Warnings
, such as the example b elow, precede potentially dangerous
procedures throughout this manual. Instructions contained in the
warnings must be followed.
Warning
Safety Symbols
Dangerous voltages, capable of causing death, are present in this
instrument. Use extreme caution when handling, testing, and adjusting
this instrument.
General denitions of safety symbols used on equipmentorin
manuals are listed b elow.
Instruction manual symbol: the product is marked
with this symbol when it is necessary for the user to
refer to the instruction manual.
Alternating current.
Direct current.
On (Supply).
O (Supply).
In position of push-button switch.
Out position of push-button switch.
Frame (or chassis) terminal. A connection to the
frame (chassis) of the equipment which normally
include all exposed metal structures.
This
Warning
sign denotes a hazard. It calls
attention to a pro cedure, practice, condition or the
like, which, if not correctly performed or adhered to,
could result in injury or death to p ersonnel.
This
Caution
sign denotes a hazard. It calls
attention to a pro cedure, practice, condition or the
like, which, if not correctly performed or adhered to,
could result in damage to or destruction of part or all
of the pro duct.
Note
denotes imp ortant information. It calls
attention to a pro cedure, practice, condition or the
like, which is essential to highlight.
Axed to pro duct containing static sensitive devices
use anti-static handling pro cedures to prevent
electrostatic discharge damage to component.
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HowTo Use This
Manual
This manual, the Operation Manual for the HP 4284A Precision
LCR Meter, contains ten chapters plus appendixes, organized for the
convenience of the rst time user. After you receiveyour HP 4284A,
begin with Chapter 1.
Chapter 1
Getting Started
Chapter 2
Overview
Chapter 3
DISPLAYFORMAT
Chapter 4
MEAS SETUP
Chapter 5
CATALOG/SYSTEM
CONFIGURATION
Chapter 6
Measurement Basics
Chapter 1 provides unpacking, initial inspection, and preparation
information necessary for you to know b efore you apply ACpower.
Chapter 2 provides information including a product overview and a
tour of the front panel, which will help you to quickly learn howto
operate the HP 4284A.
Chapter 3 provides detailed information for the display format and
measurement function, corresponding to
Chapter 4 provides detailed information for the measuremen
condition setup, corresp onding to
4
4
DISPLAYFORMAT
MEAS SETUP
5
menukey.
5
menukey.
t
Chapter 5 provides detailed information for the internal/external
memory and system conguration catalog of the HP 4284A,
corresponding to
4
CATALOG/SYSTEM
5
menukey.
Chapter 6 provides the basic measurement pro cedure with the
general impedance theory and measurement techniques, and practical
measurement examples.
Chapter 7
Remote Control
Chapter 8
Command Reference
Chapter 9
General Information
Chapter 10
Performance Test
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Chapter 7 provides information to control the HP 4284A using the
HP-IB interface.
Chapter 8 provides detailed information for each of the HP 4284A
HP-IB commands.
Chapter 9 provides the specications, rack mount/handle kit
installation, and other general information on the HP 4284A.
Chapter 10 provides the performance tests for the HP 4284A used
for incoming insp ection and verication that your instrumentis
completely calibrated.
Appendix A
Manual Changes
Appendix A contains Manual Changes and provides information
for using this manual with an HP 4284A manufactured before the
printing date of the manual.
Appendix B
Error and Warning
Messages
Appendix C
Initial Settings and
System Memory
Appendix D
Correction Data
Appendix E
Write Protection
Appendix F
Test Frequency Points
Appendix G
Transient States
Caused by
Measurement Condition
Changes
Appendix B lists the HP 4284A's error and warning messages with
brief descriptions and solutions and the system messages.
Appendix C lists the HP 4284A's initial settings and functions whose
status is stored in internal system memory.
Appendix D provides information ab out the relationship between the
test frequency and the correction data.
Appendix E provides the pro cedure for write protecting all of the
stored data in the HP 4284A's memory card and in
ternal EEPROM
memory.
Appendix F lists all available test frequency points from 1 kHz to 1
MHz.
Appendix G describes the measurement condition changes which
cause the transient states, and lists the delay times required for
various transient states.
Typeface
Conventions
Bold
Italics
Computer
4
HARDKEYS
Boldface type is used when a term is dened.
For example:
icons
are symbols.
Italic type is used for emphasis and for titles
of manuals and other publications.
Italic type is also used for keyboard entries
when a name or a variable must b e typed in
place of the words in italics. For example:
copy
lename
means to type the word
copy
,
to type a space, and then to type the name of
a le suchas
file1
.
Computer font is used for on-screen prompts
and messages.
5
Labeled keys on the instrument front panel
are enclosed in45.
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NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
SOFTKEYS
Softkeys located to the right of the Liquid
NNNNN
Crystal Display (LCD) are enclosed in
.
Certification
Warranty
Hewlett-Packard Company certies that this product met
its published specications at the time of shipment from the
factory. Hewlett-Packard further certies that its calibration
measurements are traceable to the United States National Institute
of Standards and Technology (
nist
), to the extent allowed by the
Institute's calibration facility, or to the calibration facilities of other
International Standards Organization members.
This Hewlett-Packard instrument product is warranted against
defects in material and workmanship for a perio d of one y
the date of shipment, except that in the case of certain componen
ear from
ts
listed in \Components not Covered byWarranty" in Chapter 9 of
this manual, the warranty shall be for the sp ecied p eriod. During
the warranty p eriod, Hewlett-Packard Company will, at its option,
either repair or replace pro ducts which prove to be defective.
For warranty service or repair, this product must be returned to a
service facility designated byHP. Buyer shall prepay shipping charges
to HP and HP shall pay shipping charges to return the pro duct to
Buyer. However, Buyer shall pay all shipping charges, duties, and
taxes for products returned to HP from another coun
try.
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HP warrants that its software and rmware designated by HP for use
with an instrument will execute its programming instruction when
property installed on that instrument. HP do es not warrant that
the op eration of the instrument, or software, or rmware will be
uninterrupted or error free.
Limitation of
Warranty
The foregoing warranty shall not apply to defects resulting from
improper or inadequate maintenance by Buyer, Buyer-supplied
software or interfacing, unauthorized modication or misuse,
operation outside of the environmental sp ecications for the product,
or improp er site preparation or maintenance.
No other warranty is expressed or implied. HP specically disclaims
the implied warranties of merchantability and tness for a particular
purpose.
Exclusive Remedies
Assistance
The remedies provided herein are buyer's sole and exclusive remedies.
HP shal l not be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or
consequential damages, whether basedoncontract, tort, or any other
legal theory.
Product maintenance agreements and other customer assistance
agreements are available for Hewlett-Packard pro ducts.
For any assistance, contact your nearest Hewlett-Packard Sales and
Service Oce. Addresses are provided at the back of this manual.
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Contents
1. Installation and Set Up Guide
Incoming Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Power Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Line Voltage and Fuse Selection . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Line Voltage Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Fuse Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Operation Environment.. . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Electromagnetic Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Ventilation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Instruction for Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Rack/Handle Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Option 907 Handle Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Installing the Handle . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Option 908 Rack Flange Kit . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Mounting the Rack.. . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Option 909 Rack Flange & Handle Kit . . . . . 1-8
Mounting the Handle and Rack . . . . . . . 1-8
2. Overview
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Product Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
ATour of the FrontPanel . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
(1) LINE On/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
(2) LCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
(3) SOFTKEYs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
(4) MENU Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
(5) CURSOR Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
(6) ENTRY Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
(7) HP-IB Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . 2-3
(8)
4
5
Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
LCL
(9)
4
TRIGGER
5
Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
(10) MEMORY Card Slot and UNLOCK Button 2-3
(11)
4
DC BIAS
5
Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
(12) CONTRAST Control Knob . . . . . . . 2-4
(13)
UNKNOWN Terminals . . . . . . . 2-4
(14) FRAME Terminal . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
ATour of the Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
(1) HP-IB Interface Connector . . . . . . . . 2-5
(2) Interface Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Contents-1
(3) INT DC BIAS MONITOR Connector . . . 2-5
(4) EXT TRIGGER Connector . . . . . . . . 2-5
(5)LINE Input Receptacle . . . . . . . . . 2-6
(6)
LINE Fuse Holder . . . . . . . . 2-6
(7)LINE VOLTAGE SELECTOR . . . . . 2-6
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Display Area Denition . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
DisplayPage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
System Menu Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Comment Line Area . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Softkey Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Measurement Data/Conditions Area . . . . . 2-8
Input Line Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
System Message Area . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
MENU keys and Display Page . . . . . . . . . 2-9
DISPLAYFORMAT MENU key . . . . . . . 2-9
MEAS SETUP MENU key . . . . . . . . . 2-9
CATALOG/SYSTEM menukey . . . . . . . 2-10
Summary of Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
MEAS DISPLAY (under
BIN No. DISPLAY (under
BIN COUNT DISPLAY (under
LIST SWEEP DISPLAY (under
MEAS SETUP (under
CORRECTION (under
LIMIT TABLE SETUP (under
LIST SWEEP SETUP (under
CATALOG (under
SYSTEM CONFIG (under
SELF TEST (under
4
DISPLAYFORMAT
4
DISPLAYFORMAT
4
4
MEAS SETUP
4
MEAS SETUP
4
MEAS SETUP
4
MEAS SETUP
4
CATALOG/SYSTEM
4
CATALOG/SYSTEM
4
CATALOG/SYSTEM
5
) . . 2-11
5
) . 2-11
5
DISPLAYFORMAT
4
DISPLAYFORMAT
5
) . . . . . 2-11
5
). . . . . 2-11
5
5
).. . . . 2-12
5
) . . . . 2-12
) 2-11
5
) 2-11
5
) . 2-12
).. 2-12
5
) . 2-12
Basic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Contents-2
3. DISPLAYFORMAT Menu
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
MEAS DISPLAYPage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
MeasurementFunction . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
FrontPanel Operation for Setting the
MeasurementFunction . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Measurement Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
FrontPanel Operation for Setting the
Measurement Range . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Test Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
FrontPanel Operation for Setting the Test
Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Oscillator Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
FrontPanel Op eration for Setting the Oscillator
Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
DC Bias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
FrontPanel Op eration for Setting the DC Bias . 3-16
Integration Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
FrontPanel Op eration for Setting the Integration
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
System Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Load/Store Function . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Fixed Decimal PointFunction . . . . . . . . 3-20
Printer Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
KeylockFunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
BIN No. DISPLAYPage . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
Comparator Function ON/OFF . . . . . . . . 3-25
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
FrontPanel Op eration for Setting the Comparator
Function to ON or OFF . . . . . . . . . 3-25
System Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Load/Store Function . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Printer Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
KeylockFunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
BIN COUNT DISPLAYPage . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
System Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
Counter Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
Load/Store Function . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
Printer Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
KeylockFunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
LIST SWEEP DISPLAYPage . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
Sweep Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
FrontPanel Op eration for Setting the Sweep Mo de
of the List Sweep Measurement . . . . . . 3-35
System Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Load/Store Function . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Printer Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
KeylockFunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
4. MEAS SETUP Menu
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
MEAS SETUP page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
FrontPanel Op eration for Entering a Comment
Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Trigger Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
FrontPanel Op eration for Setting the Trigger
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Automatic Level Control Function . . . . . . . 4-6
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Contents-3
FrontPanel Operation for Setting the Automatic
Level Control Function . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
High Power Mo de . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Description (Refer to Appendix G.) . . . . . . 4-9
FrontPanel Operation for Setting the High Power
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Bias Current Isolation Function . . . . . . . . 4-10
Description (Refer to Appendix G.) . . . . . . 4-10
FrontPanel Operation for Setting the Bias Current
Isolation Function . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Averaging Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
FrontPanel Operation for Setting the Averaging
Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Delay Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Description (Refer to Appendix G.) . . . . . . 4-11
FrontPanel Operation for Setting the Delay Time 4-11
Level Monitor Function . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
FrontPanel Operation for Setting the Level
Monitor Function . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Deviation MeasurementFunction . . . . . . . . 4-12
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
FrontPanel Operation for the Deviation
MeasurementFunction . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
System Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Load/Store Function . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Clear Setup Function . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Printer Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
SYSTEM RESET Function . . . . . . . . . 4-16
CORRECTION Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
OPEN Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
FrontPanel Operation for the Open Correction 4-22
SHORT Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
FrontPanel Operation for the Short Correction 4-24
LOAD Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
FrontPanel Operation for the
OPEN/SHORT/LOAD Correction . . . . . 4-25
MeasurementFunction for the Standard . . . . . 4-28
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
FrontPanel Operation for Setting the Standard's
MeasurementFunction . . . . . . . . . . 4-29
Single/Multi Correction Mode Selection . . . . . 4-31
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
FrontPanel Operation for Setting the Correction
Mode to the Multi Correction Mo de . . . . 4-31
Cable Length Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Contents-4
FrontPanel For Selecting the Cable Length . . 4-32
System Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Printer Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
LIMIT TABLE SETUP Page . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Swap Parameter Function . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
FrontPanel Op eration for Swapping the Primary
Parameter for the Secondary Parameter . . 4-37
Limit Mo de for Comparator . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
FrontPanel Op eration for Setting the Limit Mo de
for the Comparator . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38
Nominal Value for Tolerance Mo de . . . . . . . 4-39
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39
FrontPanel Op eration for Setting the Nominal
Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39
Comparator Function ON/OFF . . . . . . . . 4-40
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
FrontPanel Op eration for Setting the Comparator
Function to ON or OFF . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Auxliary Bin ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41
FrontPanel Op eration for Setting the AUX BIN to
ON or OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
Low/High Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
FrontPanel Op eration for Setting the Low/High
Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44
System Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Load/Store Function . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Clear Table Function . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
Printer Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
LIST SWEEP SETUP Page . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
Sweep Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50
FrontPanel Op eration for Setting the List Sweep
MeasurementMode . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
List Sweep Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
FrontPanel Op eration for Setting the List Sw
eep
Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
Sweep Points and Limit Mode . . . . . . . . . 4-52
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
FrontPanel Op eration for Setting the Sweep
Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53
System Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54
Load/Store Function . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54
Clear Table Function . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54
Printer Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
Contents-5
5. Catalog/System Conguration
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
CATALOG Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
System Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Media Specifying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Load/Store Function . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Printer Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Purge Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
SYSTEM CONFIG Page . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Beeper Function ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
How to Set the Beeper to ON or OFF . . . . . 5-7
HP-IB Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
How to Set the HP-IB Address . . . . . . . . 5-8
How to Set the Talk Only Mo de . . . . . . . 5-8
Handler Interface Setting . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
How to Set the Handler Interface to ON or OFF 5-9
Scanner Interface Setting . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
How to Set the Scanner Interface to ON or OFF 5-9
System Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Printer Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
SELF TEST Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Memory Card R/W Test . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Howto Perform the Memory Card R/W Test . 5-13
LED Display Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Howto Perform the LED Display Test . . . . 5-14
LCD Display Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Howto Perform the LCD Display Test . . . . 5-14
Handler I/F Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Scanner I/F EEPROM R/W Test . . . . . . . 5-15
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Howto Perform the Scanner I/F EEPROM R/W
Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Scanner I/F I/O Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Bias Current I/F I/O Test . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
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6. Measurement Pro cedure and Examples
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Basic Measurement Procedure . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Impedance Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Parallel/Series Circuit Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Selecting Circuit Mo de of Capacitance . . . . . 6-5
Small Capacitance (mo deled by (a) in Figure 6-3) 6-5
Large Capacitance (mo deled by (b) in Figure 6-3) 6-5
Selecting Circuit Mo de of Inductance . . . . . . 6-6
Large Inductance (mo deled by (a) in Figure 6-4) 6-6
Small Inductance (mo deled by (b) in Figure 6-4) 6-6
Signal Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Signal Level Across The DUT . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Oscillator Level Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Signal Level Setting Selection Example for
Inductance Measurements . . . . . . . . 6-8
Four-Terminal Pair Conguration . . . . . . . . 6-9
Measurement Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Capacitance To Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Contact Resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Extending Test Leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Guarding For Low Capacitance Measurements . . 6-15
Shielding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Correction Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
Performing OPEN Correction . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Performing SHORT Correction . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Performing LOAD Correction . . . . . . . . . 6-20
Preparing the Standard . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
Reference Values of the LOAD Standard . . . 6-20
Using the Pre-Measured Device for the LOAD . 6-21
Parasitics Incident to DUT Connection . . . . . . 6-22
Characteristics Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23
Capacitor Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24
Inductance Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27
If the HP 4284A does NOT Measure Correctly . . . 6-32
7. Remote Control
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus (HP-IB) . . . . . . 7-1
HP-IB Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
HP-IB Capability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
HP-IB Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
HP-IB Bus Capability. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
ABORT I/O (IFC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
CLEAR LOCKOUT/SET LOCAL . . . . . . 7-4
DEVICE CLEAR (SDC or DCL) . . . . . . . 7-4
LOCAL (GTL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
LOCAL LOCKOUT (LLO) . . . . . . . . . 7-5
REMOTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
SPOLL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
SERVICE REQUEST . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
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TRIGGER (GET) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Standard Commands for Programmable
Instruments(SCPI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Data Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
ASCII Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Binary Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Floating PointFormat . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Trigger System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Data Buer Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
Status Byte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Enabling the Status Byte . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Operation Status Register Group . . . . . . . . 7-23
Standard Operation Status Condition Register . 7-24
Standard Operation Status Event Register . . . 7-25
Standard Operation Status Event Enable Register 7-26
Standard Event Status Register . . . . . . . . 7-27
Enabling the Event Status Register . . . . . . . 7-30
Sample Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
Control Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
MEAS SETUP page . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
CORRECTION page . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
LIMIT TABLE SETUP page . . . . . . . . 7-34
LIST SWEEP SETUP page . . . . . . . . . 7-35
Data Transfer Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
ASCII Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
BINARYFormat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
8. Command Reference
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Notation Conventions and Denitions . . . . . . . 8-1
Command Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Command Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Header and Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
NR1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
NR2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
NR3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Terminators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Program Message Terminators . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Response Message Terminators . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
DISPlay Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
:PAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
:LINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
FREQuency Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13
VOLTage Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-14
CURRent Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-15
AMPLitude Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16
OUTPut Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-17
:High POWer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-17
:DC:ISOLation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18
BIAS Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-19
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:STATe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20
:VOLTage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-21
:CURRent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-22
FUNCtion Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-23
:IMPedance[:TYPE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-24
:IMPedance:RANGe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
:IMPedance:RANGe :AUTO . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26
:Source MONitor:VAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-27
:Source MONitor:IAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-28
:DEV<n>:MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-29
:DEV<n>:REFerence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-30
:DEV<n>:REFerence:FILL . . . . . . . . . . . 8-30
LIST Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-31
:FREQuency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-32
:VOLTage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-33
:CURRent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-34
:BIAS:VOLTage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-35
:BIAS:CURRent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-36
:MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-37
:BAND<n>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-38
APERture Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-39
TRIGger Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-40
:IMMediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-40
:SOURce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-41
:DELay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-42
INITiate Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-43
[:IMMediate] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-43
:CONTinuous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-44
FETCh? Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45
[:IMP]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45
:Source MONitor:VAC? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-46
:Source MONitor:IAC? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-46
ABORt Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-47
FORMat Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-48
MEMory Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-49
:DIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-49
:FILL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-49
:CLEar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-50
:READ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-50
CORRection Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-51
:LENGth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-52
:METHod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-53
:OPEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-53
:OPEN:STATe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-54
:SHORt.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-54
:SHORt:STATe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-55
:LOAD:STATe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-56
:LOAD:TYPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-57
:SPOT<n>:STATe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-58
:SPOT<n>:FREQuency . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-59
:SPOT<n>:OPEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-60
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:SPOT<n>:SHORt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-60
:SPOT<n>:LOAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-61
:SPOT<n>:LOAD :STANdard . . . . . . . . . . 8-62
:USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-63
:USE:DATA? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-64
COMParator Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-65
[:STATe] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-66
:MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-67
:TOLerance:NOMinal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-68
:TOLerance:BIN<n>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-69
:SEQuence:BIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-70
:Secondary LIMit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-71
:Auxiliary BIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-72
:SWAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-73
:BIN:CLEar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-73
:BIN:COUNt[:STATe] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-74
:BIN:COUNt:DATA? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-75
:BIN:COUNt:CLEar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-75
Mass MEMory Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-76
:LOAD:STATe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-76
:STORe:STATe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-76
SYSTem:ERRor? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-77
STATus Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-78
:OPERation[:EVENt]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-79
:OPERation:CONDition? . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-80
:OPERation:ENABle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-81
Common Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-82
*CLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-82
*ESE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-83
*ESR? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-84
*SRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-85
*STB? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-86
*IDN? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-87
*OPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-88
*WAI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-88
*RST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-89
*TST? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-89
*TRG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-90
*LRN? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-91
*OPT? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-92
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9. General Information
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
Components not Covered byWarranty . . . . . . 9-1
Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
MeasurementFunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
MeasurementParameters . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Mathematical Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Equivalent Measurement Circuit . . . . . . . 9-3
Ranging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Delay Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Measurement terminals . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Test Cable Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
With Option 006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Integration Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Averaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Test Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Signal Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Normal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Constant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Signal Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Output Impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Test Signal Level Monitor . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Display Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Absolute Measurement Accuracy . . . . . . . . 9-5
jZj,jYj
, L, C, R, X, G and B Accuracy
. . . . 9-5
D accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Q Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
G Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
RpAccuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
RsAccuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Relative Measurement Accuracy . . . . . . . . 9-7
jZj,jYj
, L, C, R, X, G and B Accuracy
. . . . 9-8
D accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Q Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
G Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
RpAccuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
RsAccuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
Example of C-D Accuracy Calculation . . . . . 9-11
Measurement Conditions . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
Specication Charts and Tables . . . . . . . . 9-12
HP 4284A Calibration Accuracy . . . . . . . . 9-16
Correction Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Zero Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Zero Short . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
List Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Comparator Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Sorting Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Bin Count. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
List Sweep Comparator . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
DC Bias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Setting Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Other Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
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Store/Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
HP-IB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Interface Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Self Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Option 001 (Power Amp/DC Bias) . . . . . . 9-18
Test Signal Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Output Impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Test Signal Level Monitor . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
DC Bias Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Bias Current Isolation Function . . . . . . . 9-20
DC Bias Monitor Terminal . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Other Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Furnished Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Line Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Line Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Power Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Operating Environment.. . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Altitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Capable of Displaying . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Number of Display Digits . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Supplemental Performance Characteristics . . . . . 9-21
Stability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Temperature Coecient. . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Settling Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Frequency (fm). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Test Signal Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Measurement Range . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Input Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Measurement Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Display Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
HP-IB Data Output Time . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
DC Bias (1.5 V/2 V) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Option 001 (Power Amp/DC Bias) . . . . . . . 9-24
DC Bias Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
DC Bias Current. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Relative Measurement Accuracy with Bias Current
Isolation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Calculation Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Measurement Conditions . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
DC Bias Settling Time . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Rack/Handle Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Storage and Repacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Original Packaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
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Other Packaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
10. Performance Tests
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
Test Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
Performance Test Record . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
Calibration Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
System Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4
Test Frequency Accuracy Test . . . . . . . . . . 10-5
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5
Procedure: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5
Test Signal Level/Level-Monitor Accuracy Test . . . 10-6
Equipment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6
Procedure: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7
DC Bias Level Accuracy Test . . . . . . . . . . 10-9
Equipment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9
Procedure: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10
Impedance Measurement Accuracy Test . . . . . . 10-12
Equipment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12
Procedure: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12
Store and Load Function Test . . . . . . . . . . 10-20
Equipment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-20
Procedure: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-20
HP-IB Interface Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21
Equipment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21
Procedure: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21
Bias CurrentInterface Function Test (Option 002 only) 10-23
Equipment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23
Procedure: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23
Handler Interface Function Test (Option 201 only) . 10-26
Equipment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26
Procedure: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26
Handler Interface Function Test (Option 202 only) . 10-30
Equipment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30
Procedure: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30
Scanner Interface Function Test (Option 301 only) . 10-33
Equipment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-33
Procedure: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-33
Supplying DC Power to the Simulator . . . . . . . 10-36
Procedure: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-36
Performance Test Record . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-37
Test Signal Frequency Accuracy Test . . . . . . 10-37
Test Signal Level/Level-Monitor Accuracy Test . . 10-37
Multimeter Reading (Signal Frequency: 1.25 kHz,
Hi-PW: OFF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-37
Level Monitor Reading (Signal Frequency: 1.25
kHz, Hi-PW: OFF) . . . . . . . . . . . 10-37
Multimeter Reading (Signal Frequency: 960 kHz,
Hi PW: OFF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-38
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Multimeter Reading (Signal Frequency: 1.25 kHz,
Hi PW: ON) Option 001 ONLY.. . . . . 10-38
Level Monitor Reading (Signal Frequency: 1.25
kHz, Hi-PW: ON) Option 001 ONLY . . . 10-38
Multimeter Reading (Signal Frequency: 960 kHz,
Hi PW: ON) Option 001 ONLY.. . . . . 10-39
Level Monitor Reading (Signal Frequency: 960
kHz, Hi-PW: ON) Option 001 ONLY . . . 10-39
DC Bias Voltage Accuracy Test . . . . . . . . 10-40
Hi-PW OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-40
Hi-PW ON (Option 001 only) . . . . . . . . 10-40
Impedance Measurement Accuracy Test . . . . . 10-41
10 pF Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-41
OSC Level: 510 mV . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-41
OSC Level: 20 mV . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-41
OSC Level: 5.1 V (Option 001 only) . . . . . 10-42
100 pF Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-42
OSC Level: 510 mV . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-42
OSC Level: 20 mV . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-42
OSC Level: 5.1 V (Option 001 only) . . . . . 10-42
1000 pF Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-43
OSC Level: 510 mV . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-43
OSC Level: 20 mV . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-43
OSC Level: 5.1 V (Option 001 only) . . . . . 10-43
0.01F Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44
OSC Level: 510 mV . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44
OSC Level: 20 mV . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44
OSC Level: 5.1 V (Option 001 only) . . . . . 10-44
0.1F Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44
OSC Level :510 mV . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44
OSC Level: 20 mV . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44
OSC Level: 5.1 V (Option 001 only) . . . . . 10-44
1F Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-45
OSC Level :510 mV . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-45
OSC Level: 20 mV . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-45
OSC Level: 5.1 V (Option 001 only) . . . . . 10-45
100 Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-45
OSC Level :510 mV . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-45
OSC Level: 20 mV . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-45
OSC Level: 5.1 V (Option 001 only) . . . . . 10-45
1k Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-46
OSC Level :510 mV . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-46
OSC Level: 20 mV . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-46
1 m Cable Length Op eration . . . . . . . . . . 10-46
2 m Cable Length Op eration (Option 006 only) . 10-46
4 m Cable Length Op eration (Option 006 only) . 10-46
Store and Load Function Test . . . . . . . . . 10-46
HP-IB Interface Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-46
Bias CurrentInterface Function Test (Option 002
only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-46
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A. Manual Changes
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Manual Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
CHANGE1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
CHANGE2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
B. Error and Warning Messages
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Operation Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
HP-IB Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Sample Program to Detect the Error . . . . . . B-2
Operation Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
HP-IB Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9
System Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11
Instruction Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-12
C. Initial Settings and System Memory
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
D. Correction Data
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
Test Frequency and Correction Frequency . . . . . D-1
Single Channel Correction Mode . . . . . . . . D-2
Multi Channel Correction Mo de . . . . . . . . D-3
CORRECTION FUNCTION SETTING . . . . . . D-4
E. Write Protection
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1
Write Protection Pro cedure . . . . . . . . . . . E-1
F. Test Frequency Point
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1
Frequency Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1
G. Transient States Caused by Measurement Condition Changes
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-1
Changing the Test Frequency . . . . . . . . . . G-2
Changing the Measurement Range . . . . . . . . G-3
CHANGING THE DC BIAS VOLTAGE . . . . . G-6
Short Circuit Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-8
Index
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Figures
1-1. Power Cable Supplied . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
1-2. Line Voltage Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
1-3. Rack Mount Kits Installation . . . . . . . . . 1-7
2-1. FrontPanel Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2-2. Rear Panel Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
2-3. Displa y Area Denition . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
2-4. MENU keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
2-5. Displa y Pages (1/3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
2-6. CURSOR Keys and Field Operation Example . . 2-16
2-7. Softkey Selection Example . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
3-1. Available Fields on the MEAS DISPLAYPage . . 3-2
3-2. Available Softkeys on the MEAS DISPLAYPage . 3-3
3-3. Eective Measuring Range for Each Measurement
Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
3-4. Eective Measuring Range (Oscillator Level2V or
20 mA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
3-5. Eective Measuring Range (Oscillator Level>2V or
>
20 mA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
3-6. DC BIAS Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
3-7. DC BIAS Monitor Circuits . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
3-8. MEAS DISPLAYPage Example . . . . . . . . 3-21
3-9. Available Fields on the BIN No. DISPLAYPage . 3-24
3-10. Available Softkeys on the BIN No. DISPLAYPage 3-24
3-11. BIN No. DISPLAYPage Example . . . . . . . 3-27
3-12. Available Fields on the BIN COUNT DISPLAYPage 3-29
3-13. Available Softkeys on the BIN COUNT DISPLAY
Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
3-14. BIN COUNT DISPLAYPage Example . . . . . 3-31
3-15. Available Fields on the LIST SWEEP DISPLAY
Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
3-16. Available Softkeys on the LIST SWEEP DISPLAY
Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
3-17. SEQ Mo de and STEP Mo de . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
3-18. LIST SWEEP DISPLAYPage Example . . . . . 3-36
4-1. Available Fields on the MEAS SETUP Page . . . 4-2
4-2. Available Softkeys on the MEAS SETUP Page . . 4-3
4-3. External Trigger Pulse . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
4-4. Feedback Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
4-5. Available Operating Area for the ALC F
4-6. MEAS SETUP page After Clearing the Setup
unction . 4-8
. . 4-15
4-7. MEAS SETUP page Example . . . . . . . . . 4-16
4-8. Available Fields on the CORRECTION Page . . 4-19
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4-9. Available Softkeys on the CORRECTION Page . 4-20
4-10. Stray Admittance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
4-11. OPEN/SHORT Correction Using The Interpolation
Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
4-12. Residual Impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
4-13. OPEN/SHORT/LOAD Correction . . . . . . . 4-25
4-14. CORRECTION Page Example . . . . . . . . . 4-33
4-15. Available Fields on the LIMIT TABLE SETUP Page 4-35
4-16. Available Softkeys on the LIMIT TABLE SETUP
Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
4-17. Swap Parameter Function . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
4-18. Tolerance Mo de and Sequential Mode . . . . . . 4-38
4-19. Limit Table Using the Sequential Mode . . . . . 4-45
4-20. LIMIT TABLE SETUP Page Example . . . . . 4-47
4-21. Available Fields on the LIST SWEEP SETUP Page 4-49
4-22. Available Softkeys on the LIST SWEEP SETUP
Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50
4-23. SEQ mode and STEP mo de . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
4-24. List Sweep Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
4-25. LIST SWEEP SETUP Page Example . . . . . . 4-55
5-1. Available Fields on the CATALOG Page . . . . 5-2
5-2. Available Softkeys on the CATALOG Page . . . 5-2
5-3. CATALOG Page Example . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
5-4. Available Fields on the SYSTEM CONFIG Page . 5-6
5-5. Available Softkeys on the SYSTEM CONFIG Page 5-7
5-6. SYSTEM CONFIG page Example . . . . . . . 5-10
5-7. Available Fields on the SELF TEST Page . . . . 5-12
5-8. Available Softkeys on the SELF TEST Page . . . 5-12
6-1. Denition of Impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
6-2. Vector Representation of Admittance . . . . . . 6-4
6-3. Capacitance Circuit Mo de Selection . . . . . . . 6-6
6-4. Inductance Circuit Mo de Selection . . . . . . . 6-7
6-5. Simplied Model of Signal Level and DUT . . . . 6-8
6-6. Four-Terminal Pair Measurement Principle . . . 6-9
6-7. Measurement Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
6-8. Mo del of Capacitance to Ground . . . . . . . . 6-11
6-9. Reducing Capacitance to Ground . . . . . . . . 6-12
6-10. Contact Resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
6-11. Extending The Four-Terminal Pair Test Leads . . 6-13
6-12. Measurement Contacts for Test Leads Extension . 6-14
6-13. Example DUT Guard Plate Connection . . . . . 6-15
6-14. Guard Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
6-15. Sample Shorting Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
6-16. Shorting Plate Connection . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
6-17. Parasitic Impedance Mo del (Using the HP
16047A/C/D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
6-18. Typical Characteristics of Comp onents . . . . . 6-23
6-19. Connecting the HP 16047A . . . . . . . . . . 6-25
6-20. Connecting A Shorting Bar . . . . . . . . . . 6-26
6-21. Connecting DUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-26
6-22. Measurement Results of A 470 pF Capacitor .
. . 6-27
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6-23. Connecting the HP 16047A . . . . . . . . . . 6-29
6-24. Connecting A Shorting Bar . . . . . . . . . . 6-30
6-25. Connecting DUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30
6-26. Measurement Results of The Magnetic-Cored
Inductor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-31
7-1. HP-IB Connector Signal/Pin Conguration . . . 7-2
7-2. Typical HP-IB System Interconnection . . . . . 7-3
7-3. Functional Layers Diagram . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
7-4. ASCI I Format 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
7-5. ASCI I Format 2 (List Sweep) . . . . . . . . . 7-9
7-6. BINARYFormat 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
7-7. Binary Data Format For List Sweep Measurement 7-11
7-8. Trigger State Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
7-9. INITiate Subsystem Commands and Trigger System 7-12
7-10. Trigger System and Trigger Commands . . . . . 7-13
7-11. TRIGger:IMMediate Command Sample Program . 7-14
7-12. *TRG or GET Command Sample Program . . . 7-14
7-13. Triggering System and Data Transfer . . . . . . 7-15
7-14. Buered Data Transfer Sample Program and
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
7-15. ASCII Format (Buer Memory) . . . . . . . . 7-18
7-16. BINARYFormat (Buer Memory) . . . . . . . 7-18
7-17. Status Byte Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
7-18. Operation Status Register Structure . . . . . . 7-23
7-19. Standard Event Status Register . . . . . . . . 7-28
7-20. MEAS SETUP Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
7-21. CORRECTION page . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
7-22. LIMIT TABLE SETUP page . . . . . . . . . 7-34
7-23. LIST SWEEP SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
7-24. Sample Program (Comparator) Using ASCII Format 7-36
7-25. Sample Program (Buer Memory) Using ASCII
Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37
7-26. Sample Program (List Sweep) Using ASCII Format 7-37
7-27. Sample Program (Comparator) Using BINARY
Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38
7-28. Sample Program (Buer Memory) Using BINARY
Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
7-29. Sample Program (List Sweep) Using BINARY
Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39
8-1. Command Tree Example . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
8-2. Command Header and Parameters . . . . . . . 8-5
8-3. DISPlay Subsystem Command Tree . . . . . . . 8-10
8-4. OUTPut Subsystem Command Tree . . . . . . 8-17
8-5. BIAS Subsystem Command Tree . . . . . . . . 8-19
8-6. FUNCtion Subsystem Command Tree . . . . . . 8-23
8-7. LIST Subsystem Command Tree . . . . . . . . 8-31
8-8. TRIGger Subsystem Command Tree . . . . . . 8-40
8-9. INITiate Subsystem Command Tree . . . . . . 8-43
8-10. FETCh? Subsystem Command Tree . . . . . . 8-45
8-11. MEMory Subsystem Command Tree . . . . . . 8-49
8-12. CORRection Subsystem Command Tree . . . . . 8-51
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8-13. COMParator Subsystem Command Tree . . . . 8-65
8-14. Mass MEMory Subsystem Command Tree . . . . 8-76
8-15. STATus Subsystem Command Tree . . . . . . . 8-78
9-1. Serial Number Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
9-2. Test Signal Voltage and Test Frequency upper Limits
to apply measurement accuracy to 2 m and 4 m
Cable Length Operation. . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
9-3. Test Signal Voltage and DC Bias Voltage Upper
Limits Apply for Measurement Accuracy.. . . 9-8
9-4. Basic Accuracy A (1 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12
9-5. Basic Accuracy A (2 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
9-6. Temperature Factor Ke. . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
9-7. Maxim um Capacitance Voltage . . . . . . . . . 9-22
9-8. Measurement Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
9-9. Rack Mount Kits Installation . . . . . . . . . 9-27
10-1. Test Frequency Accuracy Test Setup . . . . . . 10-5
10-2. Test Signal Level Accuracy Test Setup Using an
Interface Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6
10-3. Test Signal Level Accuracy Test Setup Without an
Interface Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6
10-4. DC Bias Level Accuracy Test Setup Using an
Interface Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9
10-5. DC Bias Level Accuracy Test Setup Without an
Interface Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9
10-6. Impedance Measurement Accuracy Test Setup . . 10-12
10-7. Correction Page Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13
10-8. HP-IB Interface Test Setup . . . . . . . . . . 10-21
10-9. Bias Interface Simulator . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23
10-10. Bias CurrentInterface Function Test Setup . . . 10-24
10-11. Bias CurrentInterface Function Test . . . . . . 10-25
10-12. Interface Board Locations . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26
10-13. Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27
10-14. Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-28
10-15. Handler Interface Function Test Set UP . . . . . 10-28
10-16. Handler Interface Function Check . . . . . . . 10-29
10-17. Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
10-18. Handler Interface Function Test Set up . . . . . 10-31
10-19. Handler Interface Function Check . . . . . . . 10-32
10-20. SW1 and SW2 settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-34
10-21. Scanner Simulator Connections . . . . . . . . . 10-34
10-22. A7 Board Lo cation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-36
E-1. A7 Digital Board Location . . . . . . . . . . . E-2
E-2. Write Protection Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . E-3
G-1. Required Delay Time After Changing the
Measurement Range (1) . . . . . . . . . . G-3
G-2. Required Delay Time After Changing the
Measurement Range (2) . . . . . . . . . . G-4
G-3. Required Delay Times After Changing the
Measurement Range (3) . . . . . . . . . . G-5
G-4. Required Delay Times After Changing the DC Bias
(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-6
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G-5. Required Delay Time After Changing the DC Bias
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-7
G-6. Required Delay Times For Short Circuit Recovery (1) G-8
G-7. Required Delay Times For Short Circuit Recovery (2) G-9
G-8. Short Circuit Recovery Delay Times (3) . . . . . G-10
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