Agilent Technologies 4156b User manual

User’s Guide

Volume 2

Measurement and Analysis

Agilent 4155B Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer

Agilent 4156B Precision Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer

Agilent Part No. 04156-90200

Printed in Japan May 2000

Edition 5

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•Safety Summary

The following general safety precautions must be observed during all phases of

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these requirements.

NOTE Agilent 4155B/4156B/41501B comply with INSTALLATION CATEGORY II for

mains input and INSTALLATION CATEGORY I for measurement input terminals,

and POLLUTION DEGREE 2 defined in IEC 1010-1.

Agilent 4155B/4156B/41501B are INDOOR USE products.

NOTE LEDs in Agilent 4155B/4156B/41501B are Class 1 in accordance with IEC 825-1.

CLASS 1 LED PRODUCT.

•GROUND THE INSTRUMENT

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chassis and cabinet must be connected to an electrical ground. The power

terminal and the power cable must meet International Electrotechnical

Commission (IEC) safety standards.

•DO NOT OPERATE IN AN EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERE

Do not operate the instrument in the presence of flammable gases or fumes.

Operation of any electrical instrument in such an environment constitutes a

definite safety hazard.

•KEEP AWAY FROM LIVE CIRCUITS

Operation personnel must not remove instrument covers. Component

replacement and internal adjustments must be made by qualified

maintenance personnel. Do not replace components with power cable

connected. Under certain conditions, dangerous voltages may exist even

with the power cable removed. To avoid injuries, always disconnect power

and discharge circuits before touching them.

•DO NOT SERVICE OR ADJUST ALONE

Do not attempt internal service or adjustment unless another person, capable

of rendering first aid and resuscitation, is present.

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•DO NOT SUBSTITUTE PARTS OR MODIFY INSTRUMENT

Because of the danger of introducing additional hazards, do not install

substitute parts or perform any unauthorized modification to the instrument.

Return the instrument to a Agilent Technologies Sales and Service Office for

services and repair to ensure that safety features are maintained.

•DANGEROUS PROCEDURE WARNINGS

Warnings, such as example below, precede potentially dangerous procedures

throughout this manual. Instructions contained in the warnings must be

followed.

WARNING Dangerous Voltage, capable of causing death, are present in this instrument.

Use extreme caution when handling, testing, and adjusting.

•Safety Symbols

The general definitions of safety symbols used on equipment or in manuals are

listed below.

Instruction manual symbol: the product will be marked with this symbol when it

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against damage to the instrument.

Indicates dangerous voltage and potential for electrical shock. Do not touch

terminals that have this symbol when insrument is on.

Protective conductor terminal. For protection against electrical shock in case of

a fault. Used with field wiring terminals to indicate the terminal which must be

connected to ground before operating equipment.

Frame or chassis terminal. A connection to the frame (chassis) of the equipment

which normally includes all exposed metal structures.

Indicates earth (ground) terminal.

Alternating current.

Direct current.

ON (Supply).

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OFF (Supply).

STANDBY (Supply).

Means INSTALLATION CATEGORY I. Measurement terminals on the rear

panel comply with INSTALLATION CATEGORY I.

WARNING The warning sign denotes a hazard. It calls attention to a procedure, practice,

condition or the like, which, if not correctly performed or adhered to, could result in

injury or death to personal.

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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 product.

•Herstellerbescheinigung

GEÄUSCHEMISSION

Lpa < 70 dB

am Arbeitsplatz

normaler Betrieb

nach DIN 45635 T. 19

•Manufacturer’s Declaration

ACOUSTIC NOISE EMISSION

Lpa < 70dB

operator position

normal operation

per ISO 7779

CAT 1

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Printing History

Edition 1: August 1997

Edition 2: September 1997

Edition 3: October 1998

Edition 4: January 2000

Edition 5: May 2000

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In This Manual

This manual provides information for all parts and functions of Agilent

4155B/4156B, and consists of the following chapters:

•Measurement Units

This chapter provides information about the measurement units.

•Measurement Mode

This chapter provides information about sweep and sampling measurements.

•Measurement Functions

This chapter provides information about the measurement functions.

•Making a Measurement

This chapter describes how to perform measurements.

•Analyzing Measurement Results

This chapter describes how to analyze measurement results manually and

automatically.

•Screen Organization

This chapter provides information about each user interface that is displayed on

the instrument screen.

•Data Variable and Analysis Function

This chapter provides information about data variables and analysis functions.

•If You Have A Problem

This chapter provides problem-solving information that you may encounter.

Text Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this manual:

Screen Text Represents text that appears on screen of the 4155B/4156B.

Italic Refers to a related document, or is used for emphasis.

Contents

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1. Measurement Units

Ground Unit (GNDU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Source/Monitor Unit (SMU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Voltage Source Unit (VSU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16

Voltage Monitor Unit (VMU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17

Pulse Generator Unit (PGU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20

2. Measurement Mode

Sweep Measurement Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Basic Sweep Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Subordinate Sweep Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Synchronous Sweep Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Pulse Sweep Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

Sampling Measurement Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14

Available Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14

Sampling Interval and Measurement Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15

Sampling Measurement Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18

Sampling Completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20

Source Output Sequence and Time Origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22

Linear Sampling Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24

Thinned-out Sampling Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27

Logarithmic Sampling Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30

3. Measurement Functions

Stress Force Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Stress Output Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Stress Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Stress Force Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Stress Stop Function at Abnormal Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

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Contents

Knob Sweep Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

Available units and functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

Normal Sweep and Knob Sweep Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Features of Knob Sweep Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

KNOB SWEEP screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16

Y-AXIS ASSIGN Softkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

SETUP COPY Softkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

DISPLAY SETUP Softkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18

VAR1 SETUP Softkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20

VAR2 SETUP Softkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23

CONST SETUP Softkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25

Analysis of the Knob Sweep Measurement Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26

Standby Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27

Standby Channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27

Standby State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27

Available Units and Output Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28

Output Values of non-Standby Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28

Output Sequence of Standby Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29

When Getting Setup File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30

Operation States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31

Idle State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31

Measurement State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31

Stress Force State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32

Standby State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32

Changing among Operation States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32

Output Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34

Sequential Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35

Simultaneous Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37

Trigger Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39

Trigger Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41

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