Agilent Technologies 4284A User manual

CAUTIONS ON OPERATION

1. UNKNOWN (MEASUREMENT) TERMINALS

Do NOT

NOTNOT

NOT apply DC voltage or current to the UNKNOWN terminals. Doing so will damage

the 4284A. Before you measure a capacitor, be sure the capacitor is fully discharged.

2. MEMORY CARD

Use Agilent Technologies-specified memory cards containing 4284A-specific data only. If

other memory cards are used, the 4284A may be damaged. Non 4284A-specific data

contained on a memory card is not guaranteed, and data may be lost.

To insert a memory card into the MEMORY

MEMORYMEMORY

MEMORY card slot, hold the memory card with the label

facing upward and with the contacts at the slot opening･Insert the card into the slot until

it "clicks" in place.

To remove a memory card from the 4284A, press the UNLOCK button and remove the

card.

Do NOT remove a memory card while LOADing or STORing data. Doing so may damage

the memory card and any data stored in the memory card may be lost.

Store memory cards in their furnished card cases when not in use. The card case protects

memory cards from contamination and electrostatic discharge.

Also, store memory cards under the following environmental conditions.

Storage Temperature Range: -30 ℃to +70 ℃

Storage Humidity Range: 30%. to 85%. (@ +50 ℃)

Do NOT shock or stress memory cards.

When storing or moving your 4284A, be sure the memory card slot is empty (no memory

card inserted).

Do NOT touch the connector contact surface of a memory card and do NOT use chemical

liquids to clean the contacts.

3. HANDLER INTERFACE BOARD (0PTION 201)

If the +5V internal voltage

+5V internal voltage+5V internal voltage

+5V internal voltage (pin 16, 17 or 18 of the handler interface connector) is not

is notis not

is not

output

outputoutput

output, a fuse on the handler interface board (A32F1) has blown and must be replaced.

Two replacement fuses are furnished with the 4284A option 201. Additional fuses are

available from Agilent Technologies. Order PN 2110-0046.

Fuse: Mpm Time Delay 0.5A 12.5V

If you need this fuse, contact your nearest Agilent Technologies Sales and Service Office.

To replace A32F1 , perform the following procedure.

1. To remove the handler interface board (A32), perform procedure I through 7

procedure I through 7procedure I through 7

procedure I through 7 on page

pagepage

page

10-26

10-2610-26

10-26.

2. Remove A32F1 (indicated in Figure A) from socket and carefully insert the new fuse.

3. Replace the handler interface board, top shield plate, rear feet, and top cover.

If the handler interface continues not to output +5V after A32F1 has been replaced,

contact the nearest Agilent Technologies office.

Agilent 4284A PRECISION LCR METER

OPERA

TION MANUAL

(Including Option 001, 002, 006, 201, 202, 301)

SERIAL NUMBERS

This man

ual applies directly to instruments with the serial n

ber

prex of 2940J02283,02285 and abo

e, and whose R

OM-based

rm

are is v

ersion 01.20. F

or additional imp ortan

tinformation about

serial n

bers, read \Serial Num

ber" in Chapter 9of this Operation

Man

ual.

Agilent Part No. 04284-90040

Printed in JAPAN January 2001

Eighth Edition

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Safety Summary

The follo

wing general safet

yprecautions m

ust b e observ

ed during all

phases of op eration, service, and repair of this instrument. Failure

to comply with these precautions or with specic

ARNINGS

elsewhere in this man

ual ma

yimpair the protection provided by

the equipment. In addition it violates safety standards of design,

man

ufacture, and in

tended use of the instrumen

The A

gilent T

chnolo

gies assumes no liability for the customer's

failur

etocomply with these r

quir

ements.

Note

4284A complies with INST

ALLA

TION CA

TEGOR

YIIand

POLLUTION DEGREE 2in IEC1010-1. 4284A is INDOOR USE

pro duct.

Note

LEDs in this pro duct are Class 1in accordance with IEC825-1.

CLASS 1LED PR

ODUCT

Ground The Instrument

oid electric sho c

k hazard, the instrumen

hassis and cabinet

ust beconnected to a safetyearth ground by the supplied po

cable with earth blade.

DO NOT Operate In An

Explosiv

tmosphere

Do not operate the instrumen

tin the presence of ammable gasses or

fumes. Operation of an

yelectrical instrumen

tin suc

han en

vironmen

constitutes adenite safet

yhazard.

Keep Aw

ayFrom Liv

Circuits

Operating personnel m

ust not remo

einstrument co

ers. Comp onen

replacemen

tand in

ternal adjustmen

ts m

ust bemade b

yqualied

main

tenance p ersonnel. Do not replace comp onen

ts with the po

cable connected. Under certain conditions, dangerous voltages may

exist ev

en with the po

er cable remo

ved. To av

oid injuries, alw

disconnect po

er and disc

harge circuits before touc

hing them.

DO NOT Service Or

Adjust Alone

Do not attempt in

ternal service or adjustmen

tunless another person,

capable of rendering rst aid and resuscitation, is present.

DO NOT Substitute

Parts Or Modify

Instrument

Because of the danger of in

tro ducing additional hazards, do not

install substitute parts or p erform unauthorized mo dications to the

instrumen

t. Return the instrumen

t to a Agilen

echnologies Sales

and Service Oce for service and repair to ensure that safet

y features

are main

tained.

Dangerous Procedure

arnings

,suc

has the example belo

w, precede p oten

tially dangerous

pro cedures throughout this man

ual. Instructions contained in the

warnings must be follo

ed.

arning

Dangerous v

oltages, capable of causing death, are present in this

instrument. Use extreme caution when handling, testing, and adjusting

this instrument.

Safety Symbols

General denitions of safet

ysym

bols used on equipmen

tor

manuals are listed belo

Instruction man

ual sym

bol: the pro duct is mark

with this sym

bol when it is necessary for the user to

refer to the instruction man

ual.

Alternating curren

Direct curren

On (Supply).

O (Supply).

In p osition of push-button switc

Out position of push-button switc

rame (or c

hassis) terminal. Aconnection to the

frame (c

hassis) of the equipmen

twhic

hnormally

include all exposed metal structures.

This

arning

sign denotes ahazard. It calls

atten

tion to apro cedure, practice, condition or the

lik

e, whic

h, if not correctly performed or adhered to,

could result in injury or death to personnel.

This

Caution

sign denotes ahazard. It calls

atten

tion to apro cedure, practice, condition or the

like, whic

h, 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

lik

e, whic

hisessen

tial to highlight.

Axed to pro duct con

taining static sensitive devices

use an

ti-static handling pro cedures to prev

ent

electrostatic disc

harge damage to comp onen

wTo Use This

Manual

This man

ual, the Operation Man

ual for the 4284A Precision LCR

Meter, contains ten c

hapters plus appendixes, organized for the

conv

enience of the rst time user. After y

ou receiv

our 4284A,

begin with Chapter 1.

Chapter 1

Getting Started

Chapter 1pro

vides unpac

king, initial inspection, and preparation

information necessary for you to kno

efore y

ou apply A

Cpo

er.

Chapter 2

erview

Chapter 2pro

vides information including apro duct o

erview and a

tour of the fron

tpanel, whic

hwill help y

ou to quickly learn ho

wto

operate the 4284A.

Chapter 3

DISPLA

ORMA

Chapter 3pro

vides detailed information for the display format and

measuremen

tfunction, corresp onding to

DISPLA

ORMAT

men

Chapter 4

MEAS SETUP

Chapter 4pro

vides detailed information for the measuremen

condition setup, corresp onding to

MEAS SETUP

men

Chapter 5

ALOG/SYSTEM

CONFIGURA

TION

Chapter 5pro

vides detailed information for the in

ternal/external

memory and system conguration catalog of the 4284A,

corresp onding to

ALOG/SYSTEM

men

Chapter 6

Measurement Basics

Chapter 6pro

vides the basic measuremen

tpro cedure with the

general imp edance theory and measuremen

ttec

hniques, and practical

measuremen

texamples.

Chapter 7

Remote Control

Chapter 7pro

vides information to con

trol the 4284A using the GPIB

interface.

Chapter 8

Command Reference

Chapter 8pro

vides detailed information for eac

hof

the 4284A GPIB

commands.

Chapter 9

General Information

Chapter 9 pro

vides the sp ecications, rac

k mount/handle kit

installation, and other general information on the 4284A.

Chapter 10

Performance Test

Chapter 10 pro

vides the performance tests for the 4284A used

for incoming insp ection and v

erication that y

our instrumentis

completely calibrated.

Appendix A

Manual Changes

Appendix Acon

tains Man

ual Changes and pro

vides information for

using this man

ual with an 4284A manufactured before the prin

ting

date of the man

ual.

Appendix B

Error and W

arning

Messages

Appendix Blists the 4284A's error and w

arning messages with brief

descriptions and solutions and the system messages.

Appendix C

Initial Settings and

System Memory

Appendix Clists the 4284A's initial settings and functions whose

status is stored in in

ternal system memory

Appendix D

Correction Data

Appendix Dpro

vides information about the relationship bet

een the

test frequency and the correction data.

Appendix E

Write Protection

Appendix Epro

vides the pro cedure for write protecting all of the

stored data in the 4284A's memory card and in

ternal EEPR

memory

Appendix F

est Frequency P

oints

Appendix Flists all a

ailable test frequency poin

ts from 1kHz to 1

MHz.

Appendix G

Transient States

Caused b

Measurement Condition

Changes

Appendix Gdescrib es the measuremen

tcondition c

hanges whic

cause the transien

tstates, and lists the dela

ytimes required for

arious transien

tstates.

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Computer

Computer font is used for on-screen prompts

and messages.

HARDKEYS

Labeled keys on the instrumentfrontpanel

are enclosed in

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SOFTKEYS

Softk

eys lo cated to the righ

tof the Liquid

Crystal Display(LCD) are enclosed in

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