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1- 2 Agilent B1500A Configuration and Connection Guide, Edition 5
B1500A Product Configuration
Product line up of the B1500A series
1.1 Product line up of the B1500A series
The Agilent B1500A Semiconductor
Device Analyzer is the new generation one
box solution for the semiconductor device
DC/AC parametric measurement and
analysis application. Agilent B1500A
provides the DC voltage/current output
capability, DC voltage/current
measurement capability, and AC signal
output and impedance measurement
capability. So you can perform a
current-voltage sweep measurement and a
capacitance-voltage sweep measurement
for example by one instrument.
The B1500A also provides an intuitive graphical user interface, touch screen LCD panel,
keyboard, and mouse for easy and effective measurement and analysis on the Windows
environment. You can analyze a measurement result characteristics graph for example by
using several tools such as markers, cursors, and lines.
The EasyEXPERT remote control function supports the remote execution of application
tests via the LAN interface.
Also, in the GPIB remote control mode, you can control the B1500A from an external
computer by using Agilent FLEX command set that is the common language for Agilent
semiconductor DC measurement instruments. So you can reuse the measurement program
created for Agilent 4155/4156/E5260/E5270.
• B1500A Semiconductor device analyzer mainframe
Mainframe that provides the ground unit (GNDU) and ten empty slots for the
measurement facilities, and Agilent EasyEXPERT software for the operating
environment. The EasyEXPERT is the GUI based measurement control and analysis
software runs on the Windows.
The B1500A is equipped with the 15 inch LCD with touch panel, hard disk drive,
DVD-ROM/CD-ROM/CD-RW drive, and USB/LAN/GP-IB interfaces. The USB
keyboard, the USB mouse, and the stylus pen are available as option.
• HPSMU module (B1500A-A10)
High power source/monitor unit module. Occupies two slots.
• MPSMU module (B1500A-A11)
Medium power source/monitor unit module. Occupies one slot. Needs Agilent E5288A
ASU(option A29) to perform atto level current measurement or automatic switching of
the measurement resources connection. ASU is effective for the B1511B MPSMU.
ASU cannot be connected to the B1511A MPSMU.
• HRSMU module (B1500A-A17)
High resolution source/monitor unit module. Occupies one slot. Needs Agilent E5288A
ASU (option A28) to perform atto level current measurement or automatic switching of
the measurement resources connection.