Technical data

Agilent B1500A/B1505A Programming Guide, Edition 11 4-77

Command Reference

If the output voltage is greater than the allowable voltage for the interlock open

condition, the interlock circuit must be shorted.

Syntax DV chnum,vrange,voltage[,Icomp[,comp_polarity[,irange]]

Parameters chnum : SMU source channel number. Integer expression. 1 to 10 or 101 to

1001. See Table 4-1 on page 4-16.

vrange : Ranging type for voltage output. Integer expression. The output range

will be set to the minimum range that covers voltage value. For the

limited auto ranging, the instrument never uses the range less than the

specified range. See Table 4-4 on page 4-21.

voltage : Output voltage value (in V). Numeric expression. See Table 4-7 on

page 4-24, Table 4-9 on page 4-26, Table 4-12 on page 4-27, or Table

4-15 on page 4-28 for each measurement resource type.

Icomp : Current compliance value (in A). Numeric expression. See Table 4-7 on

page 4-24, Table 4-9 on page 4-26, Table 4-12 on page 4-27, or Table

4-15 on page 4-28 for each measurement resource type. If you do not

set Icomp, the previous value is used. 0 A is not allowed for Icomp.

comp_

polarity : Polarity of current compliance. Integer expression.

0: Auto mode (default setting). The compliance polarity is

automatically set to the same polarity as voltage, regardless of the

specified Icomp. If voltage=0 V, the polarity is set to positive.

1: Manual mode. Uses the polarity of Icomp you specified.

irange : Current compliance ranging type. Integer expression. The compliance

range will be set to the minimum range that covers Icomp value. For the

limited auto ranging, the instrument never uses the range less than the

specified range. See Table 4-5 on page 4-22.

Example

Statements

OUTPUT @B1500;"DV 1,0,20,1E-6,0,15"

OUTPUT @B1500;"DV 2,12,10"

The DZ command stores the settings (V/I output values, V/I output ranges, V/I

compliance values, and so on) of the specified channels, and sets the channels to 0

V. The settings can be recovered by using the RZ command. The stored settings are

cleared by using a device clear (HP BASIC CLEAR) command, *RST, RZ, CL, CA,

or *TST?.