Agilent Technologies B1500A User manual

Agilent Technologies
Agilent B1500A
Semiconductor Device
Analyzer
VXIplug&play Driver
User’s Guide

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In This Manual
This manual describes the installation and reference information of the
VXIplug&play driver for the Agilent B1500, and consists of the following chapters:
• Chapter 1, “Installation”
Describes the installation information of the B1500 VXIplug&play driver.
• Chapter 2, “Driver Functions”
Describes the reference information of the B1500 VXIplug&play driver.
• Chapter 3, “Programming Examples for Visual Basic Users”
Provides programming examples using the B1500 VXIplug&play driver on
Microsoft Visual Basic environment.
• Chapter 4, “Programming Examples for C++ Users”
Provides programming examples using the B1500 VXIplug&play driver on
Microsoft Visual C++ environment.
Microsoft, Windows, Visual Basic, and Visual C++ are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Borland and
C++ Builder are trademarks or registered trademarks of Borland Software Corporation. LabWindows and LabView are
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Contents
Agilent B1500 VXIplug&play Driver User’s Guide, Edition 3
1. Installation
System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Installing VXIplug&play Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Before Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
2. Driver Functions
Function List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Status Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Function Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
agb1500_abortMeasure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
agb1500_addSampleSyncIv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
agb1500_asuLed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
agb1500_asuPath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
agb1500_asuRange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
agb1500_autoCal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
agb1500_clearCorrData . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
agb1500_clearSampleSync. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
agb1500_close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
agb1500_cmd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
agb1500_cmdData_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
agb1500_cmdInt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
agb1500_cmdInt16Arr_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
agb1500_cmdInt16_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
agb1500_cmdInt32Arr_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
agb1500_cmdInt32_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
agb1500_cmdReal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
agb1500_cmdReal64Arr_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
agb1500_cmdReal64_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23

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agb1500_cmdString_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
agb1500_dcl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24
agb1500_error_message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24
agb1500_error_query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24
agb1500_errorQueryDetect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
agb1500_errorQueryDetect_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
agb1500_execCmuAdjust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
agb1500_execLoadCorr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26
agb1500_execOpenCorr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27
agb1500_execShortCorr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28
agb1500_force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28
agb1500_forceCmuAcLevel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29
agb1500_forceCmuDcBias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30
agb1500_init. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30
agb1500_measureBdv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31
agb1500_measureIleak. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31
agb1500_measureM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32
agb1500_measureP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-33
agb1500_msweepIv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34
agb1500_msweepMiv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-36
agb1500_opc_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-38
agb1500_readData . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-38
agb1500_readStatusByte_Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39
agb1500_recoverOutput. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39
agb1500_reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40
agb1500_resetTimestamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40
agb1500_revision_query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40
agb1500_sampleIv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41
agb1500_scuuLed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-43
agb1500_scuuPath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-44
agb1500_self_test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-45
agb1500_setAdc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-46

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agb1500_setAdcType . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-46
agb1500_setBdv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-47
agb1500_setCmuAdjustMode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-48
agb1500_setCmuFreq. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-48
agb1500_setCmuInteg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-48
agb1500_setCv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-49
agb1500_setFilter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-50
agb1500_setIleak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-50
agb1500_setIv. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-51
agb1500_setLoadCorrMode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-52
agb1500_setNthSweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-53
agb1500_setOpenCorrMode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-54
agb1500_setPbias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-54
agb1500_setPiv. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-56
agb1500_setSample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-57
agb1500_setSampleMode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-59
agb1500_setSerRes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-60
agb1500_setShortCorrMode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-60
agb1500_setSweepSync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-61
agb1500_setSwitch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-62
agb1500_spotCmuMeas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-62
agb1500_spotMeas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-64
agb1500_startMeasure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-65
agb1500_stopMode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-67
agb1500_sweepCv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-68
agb1500_sweepIv. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-70
agb1500_sweepMiv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-72
agb1500_sweepPbias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-74
agb1500_sweepPiv. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-76
agb1500_timeOut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-78
agb1500_timeOut_Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-78
agb1500_zeroOutput . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-78

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3. Programming Examples for Visual Basic Users
Programming Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
To Create Your Project Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
To Create Measurement Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
High Speed Spot Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Multi Channel Spot Measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Pulsed Spot Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Staircase Sweep Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Multi Channel Sweep Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
Pulsed Sweep Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
Staircase Sweep with Pulsed Bias Measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-50
Breakdown Voltage Measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-56
Leakage Current Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-59
4. Programming Examples for C++ Users
Programming Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
To Create Your Project Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
To Create Measurement Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
High Speed Spot Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Multi Channel Spot Measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Pulsed Spot Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Staircase Sweep Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Multi Channel Sweep Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Pulsed Sweep Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29
Staircase Sweep with Pulsed Bias Measurement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33

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Breakdown Voltage Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Leakage Current Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39
Sampling Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41
High Speed Spot C Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
CV Sweep Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49

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1 Installation

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This chapter describes the system requirements and installation procedure for the
Agilent B1500 VXIplug&play driver.
• “System Requirements”
• “Installing VXIplug&play Driver”
• “Before Programming”

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System Requirements
The following system environments are required.
•OperatingSystem
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional or Windows XP Professional. It must be
supported by the application development environment.
• Application Development Environment (programming environment)
Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual C++, Borland C++Builder, National
Instruments LabWindows/CVI or LabView, or Agilent VEE.
• GPIB (IEEE 488) Interface and VISA I/O Library
Agilent GPIB interface with Agilent IO libraries or equivalent.
• Computer and peripherals
Required specifications depend on the application development environment.
See manual of the software.
• Minimum disk space
2 MB for the Agilent B1500 VXIplug&play driver
NOTE For the latest system requirements, go to www.agilent.com and type in B1500A in
the Search field at the top of the page.

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Installing VXIplug&play Driver
The installation flow is shown below. If you have already installed the GPIB (IEEE
488) interface, VISA I/O library, and programming software on your computer, skip
steps 1 through 4.
1. Install the GPIB interface to your PC.
See manual of the GPIB interface. Note the model number of the GPIB
interface, as you may need it to configure the interface (in step 3).
2. Install VISA I/O library.
Follow the setup program instructions.
3. Configure and check the GPIB interface.
See manual of the VISA I/O library.
4. Install the programming software.
Follow the setup program instructions.
5. Install the Agilent B1500 VXIplug&play driver.
a. Insert the Agilent B1500 Software CD-ROM to the drive connected to your
computer.
b. Execute setup.exe or \Pnp\B1500.exe on the CD-ROM.
The setup program installs the driver. See Table 1-1 for the installed files.

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Installation
Table 1-1 Agilent B1500 VXIplug&play Driver Files
File Name a
a. Execute echo %VXIPNPPATH% on the Command Prompt to know <install folder>.
Description
<install folder>\Winnt\Agb1500\agb1500.bas Driver for Microsoft Visual Basic
<install folder>\Winnt\Agb1500\agb1500.c Driver source code file
<install folder>\Winnt\Agb1500\agb1500.def DLL export definition file
<install folder>\Winnt\Agb1500\agb1500.fp Front panel file
<install folder>\Winnt\Agb1500\agb1500.h Driver header file
<install folder>\Winnt\Agb1500\agb1500.hlp On-line help file
<install folder>\Winnt\Agb1500\readme.txt Read me file
<install folder>\Winnt\bin\agb1500_32.dll Driver DLL file
<install folder>\Winnt\include\agb1500.h Driver header file
<install folder>\Winnt\lib\bc\agb1500.lib Library for Borland C++Builder
<install folder>\Winnt\lib\bc\agb1500_32.lib Library for Borland C++Builder
<install folder>\Winnt\lib\msc\agb1500.lib Library for Microsoft C++
<install folder>\Winnt\lib\msc\agb1500_32.lib Library for Microsoft C++

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Installation
Before Programming
Before starting the programming using the Agilent B1500 VXIplug&play driver,
perform following.
1. Terminate the Agilent EasyEXPERT software as follows.
a. Select File > Exit on the EasyEXPERT main window.
b. Click [x] at the upper right corner of the Start EasyEXPERT button.
2. Open the Agilent Connection Expert window by clicking Agilent IO Control
icon on the Windows task bar and selecting Agilent Connection Expert.
3. Change the following setup items as shown below. The setup window can be
opened by highlighting GPIB0 in the Instrument I/O on this PC area, and
clicking Change Properties... button.
GPIB address B1500A’s GPIB address (ex: 17)
System Controller No
Auto-discover No
The factory shipment initial values are 17, No, and No, respectively.
4. If the Reboot Required dialog box is displayed, reboot the B1500A by clicking
the Reboot Now button.
If the Reboot Required dialog box is not displayed, open the Start EasyEXPERT
button by selecting the Start EasyEXPERT menu in the Windows start menu.
NOTE Start EasyEXPERT Button
Leave the Start EasyEXPERT button on the B1500A screen. The button must be
displayed on the screen or minimized to the Windows task bar. The Start
EasyEXPERT service must be run to control the Agilent B1500A from an external
computer.

2 Driver Functions

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Driver Functions
This chapter is the complete reference of VXIplug&play driver for the Agilent
B1500.
• “Function List”
•“Parameters”
• “Status Code”
• “Function Reference”
NOTE Additional information
See the on-line help of the VXIplug&play drivers, or open the Agb1500.hlp file in
the directory that the driver is installed. See “Installing VXIplug&play Driver” on
page 1-4.
For measurement functions of the Agilent B1500, see Agilent B1500 Programming
Guide.

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Driver Functions
Function List
Table 2-1 lists all the driver functions for the Agilent B1500. You will see a brief
description of the functions in the table.
Table 2-1 B1500 Driver Functions
Category Function Description
Initialize agb1500_init Initializes the software connection with the B1500.
Close agb1500_close Closes the software connection with the B1500.
Miscellaneous agb1500_autoCal Sets the auto calibration mode
agb1500_resetTimestamp Clears the timer count (time stamp data).
Channel setup agb1500_setSwitch Sets the channel output switch.
agb1500_abortMeasure Aborts the present operation and subsequent command
execution.
agb1500_zeroOutput Sets the channel output to 0 V.
agb1500_recoverOutput Recovers the channel output that is set to 0 V by the
agb1500_zeroOutput function.
SMU channel
setup
agb1500_setFilter Sets the output filter.
agb1500_setSerRes Sets the series resistor.
agb1500_setAdcType Selects the ADC type, high speed or high resolution.
agb1500_setAdc Sets the integration time or number of samples for ADC.
agb1500_asuLed Enables/disables the status indicator (LED) of the ASU.
agb1500_asuPath Controls the connection path of the ASU.
agb1500_asuRange Enables/disables 1 pA operation of the ASU.
MFCMU
channel setup
agb1500_setCmuInteg Sets the A/D converter of the MFCMU.
agb1500_scuuLed Enables/disables the status indicator (LED) of the SCUU.
agb1500_scuuPath Controls the connection path of the SCUU.

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Driver Functions
Spot
measurement
agb1500_force Applies DC current or voltage from the specified SMU.
agb1500_spotMeas Performs high speed spot measurement.
agb1500_measureM Performs spot measurement by multiple channels.
Spot C
measurement
agb1500_force Applies DC current or voltage from the specified SMU.
agb1500_setCmuFreq Sets the MFCMU measurement frequency.
agb1500_forceCmuAcLevel Applies AC voltage from the MFCMU.
agb1500_forceCmuDcBias Applies DC bias from the MFCMU.
agb1500_spotCmuMeas Performs high speed spot C measurement.
Pulsed spot
measurement
agb1500_force Applies DC current or voltage from the specified SMU.
agb1500_setPbias Sets the pulsed bias source.
agb1500_measureP Performs pulsed spot measurement.
Staircase sweep
measurement
agb1500_force Applies DC current or voltage from the specified SMU.
agb1500_setIv Sets the sweep source.
agb1500_setSweepSync Sets the synchronous sweep source.
agb1500_stopMode Sets automatic sweep abort and post sweep output.
agb1500_sweepIv Performs sweep measurement by one channel.
agb1500_sweepMiv Performs sweep measurement by multiple channels.
Pulsed sweep
measurement
agb1500_force Applies DC current or voltage from the specified SMU.
agb1500_setPiv Sets the pulsed sweep source.
agb1500_setSweepSync Sets the synchronous sweep source.
agb1500_stopMode Sets automatic sweep abort.
agb1500_sweepPiv Performs pulsed sweep measurement.
Category Function Description