Agilent Technologies E5270 Series User manual

Agilent E5270 TIS User’s Guide
Agilent E5270 Series of Parametric Measurement Solutions
E5270-90030
December 2002
Edition 1

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In This Manual
The Test Instruction Set (TIS) is a set of powerful functions that facilitate
measurement programming for the Agilent E5270, and supports the following
applications:
•DC current/voltage output
•High speed spot measurement
•Multi channel spot measurement
•Pulsed spot measurement
•Staircase sweep measurement
•Pulsed sweep measurement
•Staircase sweep with pulsed bias measurement
•Breakdown voltage measurement
•Leakage current measurement
The Agilent E5270 TIS library is available for the C language users. Measurement
programs that include TIS functions are easier to maintain than programs written
solely in the C language.
This manual describes the installation and reference information of the Agilent
E5270 TIS, and consists of the following chapters:
•“Starting TIS Programming”
Describes the intallation information of the Agilent E5270 TIS library, and
general information for programming.
•“TIS Function Reference”
Describes the reference information of the Agilent E5270 TIS functions.
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Contents
Agilent E5270 TIS User’s Guide, Edition 1 Contents - 1
1. Starting TIS Programming
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Installing TIS Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
TIS Programming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Planning Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Debugging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Migration to Agilent 4070 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
2. TIS Function Reference
How to Use the Reference Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Function Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Synopsis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Arguments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
See Also . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Function Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Arguments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
close_E5270 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
connect_pin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
disable_port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
disconnect_all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
error_info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
force_i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
force_v . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
init_system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
measure_bdv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
measure_i, measure_it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24

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measure_ileak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26
measure_m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28
measure_p . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30
measure_v, measure_vt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32
port_status, port_status_t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34
open_E5270 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-36
reset_timestamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37
set_adc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-38
set_bdv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40
set_ileak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-42
set_iv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-45
set_pbias. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-52
set_piv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-57
set_smu_ch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-63
set_sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-64
set_timestamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-67
status_miv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-68
sweep_iv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-69
sweep_miv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-71
vi_E5270 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-74

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Starting TIS Programming
This chapter describes the installation information of the Agilent E5270 TIS library,
and basic information for programming.
•“Installation”
•“TIS Programming”
•“Migration to Agilent 4070”

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Starting TIS Programming
Installation
Installation
This section describes the system requirements and installation procedure for the
Agilent E5270 TIS library.
•“System Requirements”
•“Installing TIS Library”
System Requirements
The following system environments are required.
•Operating system
Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, or
Windows 95. It must be supported by the application development environment
and VISA I/O library.
•Application development environment (or programming environment)
Microsoft Visual C++ or Borland C++Builder. It must be supported by the VISA
I/O library.
•GPIB (IEEE 488) interface and 32-bit VISA I/O library
Agilent GPIB interface with Agilent IO Libraries or equivalent.
•Agilent E5270 VXIplug&play driver
The driver is required to use the Agilent E5270 TIS library. The Agilent E5270
TIS library and VXIplug&play driver are stored in the Software CD-ROM
furnished with the Agilent E5270.
•Computer and peripherals
Required specifications depend on the application development environment.
See manual of the application development environment. The CD-ROM drive is
required to install the VXIplug&play driver and TIS library.
•Minimum disk space
4 MB (2 MB for the Agilent TIS library and 2 MB for VXIplug&play driver)

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Installation
Installing TIS Library
The installation flow is shown below. If you have already installed the GPIB (IEEE
488) interface, VISA I/O library, and programming software (Microsoft C++ or
Borland C++Builder) 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 E5270 VXIplug&play driver.
a. Insert the Agilent E5270 Series Software CD-ROM to the CD-ROM drive
connected to your computer.
b. Execute \Pnp\E5270.exe on the CD-ROM.
The setup program installs the driver. See Table 1-1 for the installed files. The
TIS library will refer the driver to control the Agilent E5270.
6. Install the Agilent E5270 TIS library.
a. Insert the Agilent E5270 Series Software CD-ROM to the CD-ROM drive
connected to your computer.
b. Create a folder (e.g. C:\Agilent\E5270) on your computer.
c. Copy the Tis subdirectory on the Software CD-ROM to the created folder.
See Table 1-2 for the installed files.