Keysight B2900A User manual

1-2. Use AUTO measurement operation
a. Rotate to select Resistance measurement operation,
and then press to edit it. Then select to set
Resistance measurement operation to AUTO.
b. Press Ch1 to turn on Channel 1 Output relay.
c. Press to perform a single point measurement.
d. Press to repeat single point measurements periodically.
e. Press to stop making measurements periodically.
1-3. Turn off the channel output
a. Press Ch1 to turn off Channel 1 Output relay.
Setup-1
1. Connect the yellow banana plug to Ch 1 Low Force terminal.
2. Connect the red banana plug to Ch 1 High Force terminal.
3. Clip the one lead of 1 kΩ Resistor with the black gold-plated
tweezers.
4. Clip the other lead of 1 kΩ Resistor with the red gold-plated
tweezers.
1. Make a resistance measurement
1-1. Change View mode to Single View
a. Press repeatedly until Single View for Channel 1 is
shown in the display.
Setup-2
1. Connect the yellow banana plug to Ch 1 Low Force terminal.
2. Connect the orange banana plug to Ch 1 Low Sense terminal.
3. Connect the red banana plug to Ch 1 High Force terminal.
4. Connect the brown banana plug to Ch 1 High Sense terminal.
5. Clip the one lead of 1 Ω Resistor with red gold-plated at
tweezers.
6. Clip the other lead of 1 Ω Resistor with black gold-plated
tweezers.
2. Make an accurate low resistance measurement
2-1. Reset the instrument
a. Press , and then press to
display Conrmation dialogue.
“Auto” indicator is turned off
Measurement parameters are
updated periodically
“Auto” indicator is turned on
(1) Press More…
(2) Press System
(3) Press Reset
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Yellow
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Black
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Red
(11059A)
Black
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Brown
Brown
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1 kΩ resistor
Black
Black
Brown
Brown
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1 Ω resistor
Red (11059A)
Yellow (11059A)
Red
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Black (11059A)
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Demo Guide
Making Resistance Measurement Using B2901A/02A/11A/12A
B2900A Series Precision Source/Measure Unit
Procedure Overview
1. Make a resistance measurement
2. Make an accurate low resistance measurement
Required instrument and accessory
Keysight B2901A/02A/11A/12A
Precision Source/Measure Unit
1.1 kΩ resistor
1 kΩ resistor Keysight 11059A
Kelvin Probe Set
Objective
This demo shows how easily a resistance measurement can
be made with the B2900A Series via easy-to-use Graphical
User Interface.
Measurement parameters are
updated whenever Trigger Button is
pressed

g. Press Ch1 to turn on Channel 1 Output relay.
h. Press to perform a single point measurement.
2-3. Perform the measurement via 2-wire connection
a. Press Ch1 to turn off Channel 1 Output relay.
b. Press , , and then press to display
Output connection dialogue.
c. Press , , and then press to congure to
use 2-wire connection.
d. Press Ch1 to turn on Channel 1 Output relay.
e. Press to perform a single point measurement.
b. Press to reset the instrument.
2-2. Perform the measurement via 4-wire connection
a. Press , , and then press to display
Output Connection dialogue.
b. Press and select , and then press to
congure to use 4-wire connection.
c. Press , then press to set Channel 1 V/I Source
Function to I Source. (If can’t be found on the Assist
keys, press to change the keys.)
d. Press and set Channel 1 Source Value to 10 mA.
e. Press and set Channel 1 Limit value to 1 V.
f. Rotate to select Resistance measurement operation
and press to edit it. Then press to set Resistance
measurement operation to V/I.
This information is subject to change without notice.
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Keysight | Making Resistance Measurement Using B2901A/02A/11A/12A – Demo Guide
2-4. Compare two results
a. Compare two results to see the effect of 4-wire connection.
The result with 4-wire connection is 1 Ohm, while the one with
2-wire connection is 1.6 Ohm. The difference, that is 0.6 Ohm,
should be the residual lead resistance on the measurement
cables.
Congure 4-wire connection
If the channel is congured to use 4-wire connection, you
can see the status indicator on GUI as below, although no
indicator can be seen on being congured to use 2-wire
connection.
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2-wire connection 4-wire connection
High Force
Low Force
B2901/02/11/12A
RDUT
RLead
RLead
VMeas
ISource
a) Result with 2-wire connection b) Result with 4-wire connection
High Force
Low Force
Low Sense
High Sense
B2901/02/11/12A
VMeas
ISource
RDUT
RLead
A
B
The result with 2-wire connection includes the residual lead resistance Lead
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