Keysight E4991B User manual

Keysight E4991B
Impedance Analyzer
1 MHz to 500 M/1 G/3 GHz
Conguration Guide

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Ordering Guide
The following steps will guide you through conguring your E4991B.
Standard furnished item
Description Additional Information
Installation guide Contains the information necessary to start up with the E4991B.
CD ROM IO libraries
7-mm calibration kit with torque wrench Contains Open, Short, 50 ΩLoad and Low-loss Capacitor terminations and torque wrench.
Power Cable
Certicate of Calibration
Note: The following are not furnished: Printed copy of Operation and Service Manual, Test Fixture, Keyboard and Mouse. Refer to Accessory Option, Documentation Option
and Available Accessories for the selection of these items.
Note: The test head is furnished with the E4991B main unit.
Step 1. Choose hardware option - frequency (mandatory)
Description Option No. Requires Not Compatible Additional Information
1 MHz to 3 GHz E4991B-300 None None
1 MHz to 1 GHz E4991B-100 None None
1 MHz to 500 MHz E4991B-050 None None
Step 2. Choose hardware option – frequency reference if not required, go to Step 3)
Description Option No. Requires Not Compatible Additional Information
High Stability
Frequency Reference
E4991B-1E5 None None Adds High Stability
Frequency Reference
Note: Refer to Hardware Upgrade for retrot information on the above options.
Step 3. Choose hardware option – DC bias (If not required, go to Step 4)
Description Option No. Requires Not Compatible Additional Information
DC Bias Source E4991B-001 None None Adds DC Bias Source.
Note: Refer to Hardware Upgrade for retrot information on the above options.
Step 4. Choose software option (If not required, go to Step 5)
Description Option No. Requires Not Compatible Additional Information
Material Measurement
Firmware
E4991B-002 None None Adds Material Measurement Firmware for permittivity and
permeability measurements. This option is required to use the
16453A and 16454A.
Note: Refer to Software Upgrade for retrot information on the above options.

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Step 5. Choose accessory option – test kit (If not required, go to step 6)
Description Option No. Requires Not Compatible Additional Information
Temperature
Characteristic Test Kit
E4991B-007 None
(The 16194A
and 82357B are
recommended)
None Adds Temperature Characteristic Test Kit. The kit contains
heat-resistant coaxial cable, RF extension cable, heat-resistant
coaxial termination set, test head stand, xture stand, and
terminal adapters. Sample program for temperature character-
istics measurement is installed on SSD.
Probe Station
Connection Kit
E4991B-010 None None Adds Probe Station Connection Kit. The kit contains test head
with 1 m extension cable and terminal adapters, which are
required to interconnect the E4991B and semiconductor probe
station.
Note: Refer to Hardware Upgrade for retrot information on the above options.
Step 6. Choose accessory option - general/miscellaneous accessories (If not required, go to step 7)
Description Option No. Requires Not Compatible Additional Information
Keyboard E4991B-810 None None USB Keyboard for simplifying word inputs.
Mouse E4991B-820 None None USB Mouse for simplifying measurement operation.
Rackmount Kit E4991B-1CM None None Not installable simultaneously with E4991B-1CP.
Front Handle Kit E4991B-1CN None None Not installable simultaneously with E4991B-1CP.
Handle/Rack Mount Kit E4991B-1CP None None Not installable simultaneously with E4991B-1CM or 1CN.
Note: Refer to Hardware Upgrade for retrot information on the above options.
Step 7. Choose calibration certicate option (If not required, go to step 8)
Description Option No. Requires Not Compatible Additional Information
ISO 17025 Compliant
Calibration
E4991B-1A7 ISO 17025 compliant calibration with test data.
ANSI Z540 Compliant
Calibration
E4991B-A6J ANSI Z540 compliant calibration.
Step 8. Choose warranty Plan
3 year Return-to-Keysight warranty and service plan are standard. For extended warranty options and additional information, contact your local Keysight
Technologies, Inc. sales ofce or visit the Keysight home website.

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Hardware Upgrade
Option No. Description Upgrade
Model No. or
Equivalent Part
Number
Customer
Installable
Requires
(Instrument
must already
include the
following)
Not
Compatible
Additional Information
E4991B-100 Upgrade from 500 MHz to 1 GHz E4991BU-100 No E4991B-050 None Installable at service center only
E4991B-300 Upgrade from 1 GHz to 3 GHz E4991BU-300 No E4991B-100 None Installable at service center only
E4991B-300 Upgrade from 500 MHz to 3 GHz E4991BU-301 No E4991B-050 None Installable at service center only
E4991B-1E5 High Stability
Frequency Reference
E4991BU-1E5 No None None Installable at service center only
E4991B-001 DC Bias Source E4991BU-001 No None None Installable at service center only
E4991B-007 Temperature
Characteristic Test Kit
E4991BU-007 No None None Installable at service center only
E4991B-010 Probe Station
Connection Kit
E4991BU-010 No None None Installable at service center only
E4991B-1CM Rackmount Kit 5063-9216 Yes None None
E4991B-1CN Front Handle Kit 5063-9229 Yes None None
E4991B-1CP Handle/Rack Mount Kit 5188-4430 Yes None None
Note: For details of the upgrade information, refer to product homepage on the Keysight home website.
Software Upgrade
Option No. Description Upgrade
Model No. or
Equivalent Part
Number
Customer
Installable
Requires
(Instrument
must already
include the
following)
Not
Compatible
Additional Information
E4991B-002 Material Measurement Firmware E4991BU-002 Yes None
(The 16453A
or 16454A is
required for
measurement)
None
Note: For rmware update and upgrade information, refer to product homepage on the Keysight home website.

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Available Accessories - Measurement Accessories
Description Model
Number
Requires (Instrument must
already include the following)
Additional Information
Parallel Electrode
SMD Test Fixture
16196A — For 1608 (mm) / 0603 (inch) SMD up to 3 GHz
16196A-710 — Add Magnifying lens and tweezers
16196A-ABA — U.S. - English localization
16196A-ABJ —Japan - Japanese localization
Parallel Electrode
SMD Test Fixture
16196B — For 1005 (mm) / 0402 (inch) SMD up to 3 GHz
16196B-710 — Add Magnifying lens and tweezers
16196B-ABA — U.S. - English localization
16196B-ABJ —Japan - Japanese localization
Parallel Electrode
SMD Test Fixture
16196C — For 0603 (mm) / 0201 (inch) SMD up to 3 GHz
16196C-710 — Add Magnifying lens and tweezers
16196C-ABA — U.S. - English localization
16196C-ABJ —Japan - Japanese localization
Parallel Electrode
SMD Test Fixture
16196D — For 0402 (mm) / 01005 (inch) SMD up to 3 GHz
16196D-710 — Add Magnifying lens and tweezers
16196D-ABA — U.S. - English localization
16196D-ABJ —Japan - Japanese localization
Bottom Electrode
SMD Test Fixture
16197A — For SMD from 1005 (mm) / 0402 (inch) to 3225 (mm) / 1210 (inch); up to 3 GHz.
Device guides, EIA/EIAJ size shorting bar set, tweezers, wrench, magnifying
lens, carrying case and Operation and Service Manual are furnished.
16197A-001 — Add 0603 (mm) / 0201 (inch) device guide
16197A-ABA — U.S. - English localization
16197A-ABJ —Japan - Japanese localization
High Temperature
Test Fixture
16194A — For SMD and leaded device up to 2 GHz, temperature range: –55 °C to +200 °C.
50 Ω working standard resistors, wrench, tweezers and Operation and Service
Manual are furnished.
16194A-010 — Add EIA/EIAJ size shorting bar set
16194A-701 —Add Shorting bar set; (1 x 1 x 2.4, 1.6 x 2.4 x 2, 3.2 x 2.4 x 2.4, 4.5 x 2.4 x 2.4) mm
SMD Test Fixture 16092A — For SMD and leaded device up to 500 MHz. Operation Note is furnished.
Parallel Electrode
SMD Test Fixture
16192A — For SMD up to 2 GHz. Operation and Service Manual is furnished.
16192A-010 — Add EIA/EIAJ size shorting bar set
16192A-701 —Add Shorting bar set; (1 x 1 x 2.4, 1.6 x 2.4 x 2, 3.2 x 2.4 x 2.4, 4.5 x 2.4 x 2.4) mm
16192A-710 — Add Magnifying lens and tweezers
DC Bias Adapter 16200B — External DC bias adapter; 5A max or 40V max, 1 MHz to 1 GHz. Operation and
Service Manual is furnished.
16200B-001 — Add shorting bars and 51 Ωworking standard resistors set; from 0603 (mm) /
0201 (inch) to 3216 (mm) / 1206 (inch)
Dielectric Material
Test Fixture
16453A E4991B-002 For permittivity measurement of dielectric materials up to 1 GHz
Magnetic Material
Test Fixture
16454A E4991B-002 For permeability measurement of magnetic materials up to 1 GHz
USB/GPIB Inter-
face for Windows
82357B E4991B-007 USB / GPIB interface required for controlling E4991B and ESPEC bench-top
temperature chamber by an external PC.
Note: For more detailed information, refer to Accessories Selection Guide for Impedance Measurements.

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Available Accessories – for Performance Test and Maintenance
Description Model
Number
Requires (Instrument must
already include the following)
Additional Information
Performance Test Kit 16190B — 7 mm performance test kit; includes Open, Short, 50 ΩLoad, Air-line, calibra-
tion data, wrench and carrying case.
Note: For details of the performance test kit, refer to product page on the Keysight home website.
Literature Resource
Title Publication Number
E4991B Data Sheet 5991-3893EN
E4991B Brochure 5991-3892EN
LCR Meters, Impedance Analyzers and Test Fixtures Selection Guide 5952-1430E
Accessories Selection Guide For Impedance Measurements 5965-4792E
Impedance Measurement Handbook 5950-3000
Note: More literature is available on the Keysight home website.
Web Resource
Have Access to the following website to acquire the latest news, product and support informa-
tion, application literature and more.
www.keysight.com/find/impedance

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Published in USA, August 14, 2015
5991-3894EN
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