Manufacturers of integrated circuits are faced with the challenge of packing more and more functionalities into ever smaller components. This applies to microcontrollers, ASICs, RFIDs, and other SoC structures. For development purposes, it thus becomes a must that even the smallest currents are reproducible, and can be exactly generated and measured. With the R6240A, Rohde & Schwarz adds another four-quadrant power source (± 15 V with ± 1 [4] A), which is a cost-efficient solution for component and module tests. The instrument features setting resolutions of up to 100 µV/100 nA and measurement resolutions of up to 10 µV/ 10 nA.
If one needs to perform measurements on particularly sensitive components without cooling, the precision power source offers pulse and pulse sweep functions. In the pulse mode, which minimizes the heating of the DUTs, one can implement minimum pulse widths of 500 µsec with a resolution of 1 µsec. It is also possible to carry out tests stress-free on modules that have built-in back-up batteries: One can program various suspend voltages to prevent back-up batteries from possibly being discharged. Together with the integrated 5000-point trace and result memory as well as its extensive trigger capabilities, the precision power source provides a wide range of functionalities that also allow quick tests of sophisticated electronics.
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