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Figure 2-43 shows an example of AC
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fering voltage or current. A guard
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esponse is the rise time of the ins
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FIGURE 2-47: Shunt Capacitance Effe
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Resistance Measurements (Constant-C
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FIGURE 2-52: Noise Voltage vs. Band
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Source ResistanceAfter the bandwidt
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a. ConfigurationShieldCenterconduct
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• Shielding and Guarding: The fix
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floating circuits, a second grounde
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3.1 IntroductionLow voltage and low
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Thermoelectric EMFsThermoelectric v
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Reversing Sources to Cancel Thermoe
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quency spectrum of these interferen
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ment is almost entirely determined
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FIGURE 3-9: Low Voltages Generated
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FIGURE 3-11a: Multiple Grounds (Gro
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Common-Mode Reversal ErrorsReversin
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FIGURE 3-14: Two-Wire Resistance Me
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FIGURE 3-16: Canceling Thermoelectr
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Both V A and V B are affected by th
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If using a micro-ohmmeter or DMM to
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FIGURE 3-20: Dry Circuit Testing Us
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SECTION 4Applications
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For timing and integrating applicat
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FIGURE 4-2:Using an Electrometer to
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If current flows, the electrodes wi
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4.3 Low Current Measurement Applica
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DC. The Model 6517A can also be use
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voltage (V DS ) and measures the re
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The Keithley Model 248 High Voltage
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FIGURE 4-16: Ion Collector with Gro
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Figure 4-19 shows a Model 6430 conn
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FIGURE 4-21: SIR Test System to Mea
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FIGURE 4-22: Volume ResistivityElec
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these problems, the Alternating Pol
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FIGURE 4-25: Four-Point Collinear P
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Using two electrometers eliminates
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A plot of this function is shown in
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FIGURE 4-31: van der Pauw Measureme
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Through interactive programming, th
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objects. As discussed in Section 2.
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FIGURE 4-36: Faraday CupOutside Ele
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FIGURE 4-38: Connections for Standa
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FIGURE 4-40: Microcalorimeter with
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Measurement MethodFigure 4-42 illus
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FIGURE 4-43: Using a Nanovoltmeter
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exceed the critical current of the
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equation for V/I. Most materials ha
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FIGURE 4-49: van der Pauw Connectio
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5.1 IntroductionChoosing a specific
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TABLE 5-1a: Low Current/High Resist
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Table 5-1b: Source-Measure Instrume
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Table 5-2: High Speed Power Supplie
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Table 5-3: Connectors, Adapters, an
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Table 5-4: CablesTERMINATIONS LENGT
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Table 5-5: Test Leads and ProbesMOD
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Table 5-6: Switching Cards for the
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Table 5-6: Switching Cards for the
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Table 5-8: Switching Cards for the
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APPENDIX ALow LevelMeasurementTroub
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Measurement Type andTypical Applica
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Proper cable and connector assembly
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APPENDIX CGlossary
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channels. For matrix cards, a chann
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R. Buckminster Fuller. Sometimes ca
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NORMAL-MODE REJECTION RATIO (NMRR).
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SOURCEMETER. A SourceMeter instrume
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APPENDIX DSafetyConsiderations
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The types of product users are:Resp
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are the same. Other components that
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1/f noise, 3-7 to 3-83dB point, 2-5
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Normal mode rejection ratio (NMRR),
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Specifications are subject to chang
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Specifications are subject to chang