Keithley Instruments, Inc., a world leader in
advanced electrical test instruments and systems,
has introduced three new economical source measurement unit (SMU) instruments
suited for benchtop and R&D applications to its Series 2600B System
SourceMeter® SMU Instrument line, which now includes new capabilities that
enhance productivity and ease of use. The test and measurement industry's most
powerful, fastest, and highest resolution SMU instruments now provide 6½-digit
resolution, software emulation of Keithley's widely installed Model 2400
SourceMeter instrument, and USB 2.0 connectivity.
Three New Dual-Channel Models Offer
Industry-Best Value and Performance
For researchers, educators, R&D
engineers, and others who must deal with ever-tighter instrumentation budgets,
Keithley has added three high value, dual-channel SMUs to the Series 2600B
line. The new Models 2604B, 2614B, and 2634B are optimized for benchtop
research, product development, student labs, and other settings where tightly
integrated operation and high accuracy are important, but leading-edge,
system-level test automation is not. With these new models customized to the
needs of these users, Keithley extends its leadership in SMU instruments. These
new SMUs are also priced to fit as easily into a researcher's budget as they do
onto a benchtop.
New Features Enhance Industry-Leading
Productivity
The Series 2600B SMU line offers both
single- and dual-channel models that combine the capabilities of a precision
power supply, true current source, 6½-digit multimeter, arbitrary waveform
generator, pulse generator, and electronic load in one tightly integrated
instrument. The result is a powerful range of solutions that offers
industry-leading productivity in applications ranging from benchtop I-V characterization
to highly automated production test.
The Series 2600B line provides a
variety of features that enhance its performance and make it easier to use:
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6½-digit measurement resolution. This allows Series 2600B instruments to provide industry-leading
resolution (up to 0.1fA for the Models 2635B and 2636B), which is 100x greater
than the closest industry competition. This higher level of resolution lets
users discern smaller changes in their measurements, so Series 2600B
instruments can provide for more complete characterization.
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Model 2400 software emulation. The Series 2600B is compatible with test code developed for
Keithley's Model 2400 SourceMeter SMU instrument, which has been an industry
standard for more than 15 years. This enables an easier upgrade from Model
2400-based test systems to Series 2600B, and can improve overall test times by
as much as 80%. In addition, it provides a migration path from SCPI programming
to Keithley's TSP technology, which can improve test times even more. For
complete support of legacy test systems, the Model 2400's Source-Memory List
test command sequencer is also fully supported.
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USB communications with an external
controller. A back-panel USB 2.0 connector
expands the interface options available for communicating with an external PC.
Series 2600B instruments give users the widest variety of PC communication
busses from which to choose: USB, LAN/LXI, GPIB, and RS 232. The addition of
the USB connector offers users the flexibility to choose quick, economical, and
easy-to-set-up PC communications.
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Embedded Plug & Play I-V Testing. Series 2600B instruments are the only SMU instruments on the
market that can offer embedded, Java-based test software that supports true
plug-and-play I-V characterization through any web browser, on any computer,
from anywhere in the world. This built-in software boosts productivity across a
wide range of applications, including R&D, student labs, quality
assurance/failure analysis, and many others. Users can easily make a web
connection to a Series 2600B instrument with the supplied LAN cable, open a
browser, enter the instrument's IP address, and begin characterizing materials
or components immediately. Results can be downloaded to a spreadsheet for
further analysis or imported into a document or presentation.
Built-in Tools for High Speed Test
Automation
The Series 2600B line builds upon the
capabilities of its predecessor, the Series 2600A line, with which it is fully
backward compatible. Key productivity features include the Series 2600B’s
onboard Test Script Processor (TSP®), which embeds complete test programs into
non-volatile memory within the instrument itself to provide the industry's
highest test throughput by eliminating the GPIB traffic problems common to
systems dependent on an external PC controller. In addition, for large,
multi-channel applications, Keithley's TSP-Link® inter-unit communication and
expansion bus works in tandem with the TSP to enable high speed, SMU-per-pin
parallel testing. Because Series 2600B instrument channels are fully isolated
and do not require a mainframe, they can be easily re-configured and
re-deployed as new test applications are developed.
Pricing and Availability
Sales of the Series 2600B line will
begin immediately and units will ship within two weeks ARO. US list prices of
the instruments in the Series 2600B line are:
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Model 2601B single-channel version
(40V, 100fA, 3A DC/10A Pulse): $6,000
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Model 2602B dual-channel version (40V,
100fA, 3A DC/10A Pulse): $8,800
·
Model 2604B dual-channel benchtop
version (40V, 100fA, 3A DC/10A Pulse): $7,040
·
Model 2611B single-channel version
(200V, 100fA, 1.5A DC/10A Pulse): $6,000
·
Model 2612B dual-channel (200V, 100fA,
1.5A DC/10A Pulse) version: $8,800
·
Model 2614B dual-channel benchtop
version (200V, 100fA, 1.5A DC/10A Pulse): $7,040
·
Model 2634B dual-channel benchtop
version (200V, 1fA, 1.5A DC/10A Pulse): $11,000
·
Model 2635B single-channel (200V,
0.1fA, 1.5A DC/10A Pulse) version: $8,930
·
Model 2636B dual-channel (200V, 0.1fA,
1.5A DC/10A Pulse) version: $13,700
For More Information
To learn more about the Series 2600B
line, visit Keithley's website at www.keithley.com/data?asset=52028.
About Keithley Instruments, Inc.
With more than 60 years of measurement
expertise, Keithley Instruments has become a world leader in advanced
electrical test instruments and systems. Our customers are scientists and
engineers in the worldwide electronics industry involved with advanced
materials research, semiconductor device development and fabrication, and the
production of end products such as portable wireless devices. The value we
provide them is a combination of products for their critical measurement needs
and a rich understanding of their applications to improve the quality of their
products and reduce their cost of test. In 2010, Keithley Instruments joined
Tektronix as part of its test and measurement portfolio.