Fundamentals

This book contains information on the nomenclature and concepts related to NI power supplies and SMUs, explaining the specific terms used to describe device performance. This book is divided into the following topics:

• Accuracy
• Compliance
• Constant Current Mode
• Constant Voltage Mode
• Cabling and Current-Resistance Loss
• Line Regulation
• Load Considerations
• Load Regulation
• Local and Remote Sense
• Measurements
• Measuring Resistance
• Noise
• Ranges
• Resolution
• Rise Time
• Sinking and Sourcing