Agilent B2981A Femto/Picoammeter

The B2981A Femto/Picoammeter is the world’s only graphical picoammeter that allows you to confidently measures small currents with 0.01 fA (0.01 x 10-15 A) resolution. It possesses a 4.3” color LCD with a graphical user interface that provides trend chart and histogram data in addition to numeric information. These front-panel capabilities enable you to capture transient behavior and perform quick statistical analyses without a PC. The available Setup Integrity Checker software option allows you to compare the noise levels of different cabling and fixturing arrangements to help isolate external noise sources.

Keysight B2980A Series of Femto/Picoammeters and Electrometers/High Resistance Meters not only offer best-in-class measurement performance, but also provide unprecedented features to maximize your measurement conidence. The Femto/Picoammeters and Electrometers both offer 0.01 fA (10-17 A) minimum current resolution, which meets virtually all existing and future low-level current measurement needs. The electrometers feature a 1,000 V voltage sourcing capability that supports up to 10 PΩ (1016 Ω) resistance measurements. The electrometers also work with Keysight’s well-proven high resistance meter accessories. Both the Femto/Picoammeter and Electrometer have battery powered versions to eliminate AC power line noise. This available capability provides an unmatched level of noise reduction, enabling low-level measurements that were previously impossible.

Unlike conventional picoammeters and electrometers, the B2980A series possesses a 4.3” color LCDbased graphical user interface (GUI) that provides multiple options for viewing data. In addition to numeric format, data can also be viewed as a graph, as a histogram and as a trend chart. These unique front-panel capabilities facilitate the capture of transient behavior and provide the ability to make quick statistical analyses without the need for a PC. The B2980A series also has features to help you maintain measurement integrity on the external cabling and ixturing. The available Setup Integrity Checker software permits the comparison of noise levels for different cabling and ixturing arrangements, allowing you to identify and isolate the noise-sensitive areas in your measurement system. In addition to these impressive measurement capabilities, the B2980A series has easy-to-use and convenient measurement assist functions that permit users with limited or no electrical engineering training to perform complicated electrical characterization operations with ease.

Free PC-based software and multiple interface options provide lexible remote control choices

Keysight provides two PC-based software control options for the B2980A series: B2900A Quick IV Measurement Software and a B2900A Graphical Web Interface. Quick IV software can communicate with the B2980A series via several popular interfaces: LAN, GPIB (up to four B2980A series units) and USB (one B2980A series unit). It provides almost the same functionalities of your B2980A series’ front panel. In addition, it supports a function that can automatically export measurement data into Microsoft Excel on your PC for further analysis. The Web Interface is embedded in each instrument and is only accessible via the LAN interface using a PC.

The Quick IV Measurement Software also supports other B2900A precision instrument products (B2900A series of Source / Measure Units and B2960A series of Low Noise Power Sources).