5-20 Agilent E5250A User’s Guide, Edition 9
Controlling the E5250A
Switch Control Basics
Card Number: One digit: 1 to 4. E5250A slot number in which card is
installed.
Channel Number: Four digits: X XYY.
• XX: input port number (depends on the block number).
01, 02, or 03 for IV Input Port Number.
51, 52, or 53 for BIAS Input Port Number.
The input port number depends only on the block number,
and does not depend on which the E5250A SMU Input is
connected to the IV Input.
• YY: output port number (01 to 08).
Channel Number assignment is shown in Figure 5-6.
Figure 5-6 E5255A Channel Number in Normal Config. Mode
Block 1
Block 3
Block 2
18
7
6
54
3
2
BIAS Input
(51)
IV Input
Output
0101 0102 0103 0104 0105 0106 0107 0108
5101 5102 5103 5104 5105 5106 5107 5108
18
7
6
54
3
2
IV Input
Output
0301 0302 0303 0304 0305 0306 0307 0308
5301 5302 5303 5304 5305 5306 5307 5308
18
7
6
54
3
2
IV Input
Output
0201 0202 0203 0204 0205 0206 0207 0208
5201 5202 5203 5204 5205 5206 5207 5208
BIAS Input
(53)
BIAS Input
(52)
XXXX
: Channel No.