Agilent Technologies L4400 manual Simultaneously

L4421A 40-Channel Armature Multiplexer 4

the current ( I ) and LO (L) terminals of ABus1. Through ABus1 and ABus2 you can connect any of the channels to a DMM for voltage or resistance measurements. Refer to the simplified schematic on page 106.

N O TE	ABus1 consists of three wires that are used for current and voltage
	measurements. You cannot measure current and voltage on ABus1
	simultaneously.

You can control each of the channel switches individually, and thus configure the instrument in these modes:

•two independent 20- channel 2- wire MUXes. This configuration requires neither using external wiring nor connecting through the internal Analog Buses.

•one 20- channel 4- wire MUX. This configuration requires neither using external wiring nor connecting through the internal Analog Buses. For 4- wire resistance measurements, the instrument automatically pairs channel n on Bank 1 with channel n+20 (Bank 2) to provide the source and sense connections. Four- wire controls require execution of the ROUTe:CHANnel:FWIRe command or scanning a channel previously configured as 4- wire.

•one 40- channel 2- wire MUX. You must use external wiring or connect through the internal analog bus relays for this configuration. For example, closing analog bus channels 913 and 923 connects Bank 1 and Bank 2 through ABus3. Or, externally you can connect COM1 to COM2 to create this configuration.

Low thermal offset voltage makes the L4421A ideal for low- level signal switching. The 34921T optional terminal block provides a built- in thermocouple reference junction that helps minimize errors due to thermal offset when you measure thermocouples.

The L4421A has the capability to scan as many as 100 channels/second using modern DMMs. With the automatic “break- before- make” connection operation, you are assured that no two signals are connected to each other during a scan. When using the module in a non- scanning mode, you can close as many channels as you wish.

This module is safety interlock protected, which means whenever the D- sub connector end of the instrument is exposed, the analog bus relays automatically open and disconnect from the analog bus. For more information, refer to page 100 and page 107.

When power is off, all channel relays maintain state, and the analog bus relays open.

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