Keithley 2460 – SMU Source Meter (100V, 7A, 100W)

Keithley 2460 – SMU Source Meter (100V, 7A, 100W)

The 2460 High Current SourceMeter^® Source Measure Unit (SMU) Instrument brings advanced Touch, Test, Invent^® technology right to your fingertips. It combines an innovative graphical user interface (GUI) with capacitive touchscreen technology to make testing intuitive and minimize the learning curve to help engineers and scientists learn faster, work smarter, and invent easier.

With its 7A DC and pulse current capability, the 2460 is optimized for characterizing and testing high power materials, devices, and modules such as silicon carbide (SiC), gallium nitride (GaN), DC-DC converters, power MOSFETs, solar cells and panels, LEDs and lighting systems, electrochemical cells and batteries, and much more. These new capabilities, combined with Keithley’s decades of expertise in developing high precision, high accuracy SMU instruments, will make the 2460 a “go-to instrument” for high current applications in the lab and in the rack for years to come.

2460 Main Home Screen.

Learn Faster, Work Smarter, Invent Easier

The 2460 features a five-inch, full-color, high resolution touchscreen that supports intuitive operation, helps operators become familiar with the instrument quickly, and optimizes overall speed and productivity. A simple icon-based menu structure reduces the number of steps required to configure a test by as much as 50 percent and eliminates the cumbersome multi-layer menu structures typically used on soft-key instruments. Built-in, context sensitive help supports intuitive operation and minimizes the need to review a separate manual. These capabilities, combined with the 2460’s high versatility, simplify its operation in both basic and advanced measurement applications, regardless of the user’s previous experience in working with SMU instruments.

2460 icon-based menu

2460 Front Panel with High-resolution, Capacitive Touchscreen

Ease of Use Beyond the Touchscreen

In addition to its advanced touchscreen, the 2460’s front panel offers a variety of features that enhance its speed, user-friendliness, and learnability, including a USB 2.0 memory I/O port, a HELP key, a rotary navigation/ control knob, a front/rear input selector button, and banana jacks for basic bench applications. The USB 2.0 memory port simplifies storing test results and instrument configurations, uploading test scripts into the instrument, and installing system upgrades. All front-panel buttons are backlit to enhance visibility in low-light environments.

Four “Quickset” modes simplify instrument setup. With one touch, the instrument can be quickly configured for various operating modes without the need to configure the instrument indirectly for this operation.

One-touch Quickset modes speed measurement setups nd minimize the time to measurements.

Comprehensive Built-in Connectivity

Rear panel access to rear-input mass termination connector, remote control interfaces (GPIB, USB 2.0, and LXI/ Ethernet), D-sub 9-pin digital I/O port (for internal/ external trigger signals and handler control), instrument interlock control, and TSP-Link^® jacks make it simple to configure multiple instrument test solutions and eliminate the need to invest in additional adapter accessories.

Rear panel connections are optimized for signal integrity and speed system setup

Convert Raw Data to Information

A full graphical plotting window converts raw data and displays it immediately as useful information, such as semiconductor I-V curves and voltammograms. Using the 2460’s Sheet view, test data can also be displayed in tabular form. The instrument supports exporting data to a spreadsheet for further analysis, dramatically improving productivity for research, benchtop testing, device qualification, and debugging.

Built-in data display, charting, and spreadsheet export functions simplify converting test results into useful information.

TriggerFlow^® Building Blocks for Instrument Control and Execution

The 2460 incorporates Keithley’s TriggerFlow triggering system, which provides user control over instrument execution. TriggerFlow diagrams are created in much the same way that flow charts are developed, using four fundamental building block types:
 

• Wait – Waits for an event to occur before the flow continues 
• Branch – Branches when a condition has been satisfied 
• Action – Initiates an action in the instrument, for example, measure, source, delay, set digital I/O, etc. 
• Notify – Notifies other equipment that an event has occurred

TriggerFlow building blocks allow creating triggering models that range from very simple to highly complex

A TriggerFlow model using a combination of these building blocks can be created from the front panel or by sending remote commands. With the TriggerFlow system, users can build triggering models from very simple to complex with up to 63 block levels. The 2460 also includes basic triggering functions, including immediate, timer, and manual triggering.