Keysight E4982A – LCR Meter (1 MHz To 300 MHz / 500 MHz / 1 GHz / 3 GHz)

• THIS DEVICE REQUIRES THE PURCHASE OF A FREQUENCY OPTION
• Provides the best performance for the passive component manufacturing
• High speed measurement: 0.9 ms (Mode 1), 2.1 ms (Mode 2), 3.7 ms (Mode 3)
• 0.8% basic accuracy with unparalleled measurement repeatability
• Wide impedance measurement range from 140 mΩ to 4.8 kΩ

The Keysight E4982A LCR meter provides the best performance for the manufacture of passive components, such as SMD inductors and EMI filters, where impedance testing at high frequencies is required. In addition to manufacturing, the E4982A can also be utilized for R&D and quality assurance with powerful functions such as list measurements. By offering unparalleled measurement speed and repeatability with excellent accuracy and impedance range, the E4982A is the new standard for highspeed component testing.

***Please note, a frequency option must be purchased with this instrument. Part numbers and frequency ranges are listed below. Please click here to view the E4982A configuration guide.***

• E4982A-030 – 1 MHz to 300 MHz
• E4982A-050 – 1 MHz to 500 MHz
• E4982A-100 – 1 MHz to 1 GHz
• E4982A-300 – 1 MHz to 3 GHz

The E4982A allows you to make much faster measurements compared to 4287A, which is widely used as the industry standard. This drastically helps improving the manufacturing throughput.

• 1.6 ms/point with mode 1 (< 20.3 MHz)
• 0.9 ms/point with mode 1 (≥ 20.3 MHz)
• 2.1 ms/point with mode 2
• 3.7 ms/point with mode 3

It is very important to eliminate complicated error elements caused by the use of test fixtures and cables that extend the test head of the E4982A. This is especially true for measurements that use an automated component handler. Accurate measurements, which correlate well with results obtained from manual testing, can be achieved at the measurement plane of a test fixture by performing open/short/load calibration with a “working” load standard.

Since different calibration standard reference values can be independently set at each list measurement frequency, multifrequency measurements can be made accurately with this reliable calibration function.

Contact failure between a DUT and the measurement plane of an automatic component handler is a factor for bin sorting error in production line testing. Contact check using the built-in DC resistance measurement function improves the accuracy and efficiency of bin sorting.

The measurement plane can be extended from the front panel of the instrument to the measurement stage with the 1 m test cable and the small size test head. It is possible to extend the test cable an additional meter with a 1 m extension cable (option 020). Note that the measurement accuracy is specified at the test head. In addition, connection to an external computer or an automated component handler can be accomplished via the GPIB/LAN/USB interface and the opto-isolated handler interface. The LAN interface enables network communication, and greatly empowers massive data transfer to a remote computer.

Characterization of components at operating frequencies in excess of 2 GHz is becoming common due to the development and evaluation of RF SMD inductors used in wireless communication equipment. The E4982A employs the RF I-V measurement method. The E4982A enables accurate measurement over an impedance range much wider than network analyzers (reflection coefficient method) while the upper frequency is limited for the auto-balancing bridge instruments.

The E4982A offers you the sophisticated calibration/compensation methods with wizard functions. The calibration/compensation wizard functions eliminate errors of troublesome calibration/compensation procedures, and it allows you to easily make the E4982A ready to measure accurately.