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3-20 Agilent B2200 User’s Guide, Edition 2
Front Panel Operation
Switch Control Functions
Couple Mode
Couple mode is useful for making the Kelvin connections. When the couple mode is
ON, the input couple ports will be connected to the output couple ports. For the
available couple ports, see Table 3-2.
• For the couple port connections, the odd/even number of the input port will be
connected to the odd/even number of the output port respectively. Then the even
number is always the odd number plus 1.
• You can independently specify the same or different couple ports and control the
couple mode for each module when the configuration mode is normal.
Table 3-2 Input Couple Port Numbers and Output Couple Port Numbers
For example, if you specify the SMU input 1 for the couple port and set the couple
mode ON, the input 1 will be connected to an odd number of the output port and the
input 2 will connected to the next number of the output port. And if you specify to
connect the input 1 to the output 10, the input 1 will be connected to the output 9 and
the input 2 will be connected to the output 10.
NOTE If the bias input port and a couple port have been assigned to the same input port, the
bias mode and the couple mode cannot be used in parallel.
If the ground input port and a couple port have been assigned to the same input port,
the ground mode and the couple mode cannot be used in parallel.
If a ground enabled input port and a couple port have been assigned to the same
input port, the ground mode and the couple mode cannot be used in parallel.
Available input
couple port No.
Input ports Available output couple port No.
1 SMU 1, 2 1 and 2, 3 and 4, . . . , 11 and 12
(for normal configuration mode)
1 and 2, 3 and 4, . . . , 47 and 48
(for auto configuration mode)
3SMU 3, 4
5SMU 5, 6
7SMU 7, 8
9 AUX 9, 10
11 AUX 11, 12
13 AUX 13, 14
(CMH, CML)