PZ2100 Series High-Channel Density Precision Source/Measure Units

What are you looking for?

What is it? High channel density pression SMU up to 20 channels with a small 1 U rack footprint.

Who needs it? R&D, design verification, and manufacturing engineers who need multiple SMUs or power supplies.

 

Target application/industry?

  • Optical devices (laser diodes, photodiodes, LEDs, etc.)

  • Optoelectronic components (ITLA, CDM, ICR, IC-TROSA, etc.)

  • Vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) sensors/modules

  • Silicon photonics

  • Integrated circuit (IC) design verification tests/function tests (RF PA/FEM, analog ICs, RFICs, MMICs, etc.)

  • Quantum computing (superconducting, trapped ions, silicon-based, etc.)

  • Semiconductor devices (FETs, diodes, transistors, etc.)

  • Passive component devices (resistors, varistors, capacitors, etc.)

Areas of growth? VCSEL, Datacenter, Silicon photonics, RF PA/FEM, Superconducting

 

 

Key Product Differentiator: Integrating flexible SMU module options
into 1 U small footprint at lower cost/ch for wide applications
coverage from DC to dynamic measurements.

 

 

Key Features

  • Scalable up to 20 channels in 1U mainframe

  • 5 SMU module options flexibly configurable and upgradeable

  • Wide output range of up to 210 V/3.5 A DC/10.5 A pulse

  • Low current measurement supported by min. 10 fA high resolution

  • Dynamic/pulsed measurement with 15 MSa/s sampling rate and 10 μs narrow pulse

  • Wide dynamic range with auto ranging and seamless ranging

  • Single box solution simplifies synchronization with multiple SMUs at < 50 ns accuracy

  • SMU integrating pulser/digitizer eliminates the need for additional instruments

  • SCPI programming via LAN/USB/GPIB for easy adoption to various environment

 

Qualify

  • Need multi-channel SMUs? Sell PZ2130/31A.

  • Need dynamic/pulsed measurements? Sell PZ2120/21A.

  • Need low current measurements? Sell PZ2110A.

  • Need quick measurements without programming? Sell PZ2100 series with PW9251A PathWave IV Curve Software.

PZ2100 Series Data Sheet: 3123-1174EN

Solution Brief: 3123-1190EN 

www.keysight.com/find/pz2100

 

 

Model Comparison

 

 

 

 

PZ2120A

PZ2121A

PZ2130A

PZ2131A

 

 

High-Speed SMU

High-Channel Density SMU

Number of channels

1

5

Number of slots

2

1

Output range

Maximum voltage

210 V

60 V

30 V

Maximum current DC

315 mA

3.5 A

500 mA (Ch1 and 2: +750 mA)

Maximum current pulse

10.5 A

N/A

500 mA (Ch1 and 2: +750 mA)

Resolution

Minimum voltage

500 nV

6 μV

Minimum current

10 fA

100 fA

100 pA

10 pA

Current measurement noise RMS (1 PLC)

 

400 fArms

75 pArms

35 pArms

Voltage source noise RMS (20 MHz)

 

<2.5 mVrms

<1 mVrms

(< 25 μVrms with PX0107A)

Minimum pulse width

 

50 μs

10 μs

N/A

100 μs

Maximum slew rate

 

3.5 V/μs

0.15 V/μs

Digitizer mode

 

 

Maximum sampling rate

 

1MSa/s

15 MSa/s

250 kSa/s

500 kSa/s

Auto measurement ranging

 

Seamless current measurement ranging

 

 
 

PW9251A PathWave IV Curve Software is a powerful GUI software designed to simplify and accelerate the process
of performing synchronous current-voltage (IV) measurements. With a user-friendly interface, the software enables
researchers, engineers, and developers to perform IV measurements without any programming knowledge.  Learn More