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The general trend in electronics is for
equipment and devices to become
smaller, integrated and more portable.
More intelligence, integration and
miniaturization are demanded along
with lower power consumption to
maximize battery life. Researchers,
designers and developers pursuing
the innovations and breakthroughs
needed to develop these next-
generation devices typically require
basic equipment such as power
supplies and sources for this work.
Therefore, the power supplies and
sources used by these innovators
also need to possess features
advanced enough to meet the difficult
measurement challenges they often
face. The Agilent B2900A series of
precision instruments includes two
next generation of power supply/
source solutions that meet these
needs: the B2961A 6.5 Digit Low
Noise Power Source 1ch and the
B2962A 6.5 Digit Low Noise Power
Source 2ch. These products achieve
best in class precision, support wide
bipolar output ranges and have an
extremely low noise floor. They also
possess graphing capability and other
advanced features. This makes them
ideal companion products for other
instruments such as oscilloscopes,
network analyzers, spectrum analyz-
ers, frequency counters, digital multi
meters, nano-voltmeters, etc.
The world’s only 6.5 digit source with
a bipolar range of 100 nV to 210 V
and 10 fA to 10.5 A
The Agilent B2961A/B2962A Power
Source has broad voltage (up to
±210 V) and current (up to ±3 A DC
and±10.5 A pulsed) sourcing ranges
and excellent 6.5 digit resolution
(minimum 100 nV/10fA program
resolution). Unlike a typical power
supply/source, it supports 4-quardant
operation that gives you the freedom
to accurately and precisely supply any
voltage or current contained within its
ranges regardless of polarity.
Noise floor of 10 μVrms (1 nVrms /
@10 kHz) outperforms even linear
power supplies
Low noise performance is required
for the development of noise sensi-
tive devices such as VCOs (voltage
controlled oscillators), ADC/DAC,
new material based components, etc.
However, conventional power sup-
plies and sources have not been able
to achieve the noise level required
for these applications. The Agilent
B2961A/B2962A supports an optional
external low noise filter that enables
ultra-low noise performance down
to 10 μVrms and 1nVrms/
(at 10
kHz), providing unparalleled low noise
performance in a low-cost bench-top
power source.
Innovative sourcing capabilities
enable test and evaluation not
possible with conventional power
supplies and sources
The Agilent B2961A/B2962A sup-
ports a number of innovative sourcing
capabilities for test and evaluation
that are not available on conventional
power supplies and sources. For
example, the Agilent B2961A/B2962A
has the ability to generate not only
DC signals but also pulsed, swept and
arbitrary waveforms (1 mHz to 10 kHz)
in both voltage and current. Its arbi-
trary waveform generation capability
supports common waveform types
such as sine, ramp, square, etc. in
addition to user-defined waveforms.
The Agilent B2961A/B2962A also
supports an advanced programmable
output resistance feature that allows
you to specify either a particular
output resistance or a specific voltage
versus current source characteristic.
This feature is ideal for emulating
a wide variety of devices (such as
batteries, photovoltaic cells, sensors,
transducers, etc.) that are otherwise
difficult to simulate.
Finally, the Agilent B2961A/B2962A
has a 4.3 inch wide LCD display and
all of its capabilities are accessible
from its front-panel graphical user
interface (GUI). The graphical display
not only simplifies user-operation, but
it also facilitates viewing measure-
ment results. With the built-in 4.5
digit voltage and current monitoring
capability, you can check the output
voltage or current graphically by
the time domain voltage/current
waveform viewer. This permits quick
checking and debugging of measure-
ment results without the need for
additional equipment.
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