PXI Boards Deliver Several Firsts

Oct. 8, 2008
Further expanding the PXI platform for precision DC applications in the realm of semiconductor parametric tests and device/component validation, the company offers its first PXI source measure unit (SMU) and what it calls the industry’s

Further expanding the PXI platform for precision DC applications in the realm of semiconductor parametric tests and device/component validation, the company offers its first PXI source measure unit (SMU) and what it calls the industry’s highest-density PXI switches. The PXI-4130 power SMU is a programmable, high-power 3U PXI module featuring a single, isolated SMU channel with a four-quadrant ±20V output that integrates remote four-wire sense. The channel sources up to 40W in quadrants I and III and sinks up to 10W in quadrants II and IV. An additional power-supply channel for voltage and current source and read back pairs the SMU with a power supply on a single PXI module. Other features include a measurement resolution down to 1 nA. The PXI-2535 and PXI-2536 switch modules offer 544 crosspoints, allegedly the largest matrix density available for a single 3U PXI slot. The PXI-2535 comes as a 4x136 one-wire matrix and the NI PXI-2536 as an 8x68 one-wire matrix. Based on FET technology, the modules provide unlimited mechanical lifetimes, unlimited simultaneous connections, and switching speeds as high as 50,000 crosspoints per second. Price for the PXI-4130 SMU starts at $2,4999 and pricing for the PXI-2535 and PXI-2536 switches starts at $2,999. NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS, Austin, TX. (800) 258-7022.

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