Instrument information

  • Machine/ Equipment: Impedance Analyzer
  • Student/ Responsible personnel: Sagnik and Ranomay
  • Cost (per hour or per session/ sample): Rs. 400/slot
    Max Slot duration = 1 hour
  • Probable day and timings per week: Weekdays

About machine

The E4990A is an impedance analyzer from Keysight Agilent. Electrical impedance analyzers enable the measurement and monitoring of the opposition to current in AC, or alternating current, systems. Impedance refers to how the chemical or physical properties interact with voltages and currents, or how well a component passes current. Use an impedance analyzer to test equipment such as capacitors, inductors, and resistors. Applications include Corrosion studies, Battery research and fuel cells, Solar cells, LCDs, Bio-materials, Ceramics / composites, Electronic component development, BioEngineering.

Machine Specification

Name:E4990A Impedance Analyzer
Measurement parameters: Impedance parameters: |Z|, θz , |Y|, θy, Cp, Cs, Lp, Ls, Rp, Rs (R), D, Q, X, G, B, Complex Z, Complex Y Level monitor: Vac, Iac, Vdc, Idc
Configuration: Four terminal pair configuration Four BNC (female) connectors. Connector type Option 120: Can be converted to one port terminal using the Keysight Technologies, Inc. 42942A Terminal Adapter (7-mm port) or 42941A Impedance Probe (SMA (f) port).
Frequency Range: 20 Hz to 30 MHz
Resolution: 1 mHz Accuracy: Without Option 1E5: ± 7 ppm ± 1 mHz (at 23 ± 5 °C) With Option 1E5: ± 1 ppm ± 1 mHz (at 23 ± 5 °C)
Stability: Without Option 1E5: ± 7 ppm (at 5 to 40 °C, Typical) With Option 1E5: ± 0.5 ppm (at 5 to 40 °C, Typical) ± 0.5 ppm per year (Typical)
Voltage Signal Level: Range: 5 mVrms to 1
Vrms Resolution: 1 mV
Current Signal Level: Range: 200 µArms to 20 mArms Resolution: 20 µA