Highlights

A New Standard for Ceramic Capacitor Production Tests

The Keysight Technologies, Inc. E4981B capacitance meter provides the best performance for ceramic capacitor manufacturing tests. Offering fast measurement speed and outstanding accuracy, the E4981B is the new standard in the industry.

Measurement Time

High-speed measurement: 2.3 ms (1 MHz), 3.0 ms (1 kHz), 11.0 ms (120 Hz)

Basic Accuracy 

Accurate C-D testing: 0.05%, 0.0005 (specification), 0.042%, 0.0003 (typical)

More Features

9 Bin Sorting

256 multi-channel correction

Compatible SCPI command and Handler/Scanner interfaces with the 4268A, 4288A, and E4981A

Test signal level compensation for high-value ceramic capacitor tests

Versatile PC connectivity (LAN, USB and GPIB)

A complete solution that replaces the 4268A, 4288A, and E4981A

Fast measurement speed - 2.3 ms (from trigger to EOM at 1 MHz)

Accurate and repeatable measurements, even small capacitance can be measured

Wide measurement range from small to large capacitance 0 F to 2.0 mF

0 F to 1.5 nF/1 MHz

68 pF to 200 nF/1 kHz

6.8 nF to 2 mF/120 Hz

Compatibility with the 4268A, 4288A, and E4981A

SCPI commands

Handler I/F

Scanner I/F

Enhanced functions for production test

Enhanced contact failure detections

Synchronous source

Frequency shift (±1%, ±2%) at 1 MHz

Faster data transfer

The E4981B capacitance meter offers a high speed with reliable measurements for ceramic capacitor testing in the production lines. The E4981B realizes the measurement capabilities of capacitance from small to large values with accurate measurements. The E4981B capacitance meter contributes to improvements in the test throughput while attaining excellent component quality for ceramic capacitor testing.