Accurately Measuring Nanoamperes Application Note: Using the Tektronix DMM4020 Multimeter

2022-05-10
●In today's electronics, measuring standby power or current leakage is a common task during debug and design validation. With consumer demand for longer battery life and energy efficient products, design engineers must carefully manage the energy lost to current leakage, requiring accurate measurements.
■Standby current leakage is often designed into a device. It is a side-effect of products providing :instant-on: capability, consumer electronics with always-on clock displays, as well as power conversion devices such as battery chargers. Because energy is power multiplied by time, even if the standby power level is low, a significant amount of energy can be consumed over long time periods, dissipating AC line power and draining power stored in batteries.
■Accurately measuring low-level leakage currents in the nanoampere range is a challenge for most digital multimeters. The Tektronix DMM4020 multimeter offers a dedicated circuit for measuring leakage currents with a resolution of 1 nA to meet this challenge.

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