PXIe-4162 Overview

The PXIe-4162 is a 12-channel, 4-quadrant source measurement unit (SMU) featuring integrated remote (4 wire) sensing, analog-to-digital converter technology, and the SourceAdapt technology. Use the PXIe-4162 to perform high-precision measurements in microLED production tests and general mixed-signal integrated circuit (IC) tests.

Note In this document, the PXIe-4162 (10 pA) and PXIe-4162 (100 pA) are referred to inclusively as the PXIe-4162. Content in this document applies to all versions of the PXIe-4162 unless otherwise specified. The PXIe-4162 (10 pA) shows PXIe-4162 12-CH 10pA SMU, and the PXIe-4162 (100 pA) shows PXIe-4162 12-CH Precision SMU on the front panel.

Device Capabilities

The PXIe-4162 is a high-precision system source measure unit (SMU) that has the following features and capabilities.

  • Power output
    • In chassis with slot cooling capacity ≥58 W: 1.2 W DC output per channel, up to 28.8 W total module power
    • In all other chassis: 0.7 W DC output per channel, up to 11.5 W total module power
  • Current ranges
    • In chassis with slot cooling capacity ≥58 W: 1 µA, 10 µA, 100 µA, 1 mA, 10 mA, 100 mA
    • In all other chassis: 1 µA, 10 µA, 100 µA, 1 mA, 10 mA, 60 mA
  • Voltage ranges: ±24 V
  • 100 kS/s maximum sampling rate and 100 kS/s maximum update rate per channel
  • 4-wire remote sense and guard
  • SourceAdapt technology
Figure 1. PXIe-4162 Quadrant Diagram


Driver Support

NI recommends that you use the newest version of the driver for your module.

Table 1. Earliest Driver Version Support
Variant Driver Name Earliest Version Support
PXIe-4162 (100 pA) NI-DCPower 17.6.1
PXIe-4162 (10 pA) NI-DCPower 21.8