Figure 5-17 BINNING MODE – Set Main Screen. Wayne Kerr 3260B

Advanced Operation 5–19

Figure 5-17 BINNING MODE – Set Main Screen

In Figure 5-17 above, the bins are shown ready to receive percentage limits. Absolute limits can be entered by highlighting Abs with the Abs % soft key. Either nested or stacked limits can be entered. When entering nested limits, the second limit in a row can be entered by highlighting it and pressing the keypad Enter key twice. This mimics the setting of the first limit but with the opposite sign. Since the analyzer will accept one set of percentage limits and another set of absolute limits it is possible to enter a set of nested percentage limits and a set of stacked absolute limits, or vice versa. The only limitation to this is that the minor term, when displayed, is common to both percentage and absolute limits.

When using percentage limits, the nominal component value must also be entered by pressing the Nominal soft key, then entering the nominal component value with the data entry keypad.

Any limit set to zero is ignored during subsequent sorting. Bins can therefore be set up with no minor term limit.

The minor term limit is a single maximum or minimum value as appropriate, e.g. Q would have a minimum limit, indicated by Minor Q > x.

Figure 5-18 BINNING MODE

Nested Percentage Limits

Figure 5-19 BINNING MODE

Stacked Absolute Limits

The example shown in Figure 5-18 above would sort transformers on the basis of their % deviation from primary winding inductance and Q factor. In this case, a transformer with a