Inventors:
John G. Banaska - Wadsworth OH, US
Gregory Roberts - Cleveland OH, US
Assignee:
Keithley Instruments, Inc. - Cleveland OH
International Classification:
G01K 7/00
Abstract:
An electronic instrument having in its circuitry a specific solid state switch that exhibits detrimental current leakage at elevated temperatures, a variable voltage device in the instrument connected to the specific switch, the variable voltage device being capable, at an experimentally determined voltage setting, of zeroing out the leakage current in the specific switch, the variable voltage device being set at a voltage setting determined experimentally using said specific switch at an elevated temperature thereby temperature compensating said specific switch.