As illustrated in Figure 2-1, for a low-side measurement, connect the electronic load positive input terminal to the positive terminal of a supply capable of sourcing the desired amount of maximum load current. For a high-side measurement, connect the electronic load positive input terminal to the load sourcing terminal (IN+ or IN–) of the EVM. For high-side measurement of forward current, IN– sources to the electronic load; for reverse current, IN+ sources to the load.
Connect the electronic load negative output terminal to the external supply GND terminal for high-side measurements, or to the load sinking terminal of the EVM for low-side measurements.
For high-side measurements, connect the external supply to the load sinking terminal of the EVM. Otherwise, for low-side measurements, connect the load sourcing terminal of the EVM (IN+ or IN–) to the external supply GND.
Turn on all the connected supplies.
Apply load with electronic load or actual system load.
Measure the output voltage at the VOUT test point.
Note:
The output voltage is equal to the sensitivity of the device multiplied by the load current passing through the leadframe of the DUT.