The Agilent N6763A is a precision DC power module in the N6700 Modular Power System family, rated at 20 V, 50 A, and 300 W. Because it is a 300 W precision module it is double-wide, occupying two of a mainframe's four module slots. Like all modules in the family, it is not a standalone instrument: it installs into an N6700-series low-profile mainframe or an N6705 DC Power Analyzer mainframe, and its available capabilities depend not only on its own hardware but also on the hardware and firmware of the mainframe in which it is installed.

The Agilent N6700 Low-Profile Modular Power System (MPS) is a 1U-high, multiple-output programmable DC power supply system that gives test system integrators the flexibility to mix and match from over 30 different DC power and electronic load modules. The result is a 1- to 4-channel DC power system that can be optimized to match a specific set of test requirements, letting engineers invest in high-performance outputs where speed and accuracy matter and basic outputs where simple DC power is all that is needed. Power supplies and electronic loads are a fundamental component of test systems across aerospace and defense, consumer electronics, computers and peripherals, communications, semiconductor, and automotive electronics — industries where complex ATE systems often require multiple power sources and where reducing occupied rack space and increasing test throughput are constant pressures. Within the family, precision modules suit semiconductor and passive-device testing where a precisely controlled output and highly accurate measurements are needed, while source/measure units support battery drain analysis and functional test.

Installed in the Agilent N6705 DC Power Analyzer, the same modules become part of an entirely new instrument category for R&D engineers. The N6705 combines one to four DC power supplies or electronic loads with the functions of a digital multimeter, oscilloscope, arbitrary waveform generator, and data logger in a single integrated unit that sources and measures DC voltage and current into a device under test, giving insight into a device's power consumption without writing a single line of code. From the front panel an engineer can set up and view critical turn-on and turn-off sequences, measure and display voltage and current versus time to visualize power into the device under test, control DC bias-supply or electronic-load ramp-up and ramp-down rates, generate DC bias transients and disturbances as arbitrary waveforms, and log data over seconds, minutes, hours, or even days to capture current and power consumption or anomalies. A common task is inrush current measurement: triggering the integrated oscilloscope on the DC output's on/off key in single-shot mode captures the current flowing into the DUT as the output turns on. While designed primarily as an R&D bench tool, the N6705 is fully programmable and LXI Class C certified, which makes it useful in ATE systems for visualizing results as tests execute, for device troubleshooting, and for test development; it mounts in a standard 19-inch rack as a 4U instrument.

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Brand Heritage

These instruments are branded Agilent Technologies. Agilent Technologies was established in 1999 as a spin-off of the test and measurement business of Hewlett-Packard. In 2014, that electronic measurement business was separated again into a newly formed company, Keysight Technologies, which carries this product line forward today. Equipment bearing the Agilent name reflects this period of the brand's corporate history.

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The Agilent N6700 Modular Power System family pairs a choice of mainframe with a selection of plug-in DC power and electronic load modules. Rather than a fixed-configuration supply, it is a user-reconfigurable system: integrators select from over 30 modules to assemble exactly the channel count, voltage, current, and performance grade a test station calls for — investing in high-performance outputs where speed and accuracy matter, and basic outputs where simple, economical DC power is sufficient. As test needs change, different modules can be purchased and swapped into the mainframe, so the system grows over time.

Mainframe choices span two product lines. The low-profile Modular Power Systems are offered in three total-available-power tiers — the 400 W N6700B, the 600 W N6701A, and the 1200 W N6702A — each holding one to four modules within a single 1U chassis for automated test environments. The N6705 DC Power Analyzers (N6705A/N6705B, and the later N6705C) are four-slot bench mainframes that provide 600 W of total available power and add front-panel scope view, arbitrary waveform generation, and data logging that are not present in the low-profile mainframes. The same modules are shared between the N6705 bench analyzer and the N6700 low-profile mainframes used in ATE, allowing test correlation and program sharing between R&D and manufacturing. Each system can be purchased as a mainframe plus separately boxed modules that you assemble yourself, or as a build-to-order configuration (the N6710B/N6711A/N6712A low-profile systems, or the N6715B/N6715C analyzer) shipped as one mainframe with one to four modules already installed.

The modules are organized into series: basic DC power modules (the N6730, N6740, and N6770 ranges), high-performance autoranging modules (N6750 series), precision modules (N6760 series), source/measure units (N6780 series), application-specific modules (N6783A-BAT, N6783A-MFG), and DC electronic loads (N6790 series). Basic modules provide clean, economical DC power at 50 W, 100 W, and 300 W with outputs up to 150 V and up to 20 A. High-performance autoranging modules and precision modules add autoranging outputs that deliver maximum power across a range of voltage and current combinations, lower noise, and faster voltage changes, with available power up to 500 W; the precision series further provides dual programming and measurement ranges, low-range measurement, and simultaneous voltage and current digitizing. Source/measure units provide up to 80 W with two- or four-quadrant operation, ranges down to a 10 microampere current range, and battery emulator/charger and CC/CV load functions. The application-specific N6783A modules (18 W to 24 W) provide two-quadrant battery charge/discharge and mobile-device manufacturing test functions. The N6790 electronic loads absorb rather than source power, offering 100 W and 200 W modules (up to 60 V and 40 A) with constant voltage, current, resistance, and power modes and programmable slew rates.

Each pre-owned model linked below is its own dedicated product page with condition-matched pricing. Select the mainframe or module configuration that fits your application, and review that page for its specific output ratings and available options. Output ratings, ripple and noise, and voltage and current programming and measurement accuracy vary by module, and modules rated at 300 W or more in the high-performance and precision series (the double-wide N6753A–N6756A and N6763A–N6766A, plus the N6785A–N6786A SMUs and the N6792A load) occupy two of the four mainframe slots. The comparison table that follows summarizes these per-model differences so the correct module can be matched to the application.

Additional differences in specifications beyond the few shown above are not listed here — see each model's full specifications below.

Product Core & Specifications

The detailed specifications below are for this product, the Agilent N6763A precision DC power module (values shown for the highest output and measurement range; the precision modules have multiple ranges).

The N6763A sits within a broad module lineup spanning basic, high-performance autoranging, precision, source/measure, application-specific, and electronic-load classes; the per-module output ratings and accuracies summarized in the comparison section above vary by model, and each model's own product page lists its full specifications.

The N6705 / N6715 DC Power Analyzer mainframe characteristics shared by this family are summarized below (these apply to the mainframe in which the module is installed).

Important: Front-panel binding posts are rated for 20 A per post; modules with outputs rated greater than 20 A, such as the N6753A, N6763A, or N6792A, route their high-current wiring through the N6705's rear panel. The N6705B mainframe provides rear-panel access ports for this (for an N6705A mainframe, order N6705U-057 to replace the rear panel).

Important: This is a modular system. The DC power and electronic load modules are not standalone instruments; a power module requires an Agilent N6700-series (N6700B/N6701A/N6702A) or N6705 DC Power Analyzer (N6705A/N6705B) mainframe — or the later N6700C/N6701C/N6702C or N6705C mainframes — to operate, and at least one DC power module is required for the system to function. Modules are ordered separately from the mainframe.

Important: Each module occupies one of the mainframe's four module slots, except the double-wide N6753A–N6756A and N6763A–N6766A modules, the N6785A–N6786A SMUs, and the N6792A load, which each occupy two module slots.

Important: Each N6705 / N6715 mainframe's total available output power is 600 W. If the sum of the installed modules' power exceeds the mainframe's available output power, the mainframe's power management feature allocates available power to the outputs where it is needed. (Low-profile mainframes are available in 400 W, 600 W, and 1200 W tiers.)

Important: Output current is derated 1% per °C above 40 °C ambient temperature.

Important: Maximum series operation is 240 V; maximum rated parallel operation is 100 A per N6705. Output terminal isolation: no output terminal may be more than ±240 VDC from any other terminal or chassis ground. When using the auxiliary measurement input terminals on the N6781A, no output or input terminal may be more than ±60 VDC from any other terminal and chassis ground.

Important: Installing one of the 500 W modules in the 400 W N6700B mainframe may prevent that module from running at its full rated output power.

Important: When configuring a mainframe with fewer than four filled module slots, you must order a filler panel kit (N6708A); each kit contains three filler panels, and every empty module slot must be filled with a filler panel for proper operation.

Important: If you will be rack mounting the N6700, you must order the rack mount kit (N6709A; N6709C on the later mainframes). Standard rack rails or slides are not compatible with the N6700 because of its 1U size and airflow requirements.

Important: For the N6712A / N6712C 1200 W build-to-order system, the maximum output power is limited to 600 W at 100 VAC; to achieve full output power of 1200 W you must use option 929 and operate at 200 VAC.

Important: When the N6702A / N6702C 1200 W mainframe is first turned on it senses the available AC line power and limits output power to 600 W so the high-power mainframe can be plugged into any standard outlet. An AC mains rated at 100–180 VAC cannot supply enough current to power the N6702A mainframe at its full rated power; when connected to a 100–180 VAC mains, internal circuits limit the power available to modules to 600 W maximum.

Important: Multi-mainframe output sequencing synchronization is supported on the N6700B, N6701A, and N6702A mainframes (synchronized by wiring the rear-panel I/O ports together); it is not supported on the discontinued N6700A mainframe.

Important: Option 760 (Output Disconnect/Polarity Reversal Relays) limits output current to 10 A maximum on Models N6742B and N6773A, and is not available on Models N6741B, N6751A, N6752A, N6761A, N6762A, and the N6781A–N6786A SMU modules. Option 761 provides output and sense disconnect relays.

Important: Option 2UA (200 µA measurement range) is available only on Models N6761A and N6762A.

Important: High-Speed Test Extensions (Option 054) add LIST sequencing and digitizing; they are optional on the basic, high-performance, and 300 W modules and standard on the precision, SMU, application-specific, and load modules.

Important: N6783A modules cannot be used in series with other N6783A modules or any other N67xx module.

Important: When sinking power, Model N6784A can operate at the maximum rated output power for only a limited amount of time; the unit monitors internal power-device temperature and latches the output off if the safe limit is exceeded (annunciated by the OT status bit), and a protect clear is required to resume operation.

Important: The N6791A and N6792A electronic load modules are not supported on the previous mainframes N6700B, N6701A, N6702A, N6705A, and N6705B. Arbitrary waveform generation, scope view, and the related N6705 oscilloscope measurement capabilities apply only when the power modules are installed in an N6705 DC Power Analyzer.

Important: Published current/power ratings for Models N6751A and N6752A differ between the datasheet's specification table (page 16: N6751A 50 V/5 A/50 W, N6752A 50 V/10 A/100 W) and the ordering tables (pages 19 and 21: both listed as 50 V/1.5 A/50 W); confirm the installed module's rating from the instrument before relying on maximum output.

Important: This data sheet does not include a comprehensive list of all power module specifications and characteristics; complete performance specifications and supplemental characteristics for all power modules are in the Keysight N6700 Modular Power System Family Specifications Guide, part number N6700-90001.

Recommended pairing: the Agilent 14585A Control and Analysis Software controls the family's DC power and electronic load modules installed in up to four N6705 mainframes — up to 16 modules simultaneously — from a single PC, adding enhanced data visualization and management. (On the later mainframes, the BV9200B PathWave BenchVue Advanced Power Control and Analysis Software provides the same up-to-four-mainframe, up-to-16-module control.)

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