Published November 10, 2004 | Version v1
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Latest Diagnostic Electronics Development for the PROSCAN Proton Accelerator

Creators

  • 1. Paul Scherrer Institute, CH - 5232 Villigen (Switzerland)

Description

New VME-based diagnostic electronics are being developed for PROSCAN, a proton accelerator for medical application presently under construction at PSI. One new development is a VME-based multi-channel logarithmic amplifier for converting current to voltage (LogIV). The LogIV boards are used for measuring current from the multiple wire (harp) profile monitors. The LogIV calibration method, current dependant bandwidth and temperature stability are presented. Another development is a BPM front end, based on the newest digital receiver techniques. Features of this new system are the remote control of the preamplifier stage and the continuous monitoring of each individual signal overall gain. Characteristics of the developed prototype are given

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.1831157;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
732
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 268-275
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
11. beam instrumentation workshop
Dates
3-6 May 2004
Place
Knoxville, TN (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36073112
Subject category
S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
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Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACCELERATORS; BEAM CURRENTS; BEAM MONITORING; BEAM MONITORS; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; GAIN; PARTICLE BEAMS; PREAMPLIFIERS; PROTONS; REMOTE CONTROL
Descriptors DEC
AMPLIFICATION; AMPLIFIERS; BARYONS; BEAMS; CONTROL; CURRENTS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EQUIPMENT; FERMIONS; HADRONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MONITORING; MONITORS; NUCLEONS

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(c) 2004 American Institute of Physics