Published December 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

LogAmp electronics and optical transmission for the new SPS beam position measurement system

  • 1. CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)

Description

A new front-end board is under development for the CERN SPS Multi ORbit Position System (MOPOS). Based on logarithmic amplifiers, it measures the beam position over a large dynamic range of beam intensities and resolves the multi-batch structure of the SPS beams. Analogue data are digitized at 10 MS/s, packed in frames by an FPGA and on every turn sent to the readout board, via a 2.4 Gb/s optical transmission link. A first prototype has been successfully tested with several SPS beams. This paper presents an overall description of the system and its capabilities highlighted by the first beam measurements

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/8/12/C12008

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Instrumentation
Journal Volume
8
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. C12008
ISSN
1748-0221

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46042081
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
AMPLIFIERS; BEAM POSITION; BEAMS; CERN SPS SYNCHROTRON; READOUT SYSTEMS; TRANSMISSION
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; SYNCHROTRONS