PT Journal
AU Menendez, A
   Esperante, D
   Garcia-Olcina, R
   Torres, J
   Perez-Soler, J
   Marco, R
   Gimeno, B
   Martos, J
   Soret, J
TI RF Acquisition System Based on μTCA for Testing of High-Gradient Acceleration Cavities
SO Electronics
JI Electronics
PY 2022
BP 720 - 22pp
VL 11
IS 5
DI 10.3390/electronics11050720
LA English
DE radio frequency; accelerator cavities; mu TCA systems; Low Level RF system
AB The radio frequency (RF) laboratory hosted in the Corpuscular Physics Institute (IFIC) of the University of Valencia is designed to house a high-power and high-repetition-rate facility to test normal conduction RF accelerator cavities in the S-Band (2.9985 GHz) in order to perform R & D activities related to particle accelerator cavities. The system, which manages the entire process of RF signal generation, data acquisition and closed-loop control of the laboratory, is currently based on a modular and compact PXI platform system. This contribution details the development of a platform with similar features, but which is based on open architecture standards at both the hardware and software level. For this purpose, a complete system based on the μTCA platform has been developed. This new system must be able to work with accelerator cavities at other operating frequencies, such as 750 MHz, as well as to explore different options at firmware and software levels based on open-source codes.
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