Design of an Ultra-Low Noise Analogue Front-End for Fast Voltage Pulses Measurement

Pasquale Arpaia, Carlo Baccigalupi, Miguel Cerqueira Bastos, Michele Martino
Abstract:
A 15MS/s, 10 ppm repeatable acquisition system to characterize 3 μs rise-time trapezoidal voltage pulses is proposed. The system is based mainly on a low-noise, 5MHz bandwidth analog front-end. In this paper, the requirements, the concept and physical design are illustrated. Simulation results aimed at assessing the circuit performance are presented. An experimental case study on the characterization of a pulsed power supply for the klystrons modulators of the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) under study at CERN is reported. In particular, the experimental metrological characterization of the prototype in terms of bandwidth and noise is presented.
Keywords:
Accelerator Applications, Hardware and Accelerator Control Systems, Pulsed Power Supplies, Pulse Measurements
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Event details
IMEKO TC:
TC4
Event name:
TC4 Symposium 2014
Title:

20th IMEKO TC4 Symposium on Measurements of Electrical Quantities (together with 18th TC4 International Workshop on ADC and DCA Modeling and Testing, IWADC)
"Research on Electrical and Electronic Measurement for the Economic Upturn"

Place:
Benevento, ITALY
Time:
15 September 2014 - 17 September 2014