Design Of Future Systems

Near-future linac projects put yet unreached requirements on the LLRF control hardware in both performance and manageability. Meeting their field stability targets requires a clear identification of all critical items along the LLRF control loop as well as knowledge of fundamental limitations. Large-scale systems demand for extended automation concepts. The experience gained with present systems as well as dedicated experiments deliver the basis for a design of future systems. Digital hardware has evolved quickly over the past years and FPGAs became common not only in LLRF control. A high degree of digitization in various fields, as for example beam diagnostics, suggests to aim for a convergence of the digital platform designs. Channeling of efforts of different research laboratories may be the key to an affordable solution that meets all requirements and has a broad range of applications. LINAC DESIGN CHOICES Prior to the design of the LLRF goes the design of the linear accelerator a...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1998
• Where: DATE
• Authors: Ian Page
• Keywords: DATE 1998, Design, Hardware, LLRF Control, LLRF Control Loop