Grid and Aperture Monitor Electronics

Coordinating university or institute

Lund University, www.lunduniversity.lu.se

Facility

ESS

Project description

The European Spallation Source (ESS) is generating neutrons by hitting a tungsten target with proton beam pulses. The energy of the pulses needs to be spread out in order not to destroy the target. This is done by a rastering system. Crucial components are the measurement devices used to make sure that the beam is spread out sufficiently and that it is still in the right place. The task of Lund University is to design the electronic part of these measurement systems, including the algorithms that analyze the position of the beam and reports the results to the ESS control and protection systems. This places high demand on accuracy and reliability on the system developed.

Year

2018–

Team

Lund University: Faculty of Engineering:

  • Anders J Johansson, Docent, RF and accelerator systems, communications engineering
  • Markus Törmänen, Docent, RF electronincs, electrical engineering
  • Liang Liu, Docent, high speed signal processing, communications engineering

Core deliverables

  • System design and requirement gathering
  • Electronic acquisition hardware design
  • High speed data analysis in FPGA hardware
  • System integration and commissioning

Total budget

EUR 130,000

Collaborations

  • Lund University
  • ESS (ERIC)
  • Institute of Modern Physics, China
  • Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex, Japan

Procurement codes

Electronics and radio frequency
Information technology

Last edited

2019