Title
Performance Improvement of a DSP-Based Digital Integrator for Magnetic Measurements at CERN
Abstract
An improved self-calibrating digital instrument for online flux measurements on superconducting magnets for particle accelerators prototyped at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), in cooperation with the University of Sannio, is presented. The new instrument reduces the online flux analysis time down to 4.00 mu s within a resolution of 50 ns. Furthermore, the typical signal-to-noise-and-distortion ratio (SINAD) is significantly improved with respect to the previous version and to the instruments that are currently in use. Details about the design, online measurement principle, and results of the metrological characterization of the new instrument are provided.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1109/TIM.2008.2006723
IEEE T. Instrumentation and Measurement
Keywords
Field
DocType
digital circuits,digital integrated circuits,high energy physics instrumentation computing,integrating circuits,nuclear electronics,storage rings,superconducting magnets,CERN,DSP-based digital integrator,European Organization for Nuclear Research,magnetic measurements,metrological characterization,online flux measurements,particle accelerators,self-calibrating digital instrument,signal-to-noise-and-distortion ratio,superconducting magnets,Accelerator measurement systems,digital measurements,integrators,magnetic variables measurement,signal processing
Large Hadron Collider,Nuclear electronics,SINAD,Digital signal processing,Superconducting magnet,Particle accelerator,Integrator,Electronic engineering,Measuring principle,Electrical engineering,Physics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
58
7
0018-9456
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
1
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Pasquale Arpaia19529.77
Vitaliano Inglese281.50
Giovanni Spiezia3163.97