Font 4 Review Digital Feedback System BPM Analogue Processor Digital Processor Feather Kicker Power Amplifier Pick up StriplinesKicker StriplinesBeam
Hardware & Firmware Study of the Digital Feedback System divided the design task into two sections Hardware Design BPM Analogue Processor Digital board using high speed ADCs, DACs and FPGA Power Amplifier for driving the Kicker Firmware Design Sampling, processing and outputting the results
Block Diagram of Digital Board
Digital Board 2 x Analog Input channels (single-ended) 2 x Analog Output channels (differential)4 x General-purpose digital outputs 3 x external clock/trigger inputs Xilinx FPGA Virtex4 Analog Devices ADC/DACs 40 MHz oscillator RS232 comms JTAG port PROM GP I/O Header
Block Diagram of BPM Analogue Processor
BPM Analogue Processor Version 1 New PCB front-end processors designed and built – based on FONT3 processor (connectorised components) Integrated 2-channel board (sum and difference), ease- of-use (less set-up), greater reliability, simplified phasing of the local oscillator, optional amplifier mounting. Stripline Inputs Raw sum loopback LO input Difference output Sum (I) output Sum Q output
BPM Analogue Processor Version 2
TMD Power Amplifier
Power Amplifier and Kicker
Future Work Modify Digital Board for minor errors or redesign its layout which needs more investigation of the board and finding its shortcomings Design a new board for FONT5 considering the experiences obtained from Digital Board, newer ADCs, DACs and FPGA Modify the layout of the BPM Analogue Processor considering the necessity of the output amplifiers or redesigning the board considering higher resolution Designing an FPGA board for signal simulation Is the design of the Kicker Amplifier final or some improvements or redesign are needed? The need of integrating the MiniCircuits Amplifier in our boards? Other considerations?