Author: Deibele, C.
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TUPB084 High Dynamic-Range High Speed Linac Current Measurements 666
 
  • C. Deibele
    ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
  • D. Curry, R. Dickson
    ORNL RAD, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
 
  Funding: ORNL is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 for the U.S. Department of Energy.
It is desired to measure the linac current of a charged particle beam with a consistent accuracy over a dynamic range of over 120 dB. Conventional current transformers suffer from droop, can be susceptible to electromagnetic interference (EMI), and can be bandwidth limited. A novel detector and electronics were designed to maximize dynamic range of about 120 dB and measure risetimes on the order of 10 nanoseconds.