Keyword: H-minus
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THPSC44 Development of Remote Control System for H-minus Ions Source of INR LINAC ion, controls, ion-source, linac 423
 
  • V.S. Klenov, Yu.V. Kiselev, O. Volodkevich, V. Zubets
    RAS/INR, Moscow, Russia
 
  A system of remote control of surface –plasma source of negative ions for INR RAS LINAC was designed, constructed and put into operation. The INR LINAC negative ions injector is based on the accelerating tube at energy of 400 keV and surface –plasma source of negative ions. Galvanic isolation and spatial separation of elements that are at potential 400 kV in the power rack of the ion source and the host computer are carried out by means of fiber-optic USB-interface extender from firms Icron. A set of multifunctional units from National Instruments allows to monitor the oscilloscope signals with up to 50 Ms/s and to control the ions source power settings. The data acquisition devices programming performed in a LabView graphical environment. Algorithm and LabVew code for fast and safe "conditioning" of the ion source discharge gap and extractor gap from arcing and breakdowns were developed.