The AMS brick: an HV power supply for the space experiment AMS-02

Author

Cervelli, F. ; Incagli, M. ; Spinella, F. ; Pilo, F. ; Venanzoni, G. ; Pedreschi, E. ; DiFalco, S. ; Galeotti, S. ; Piendibene, M. ; Avanzini, C. ; Gherarducci, F. ; Fausto, G. ; Castellini, G. ; Casadei, D. ; Palmonari, F. ; Sbarra, C. ; Marin, J. ; Berd

Author_Institution

INFN sez., Pisa, Italy

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

16-22 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

410

Abstract

AMS is a particle physics experiment in space. The purpose is to perform accurate, high statistics, long duration measurements of the spectra of energetic (up to multi-TeV) primary charged cosmic rays in space. This article describes the high voltage power supply for the AMS-02. This system was the brick, a set of interconnected modules (boxes) which contains DC/DC converters to generate high voltage from the 28 V DC available from the space station (BOX HV-DC/DC), linear regulators to fine adjust the voltage of each photomultiplier (BOX HV-LinReg) and logic board with the digital link that sets and monitors the various voltages (xPSC).

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; cosmic ray apparatus; cosmic ray energy spectra; photomultipliers; power supplies to apparatus; 28 V; AMS brick; AMS-02 space experiment; BOX HV-DC/DC; BOX HV-LinReg; DC/DC converters; energetic primary charged cosmic ray spectra; high voltage power supply; linear regulators; logic board; particle physics space experiment; photomultiplier; space station; xPSC; Cosmic rays; Current measurement; Energy measurement; Extraterrestrial measurements; Performance evaluation; Power supplies; Power system interconnection; Space charge; Statistics; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2004 IEEE

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8700-7

Electronic_ISBN

1082-3654

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2004.1462223

Filename

1462223