• DocumentCode
    878110
  • Title

    The Development of a Current Monitor System for Measuring Pulsed-Beam Current over a Wide Dynamic Range

  • Author

    Gallegos, F.R. ; Morrison, L.J. ; Browman, A.A.

  • Author_Institution
    MP Division, MS H-812, Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, NM 87545
  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1985
  • Firstpage
    1959
  • Lastpage
    1961
  • Abstract
    This report documents the development of a current transformer system to measure pulsed ion beam currents at the LAMPF accelerator. Measured peak currents typically range from 100 nA to 30 mA with pulse widths varying from 30 ¿s to 1 ms. Signal conditioning of the peak current output provides an average current readout with a range of 1 nA to 2 mA, noise of approximately ±0.5 nA, and accuracy of ±0.1%. The system requires no operating adjustments and has proved stable and reliable during a year of operation.
  • Keywords
    Acoustic noise; Current measurement; Current transformers; Dynamic range; Low-frequency noise; Monitoring; Pulse measurements; Pulse transformers; Signal to noise ratio; Space vector pulse width modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1985.4333780
  • Filename
    4333780