17–22 May 2026
C.I.D
Europe/Zurich timezone

Experimental Evaluation of a Digitizer Designed for ACCT Beam Current Transformers

WEP6031
20 May 2026, 16:00
2h
C.I.D

C.I.D

Deauville, France
Board: Wednesday roquefort: RB01
Poster Presentation MC6.T03: Beam Diagnostics and Instrumentation Poster session

Speaker

Mr Dorian Coves (Bergoz Instrumentation (France))

Description

To integrate the signals of beam current transformers into accelerator control systems, particle accelerators require high-performance digitizers with optimized bandwidth, sampling rate, and dynamic range. They must be accurate and reliable. And they should be easy to deploy and operate.

A specialized digitizer was developed to interface the Bergoz Instrumentation ACCT sensor and its analog front-end electronics to an accelerator control system. It allows waveform acquisition preserving the quality of the analog signal and controls the ACCT configuration. Communication is implemented over Ethernet through a simple command protocol, and an EPICS soft IOC is provided.

The digitizer was tested with two ACCTs installed at the CHUV Oriatron Linac and a third at the METAS electron beamline. Results demonstrate improved signal-to-noise ratio, adaptability to multiple beam types, and simplified deployment compared to general-purpose digitizers.

Paper status Proceeding files received

Author

Mr Dorian Coves (Bergoz Instrumentation (France))

Co-authors

Frank Stulle (Bergoz Instrumentation (France)) Mr Etienne Touzain (Bergoz Instrumentation (France)) Dr Peter Peier (Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology) Dr Franziska Frei (Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology) Mr Luca Soutter (University Hospital of Lausanne) Dr Claude Bailat (University Hospital of Lausanne)

Presentation materials