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

LLRF Prototype Design for the 1.3 GHz Cryomodule of the Shenzhen Superconducting Soft X-ray FEL

WEP6603
20 May 2026, 16:00
2h
C.I.D

C.I.D

Deauville, France
Board: Wednesday roquefort: RE03
Poster Presentation MC6.T27: Instrumentation: Low Level RF Poster session

Speaker

Zhiyuan Zhang (Institute of Advanced Light Source Facilities, Shenzhen)

Description

This paper presents the design and preliminary test results of a Low-Level Radio Frequency (LLRF) prototype system developed for the 1.3 GHz standard cryomodule of the Shenzhen Superconducting Soft X-ray Free Electron Laser (S3FEL). The system is implemented within an MTCA.4 platform, integrating eight RF controller boards for superconducting cavity field acquisition and microwave excitation control to stabilize the RF field and ensure steady electron beam acceleration, alongside two tuner controller boards for driving four coupler motors, four cavity tuner motors, and eight piezoelectric actuators (PZTs). A high-speed peer-to-peer (P2P) backplane bus enables real-time communication between RF and tuner control boards. The report outlines the hardware architecture of this modular LLRF system and discusses initial functional and performance tests, demonstrating its suitability for meeting the precise stability requirements of the S3FEL project.

Funding Agency

the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 12405221)

Paper status Proceeding files received

Author

Jinfu Zhu (Institute of Advanced Light Source Facilities, Shenzhen)

Co-authors

Yuming Li (Institute of Advanced Light Source Facilities, Shenzhen) Wei Li (Institute of Advanced Light Source Facilities, Shenzhen) Zhiyuan Zhang (Institute of Advanced Light Source Facilities, Shenzhen) Hongli Ding (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics) Jiayue Yang (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics) Weiqing Zhang (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics)

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