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Automatic
Setup and Control of a 10 GHz-Bandwidth Transient Digitizer Using VXI-Standard
Electronics--Hypres,
Inc., 175 Clearbrook Road, Elmsford, NY 10523-1109;
914-592-1190
Dr.
Steven B. Kaplan, Principal Investigator, Kaplan@hypres.com
Mr.
Ed Kulinski, Business Official, ekulinski@hypres.com
DOE
Grant No. DE-FG02-01ER83201
Amount:
$99,978
A
previously developed transient digitizer, used in measurements during nuclear
energy experiments, provides ultra-wide bandwidth performance that is
unsurpassed by any other digitizer based on analog-to-digital converters.
However, setup and control electronics are required in order to transform
the digitizer from a laboratory tool to a commercial instrument.
This project will develop a custom software interface, together with the
setup and control electronics, that will transform the current transient
digitizer chip into a turnkey instrument operable by any technician.
Phase I will build a compact control unit using standard electronics and
an interface. The control unit will be demonstrated in a semi-automatic
operational mode and used to measure the performance of fabricated digitizer
chips. The procedures and
algorithms for setting up and optimizing chip performance will be codified to
enable automatic operation in Phase II.
Commercial
Applications And Other Benefits as
described by awardee: The
transient digitizer should be useful for measuring the bunch profile of
accelerator beams such as for the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). It also should be useful for both laser and target diagnostic
work at the National Ignition Facility (NIF).
Finally, the commercial communications industry requires the capability
to digitize very high-speed communications signals to extend the reach of fiber
communications systems.