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Designed for cancer therapy synchrotrons
Ideal for heavy ion synchrotrons
Tracks the beam during the energy ramp
Handles >70 dB beam intensity range

  ■  The BaseBand BPM is a log amplifier-based
  beam position monitor.
  ■  Operates from 1 to 11 MHz.
  ■  Output signals are analog voltages:
  ■  X&Y narrowband outputs for close orbit
  measurement: ±2V
  ■  X&Y wideband outputs for machine study, to see orbit
  changes or instabilities during the ramp: ±2V
  ■  Matching cables length not required: pickup signals
  don’t need to be in phase.
  ■  BB-BPM may be custom-built on daughter card for installation on user’s FPGA/DSP mother boards.

Operating principle
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Based on the pioneering work of Robert E. Shafer at Los Alamos Laboratory, the Log-Ratio BPM derives beam position from logarithm of the ratio of opposite pickup signals: Log(A/B). Position measured by this method is more linear, over a wider range, than difference-over-sum.

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The position of the beam from rotated pickups is obtained by axes translation to the vertical resp. horizontal plane by wideband analog circuits