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Rocket Science Industrialized
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Instrumentation Technologies
Rocket Science Industrialized
www.i-tech.si
Rocket Science Industrialized
I-Tech in Figures• > 5 mio € revenue• 35 Employees• AAA+ Rating• Est. 1998• Global Leader in Particle Accelerator Instrumentation
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Where we play• Design and development of High Performance Electronics and Systems
• Used in Particle Accelerators where extremely• Accurate, precise and stable measurements need to be taken• High frequency RF signals are treated (MHz-GHz)• Fast digitization is required (up to 1 GSa/s, 8 to 20 bit)• Intensive FPGA Real-Time data processing is necessary (~ns latency)• Fast feedback generation is needed to control the machine (~µs)• High synchronization level between distributed systems is required (ns to fs)• High level of reliability required
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Our Approach
• Agile• Collaborative• Deep level of customization• State-of-the-art (rocket) science• Robust industrialization
Our Solutions
•Unprecedented performance•Operate reliably at the limits of
technology•All-in-one system solutions• Superior value to the customer
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Hardware
FPGA
Manufacturing
We Master
Software
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• Real time data processing with low latency and high throughput
• Effective algorithm development
• Analogue electronic circuits –up to 12 GHz RF signal processing
• Shielding and temperature stabilization solutions
• 20 layer PCBs• Optical fiber based communication,
RF to optical and reversed transformation
• Device industrialization• Rapid prototyping and small
series production• Cost-optimized quality assured
large series production• System integration
• Applications and interface to other systems (e.g. control systems)
• Linux OS kernel and firmwarecustomizations
• Standard and proprietary protocols implementation
Hardware
FPGA
Manufacturing Software
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Applications
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Common System Overview
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Beam Position MonitorA beam position monitor measures the position of the particles in the accelerator pipe with nmresolution and <µs time resolution, enablingthe real-time control of the particle trajectory.
The Challenges:• Process extra-short (ps) electrical pulses• Wide input signal dynamic range (70dB)• Phase calibration of input signals down to 0.04°
at 500 MHz frequency• Effective input channel calibration through
compensation of temperature drifts and component differences
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Digital LLRFDigital LLRF stabilizes amplitude and phase ofthe electromagnetic fields in the cavities ofparticle accelerators, insuring that the particlesare accelerated and not slowed down.
The Challenges:• Extreme measurement accuracy:
Amplitude error < 0.01% RMSPhase error < 0.01° RMS
• High local temperature stability with local control down to 0.01°C
• Fast feedback system response (<300ns)
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Timing Distribution and Stabilization SystemThe system distributes an RF signal from a source to numerous end-stations around the machine, enabling a global synchronization down to the femto-second accuracy.
The Challenges:• Stabilization of GHz RF signal with extremely low
timing jitter (< 7fs) over 1.5km distance• Tightly locked distributed signals with peak-to-
peak drift < 30fs over long periods (3 days)• Short and completely automated warm-up period
(1hr), no operator involved
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Instrument Development PlatformInstruments developed from this platform put together our domain knowledge in a simple design, offering great price / performance ratio.
The Challenges:• Design-time modularity: easily exchange system
components at design phase.• Short development time and prototyping phase:
from the idea to the solution in < 6 months.• Maintenance free (no moving parts → passive
cooling → PoE supply)
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Red Pitaya
The Challenges:• Consumer market, different distribution channels• Form-factor: credit-card size• Price to access the market: < 400 EUR• Level of performance must match or exceed table top
instrumentation• Open Source community
Open-source general purpose laboratory instrument. “Bring your whole lab with you”.
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Easy Access and Control
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Reliability and Performance• Thousands of units deployed and working reliably for 15+ years• Tens of scientific publications use I-Tech instruments as the reference benchmark
• „On our Booster beam, we collected much data and features, that we could not measure or even detect before.“
• ∼ Kees Scheidt, Diagnostics Head (ESRF, Grenoble)
• „Real-machine commisioning of booster synchrotron to storage ring is only about three weeks. The success is impossiblewithout help of I-Tech.“
• ∼ Kuotung Hsu (NSRRC Taiwan)
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Instrumentation Technologies
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