Radiation damage in amplifiers used for quench detection in a superconducting accelerator

Author

Remondino, Vittorio

Author_Institution

CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

fYear

1995

fDate

18-22 Sep 1995

Firstpage

89

Lastpage

93

Abstract

The behaviour of some isolation amplifiers irradiated at the CERN PSAIF facility is described. These components were irradiated to total integrated neutron fluences varying from 1.2×10¹³ n/cm ² (E>140 keV) to 1.34×10¹⁴ n/cm² (E>140 keV). The degradation of the electrical characteristics was measured versus doses. These amplifiers could be used for the superconducting magnet protection of LHC. They will be placed inside the tunnel and they will be exposed to 2.5×10¹³ n/cm² (E>140 keV) during 10 year operation life time

Keywords

accelerator magnets; buffer circuits; colliding beam accelerators; magnetic amplifiers; neutron effects; quenching (thermal); radiation hardening (electronics); superconducting magnets; wideband amplifiers; 10 y; CERN PSAIF facility; LHC; electrical characteristics degradation; isolation amplifiers; operation life time; quench detection; radiation damage; superconducting accelerator; superconducting magnet protection; total integrated neutron fluences; Acceleration; Electric variables; Extraterrestrial measurements; Large Hadron Collider; Neutrons; Particle beams; Protection; Radiation detectors; Superconducting magnets; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radiation and its Effects on Components and Systems, 1995. RADECS 95., Third European Conference on

Conference_Location

Arcachon

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3093-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADECS.1995.509757

Filename

509757