Title :
Radiation Hardness Assurance Methodology of Radiation Tolerant Power Converter Controls for Large Hadron Collider
Author :
Uznanski, Slawosz ; Todd, Benjamin ; Dinius, Arend ; King, Quentin ; Brugger, M.
Author_Institution :
Technol. Dept., Eur. Organ. for Nucl. Res., Cern, France
Abstract :
This work describes in detail the Radiation Hardness Assurance methodology applied to the development of new radiation tolerant power converter control system for the Large Hadron Collider at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). This system is based primarily on commercial-off-the-shelf components for which the extensive testing scheme is applied to decrease the probability of radiation failures during the operation of the LHC machine in the high-luminosity operating conditions era.
Keywords :
nuclear electronics; particle accelerator accessories; physical instrumentation control; power control; power convertors; radiation hardening; CERN; European Organization for Nuclear Research; LHC machine; Large Hadron Collider; high-luminosity operating conditions; radiation failures; radiation hardness assurance methodology; radiation tolerant power converter control system; testing scheme; Large Hadron Collider; Power conversion; Prototypes; Radiation effects; Radiation hardening (electronics); European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN); large hadron collider (LHC); radiation hardness assurance (RHA); single event effects (SEE); total ionizing dose (TID);
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.2014.2368149