Integration of the HV Distribution System

to the First TRD Super Module

P. Mantzaridis, A. Markouizos, P. Mitseas,
A. Petridis, S. Potirakis, M. Tsilis, M. Vassiliou

Athens University

Workshop on the DCS for the TRD

Heidelberg, January 2007

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Outline

Installation of the first HVDS at CERN

Specifications of the HVDS
Control of the HVDS
Performance of the HVDS
Current Status (hardware, software)

Installation of the first HVDS at CERN

(October 2006)

Installed Hardware at CERN

1+1 Crates (positions: 007_9, 007_16)
1+1 DCS Boards (with auxiliary DCS cards)
1+1 Backplanes
supplies the Master HV to each card
distributes the isolated LV to the active components
enables the CAN bus communication

5 Anode + 5 Drift Cards

3+3 isolated LV Auxiliary Power Supply Cards
LV Power Supplies (5V, 12V)
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Specifications of the HVDS

Anode Voltage
dynamical range
ramp-up rate
ramp-down rate
voltage stability
voltage readout
max. current
response time

900 1900 V
30 V/s
100 V/s
DV < 50 mV
10 Hz
7 mA
< 50 ms

(e.g. overcurrent)
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Specs. (cont)

Drift Voltage
dynamical range
ramp-up rate
ramp-down rate
voltage stability
voltage readout
max. current
response time

1450 2500 V
30 V/s
100 V/s
DV < 50 mV
10 Hz
230 mA
< 50 ms

(e.g. overcurrent)

Control of the HVDS

Control of the HVDS

The TRD Overview Drawing

Architecture of the CAN network

DCS Board 0

Crate 0
Module 0
Card 0
Card 1
Card 2

Card 3
Card 4

Module 1
(Internal architecture
similar to module 0)
Module 2
(Internal architecture
similar to module 0)
Crate 1
(Internal architecture
similar to crate 0)

DCS Board 1
(Optional)

HVDS Card Control Panel

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ISEG Control Panel

(G. Tsiledakis) 11

HVDS Channel Control Panel

(Test on the SM 1 at CERN, 8/10/2006)

Ramping and Status Procedures

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Error Messages

Voltage Errors
Over Voltage
message: max allowed voltage is exceeded
action: voltage is set to the max allowed value
Under Voltage
message: min allowed voltage is out of range
action: voltage is set to the max allowed value
Limits Error
message: set value is out of limits
action: limit is set to the default value

Current Errors (Hardware Error)

Over Current
alarm: max allowed current is exceeded or a short-circuit occurred

Ramping Errors
Ramping Rate
message: max allowed rate is exceeded
action: rate is set to the max allowed value
Ramping End Value
message: end value is out of limits
Action: value is set to the max allowed
Limits Error
message: set value is out of limits
action: limit is set to the default value

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HV State Diagram

Majority =
RESET =

GO_INTERMETIATE
GO_CONFIGURING_OFF
GO_READY
RESET

OFF

RAMP_UP_LOW

GO_OFF
GO_READY
GO_CONFIGURING_INT
RESET

CONFIGURING_OFF
RAMP_DOWN_LOW

RAMP_DOWN_FULL

INTERMEDIATE
RAMP_UP_FULL

CONFIGURING_INT

RAMP_DOWN_HIGH
RAMP_UP_HIGH
GO_OFF
GO_INTERMEDIATE
GO_CONFIGURING_READY
RESET

CONFIGURING_READY

READY

(G. De Cataldo)

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Performance of the HVDS

Control of the HVDS

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Voltage Stability Test on the Detector at HD (25-08-2006)

Voltage Measurements

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Current Stability Test on the Detector at HD (26-08-2006)

Operating 3 channels from one HV Anode Card

Current Measurements

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Voltage Stability Measurements on the SM1 at CERN (9/10/2006)

6 anode channels

HV set at 1450 V

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Voltage Resolution Measurement on the SM1 at CERN (9/10/2006)

Anode Channel

HV set at 1450 V

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Long Term Voltage Stability Test (Athens - Jan 2007)

V (FWHM) < 30 mV
V / V < 1.6 E-5

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Current Status
Control of the HVDS

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Hardware

New Schroff Crate + LV Power Supply

Two parallel orders to Q-Print
2 Anode + 2 Drift cards for testing purposes
30 (+10) Anode + 30 (+10) Drift cards
to power 6 Supermodules
+ 5 Backplanes, Auxiliary DCS cards,
connector card, Isolated PS cards
Define testing procedure
Magnetic field tests of a full crate at CERN
Installation of the 2+2 HV Crates at P2
Documentation
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Software
Archiving
Amanda Server Manager (AliRoot)
ORACLE Database
Alarm Handling
Recipes and logical views
Integration to the TRD-DCS
PVSS project according to the ALICE
DCS guidelines
Implementation of the FSM
Installation of final software project at CERN
Documentation
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Thank you!

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