Analog Front End Development for the Large Hadron Collider Interlock Beam Position Monitor Upgrade

Sammanfattning: The interlock Beam Position Monitor (BPM) system in the Large Hadron Collider(LHC) is responsible for monitoring the particle beam position at the point of thebeam dump kicker magnets and is part of the machine protection system. Thecurrent interlock BPM system has some limitations and because of this, an upgradeproject has been initiated. This master thesis describes the development of theanalog front end electronics of this system, consisting mainly of two parts: A delayline based microwave filter and a high isolation and highly balanced power combinercircuit.The filter has been validated with real LHC beam measurements and is found towork as expected. More work however needs to be done to ensure the effect that thefilter itself has on the beam measurements as the filter could introduce some ringingeffects on the signal. The highly balanced high isolation power combiner has beentested through lab measurements and also shows promising results but long-termtests need to be conducted to ensure the reliability of the component as it will needto endure very high signal levels over long periods of time.