The development of a burn-in test station for the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter Low Voltage Power Supplies for phase II upgrades

dc.contributor.authorLepota, Thabo James
dc.contributor.supervisorMellado, Bruce
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-21T12:22:51Z
dc.date.available2024-10-21T12:22:51Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionA dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Physics Johannesburg 2022
dc.description.abstractIt is planned that the High Luminosity (HL) function of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will begin operation in 2027 with an integrated luminosity of 4000 fb−1.By using the HL-LHC scientists will be able to investigate new physics beyond the Standard Model (SM), examine electroweak symmetry in more detail, and examine the characteristics of the Higgs boson. The ATLAS Tile Calorimeter’s on and off detector electronics will be completely redesigned during phase II upgrade, run 3. Due to the high radiation levels, trigger rates, and high pile-up conditions associated with the HL-LHC era, it will be necessary to accommodate its acquisition system. The Institute of Collider Particle Physics is responsible for developing and manufacturing over a thousand transformer-coupled buck converters, known as Bricks, for the Low Voltage Power Supply (LVPS) system. The LVPS is critical to the TileCAL on detector electronics as it powers them by converting 200 V high voltage to 10 V. The Bricks are located within the inner barrel, they can only be accessed once a year. If an LVPS box fails, it can be down for up to a year, causing the Front-End electronics it supports to remain offline for the same amount of time. As a result, the Bricks’ reliability is of critical concern that must be addressed throughout their manufacturing process. In addition to the burn-in test station, the Bricks that pass the quality assurance tests are sent to the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), to be installed in the ATLAS detector. In this manuscript, we show how we programmed the Peripheral Interface Controller (PIC) firmware, which is an integral part of the Brick Interface board functionality in the burn-in test station. We further give detail as to how the software framework (LabVIEW) used as a control program was modified and used to operate the burn-in test station during the burn-in process. The purpose of the test results discussed is to demonstrate the burn-in test station is functional according to the preliminary protocols prescribed for Bricks
dc.description.submitterMM2024
dc.facultyFaculty of Science
dc.identifierhttps://orcid.org/ 0000-0002-4167-0639
dc.identifier.citationLepota, Thabo James. (2022). The development of a burn-in test station for the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter Low Voltage Power Supplies for phase II upgrades [Master’s dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. WireDSpace.https://hdl.handle.net/10539/41788
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/41788
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.rights© 2022 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.schoolSchool of Physics
dc.subjectAtlas
dc.subjectTilecal
dc.subjectLow voltage power suppliers
dc.subjectBurn in test station
dc.subjectLabview
dc.subjectMicrocontrollers
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.subject.otherSDG-7: Affordable and clean energy
dc.titleThe development of a burn-in test station for the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter Low Voltage Power Supplies for phase II upgrades
dc.typeDissertation
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