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Oct 12 – 16, 2025
Newport News Marriott at City Center
US/Eastern timezone

Master Oscillator and Phase Reference Line Design for the PIP-II Linac

Oct 15, 2025, 4:20 PM
20m
Newport News Marriott at City Center

Newport News Marriott at City Center

740 Town Center Drive, Newport News, Virginia 23606
Oral or Poster

Speaker

Ahmed Syed (Fermilab)

Description

The phase averaging reference line system provides the RF phase reference , LO and clock signals to the LLRF and other accelerator subsystems. The PIP-II linac has RF systems at three frequencies – 162.5 MHz, 325 MHz and 650 MHz. A temperature-stabilized, low-phase-noise oscillator is used as the master oscillator. Phase reference signals at 162.5 MHz, 325 MHz, and 650 MHz, along with LO signals at 182.5 MHz, 345 MHz, 670 MHz and LLRF clocks at 1320 MHz and 1300 MHz, are generated in temperature-controlled RF modules at each frequency section. A phase reference from each module travels to the next section, where it is doubled to produce required frequencies. The reference also travels alongside the accelerating cavities in the tunnel, allowing cavity probe and reference cables to temperature track and reduce measurement errors from temperature changes or phase drift. The design of the the reference line is described here.

Abstract Category Timing and Synchronization

Author

Ahmed Syed (Fermilab)

Co-authors

Edward Cullerton (Fermilab) Brian Vaughn (Fermilab) Dustin Pieper (Fermilab) Susanna Stevenson (Fermilab) Dr Philip Varghese (Fermilab)

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