LV and HV status of the RPC system RPC detector and trigger group

LV and HV status of the RPC system

RPC detector and trigger group

Pigi Paolucci - CMS LV review 2

Equipment type Total installed spare % of spare

SY1527 SY1527 5 4 1 25,0%

A3485 A3485 5 3 2 66,7%

A3512N HV 127 116 11 9,5%

A1676 BC A1676 20 17 3 17,6%

EASY3000S CRATE 40 38 2 5,3%

EASY3000 CRATE 44 39 5 12,8%

A3000FB FAN 27 23 4 17,4%

A3486S_380 MAO AC/DC 12 10 2 20,0%

A3009 LV DC/DC 105 96 9 9,4%

A3801A Temperature AC/DC 17 14 3 21,4%RPC HV distributor Barrel HV Distribution Box 37 35 2 5,7%A3486S_230 Endcap MAO AC/DC 13 12 1 8,3%RPC HV distributor Endcap HV Distribution Box 24 24 0 0,0%

A3016 LV DC/DC 68 64 4 6,3%

RPC LinkBoardBox LBB 105 96 9 9,4%

RPC MasterBoard MLB 351 300 49 16,3%

RPC SlaveBoard SLB 574 500 70 14,0%

RPC ControlBoard CB 124 120 4 3,3%

RPC LB FrontPanel LB FP 125 120 5 4,2%

RPC OptoBox OB 14 10 4 40,0%

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Electronic status

HV: 694/696 99%LBB: 384/384 100%LV: 1050/1052 99%T: 401/401 100%

• LV detector system is working smoothly.• HV system:

– 3 boards are under investigation at CAEN– Few coaxial connectors replaced – well know insulator

• Problem appears very often after SY1527 kill/power cut• 2nd generation of insulators (factory) are, until now, stable• 3nd generation of insulators (custom) are under design in Napoli

• Manpower is ok (3 experts at CERN)

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Low Voltage Link Board status

• After many failures in the link board system the RPC-Trigger community decided to investigate all the possible causes analyzing not only the LB system but also the LV system:

• A3016 boards• MAO• LV and MAO power cut and power cycle• Power off and on of the link box• CAEN firmware

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A3016 behavior cutting the MAO 3Phase


LV link board Schema

1. MAO 48 service from BC– Output current = 15-18 A

2. EASY 3000 – Joint 48 Power & Service

3. Output power from A3016:– 2.5 Volts / 5.0 Amp– 3.5 Volts / 10.0 Amp

MAO

SY1527

48 service

3-phase

EASYA3016

48 service48 power

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What powering OFF the MAO in the proper ways ?

• Powering OFF the MAO via SY1527 or using the interlock placed on the front

OK

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What powering OFF the EASY in a “bad” way ?

• Powering OFF the EASY 3000 crate removing the power or service connector from the back

OK

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What cutting the MAO 3-phase ?

• Shutting-down the MAO cutting 3-phase

•oscillation does not depend from the MAO load (from 4 A to 18 A)

•sometimes 2 oscillations in few msec

•oscillation disappear separating the 48 power from the 48 service

•No other ways to reproduce it

NOT OK7/6/10


What happen cutting MAO 3-phase ?• MAO goes OFF in 2 steps: from 48 to 22 V and a from 22 to 0 V • The A3016 channels go off when MAO voltage is around 22 V and

this takes about 250-300 msec (fixed load on the MAO)• Around 22 V the boards begin to work not properly (Vcc goes from

12 V to 6 V) and generates oscillations on Vout.

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Vmao = 22 V

Vcc = 12 V

6 V

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Mao behavior during 3Phase glitch


T0 T1

At T0:• Turn off the 3-phase switch• MAO starts ramping down with a “dummy load” - NO status changing • After a while, it gives UNV status, but the channel keeps status ON.

At T1:• MAO ramps down with different slope (real load)

At T2:• MAO swiched ON (600 ms from T0).

Switching OFF-ON in <1sec, no IntFail status is generated by the MAO and the channel goes back to the 48V without any alarm acknowledge.

T2

Scope output

MAO

A3016

40 V

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What we have done !Already implemented Solutions:

• Introducing a big capacitor (33 mF) between the service and power line of the EASY

• Improve the A3016 firmware • Modify the MAO firmware

Long Term Solutions:1. Designing a protection on the Link Box LV lines

(see tomorrow meeting) 2. Separating the 48 service and power of the

EASY ?7/6/10

OK

Under test now

Under test now


A3016 firmware requirements

• Couple of channels in tracking mode (ON/OFF/Trip at same time and with one command).– delay between the 2 channels must be less than 1 msec

• Ramping up in stepping mode:– overshoot first steps < 10% of the setting voltage– overshoot of the last step must be < setting voltage– voltage must be always < setting voltage (no overshoot above max value)– Over-voltages are very dangerous for the LB.

– no under-voltage dips are allowed after VCC2.5 gets above 2.0 V– no under-voltage dips are allowed after VCC3.3 gets above 1.2 V– total time to reach the setting voltages (3.5 V and 2.5 V) should be less than

60 msec

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MAO firmware requirements

• The MAO behavior is case of glitch on the 3-phase line is potentially dangerous for the LV system.

• Turn OFF the MAO when the Vmon < 43-40 Volts in about 100 msec and require an acknowledge afterwards to bring the channel back to ON.– In 100 msec firmware measures the voltage 5 times,

should be enough.– After 100 msec the MAO voltage is around 35-38 V

and it is enough to shut-down properly the A3016.7/6/10

Pigi Paolucci - CMS LV review 167/6/10

MAO

Vcc

Vout

New MAO firmware

old MAO firmware

Oscillations on both Vccand Vout

200 msecOFF – 38V

43V

New MOA firmware


Rumping up - new A3016 firmware

50 msec

80 msec

2.5 V

3.5 V

No overshot over the max voltage


Overshot - new A3016 firmware

Overshot < 10-15% voltage set


Channels delay- new A3016 firmware

2 msec

Delay stable and < 2 msec (depends on the charge)


Results with C and diode

power

service

1.5 sec

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Results with C and diode

2.5 V

48 VNo spikes or oscillations

600 msec

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Conclusions• Running systems is very stable• Spares are under control (> 5%)

• Many improvements done on the trigger LV system to assure a more stable and safe behaviors of the Link System

• Hardware protection of the Link Box is under test (Warsaw group)

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LV and HV status of the RPC system RPC detector and trigger group