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Message ID: 11032     Entry time: Sat Feb 14 22:14:02 2015     In reply to: 11031     Reply to this: 11033   11036
Author: Koji 
Type: Summary 
Category: LSC 
Subject: [HOW TO] 3f modulation cancellation 

When I finished my measurements, the modulation setup was reverted to the conventional one.
If someone wants to use the 3f cancellation setting, it can be done along with this HOW-TO.


The 3f cancellation can be realized by adding a carefully adjusted delay line and attenuation for the 55MHz modulation
on the frequency generation box at the 1X2 rack.  Here is the procedure:

1) Turn off the frequency generation box

There is a toggle switch at the rear of the unit. It's better to turn it off before any cable action.
The outputs of the frequency generation box are high in general. We don't want to operate
the amplifiers without proper impedance matching in any occasion.

2) Remove the small SMA cable between 55MHz out and 55MHz in (Left arrow in the attachment 1).

According to the photo by Alberto (svn: /docs/upgrade08/RFsystem/frequencyGenerationBox/photos/DSC_2410.JPG),
this 55MHz out is the output of the frequency multiplier. The 55MHz in is the input for the amplifier stages.
Therefore, the cable length between these two connectors changes the relative phase between the modulations at 11MHz and 55MHz.

3) Add a delay line box with cables (Attachment 2).

Connect the cables from the delay line box to the 55MHz in/out connectors. I used 1.5m BNC cables.
The delay line box was set to have 28ns delay.

4) Set the attenuation of the 55MHz EOM drive (Right arrow in the attachment 1) to be 10dB.

Rotate the attenuation for 55MHz EOM from 0dB nominal to 10dB.

5) Turn on the frequency modulation box


For reference, the 3rd attachment shows the characteristics of the delay line cable/box combo when the 3f modualtion reduction
was realized. It had 1.37dB attenuation and +124deg phase shift. This phase change corresponds to the time delay of 48ns.
Note that the response of a short cable used for the measurement has been calibrated out using the CAL function of the network analyzer.

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