• P.Z. Li, K. Fei, S.G. Hou, B. Ji, L. Xia, F. Yang, Z.G. Yin, T.J. Zhang
  CIAE, Beijing

In the commissioning phase of CRM cyclotron, the RF cavity resonance frequency changes rapidly due to cavity thermal instability and electronics interference inside tuning loop. To solve the later issue, a set of cavity tuning control electronics has been re-designed, fabricated and tested in 2008. The new tuning control electronics and related experimental results will be described in this paper. A wide dynamic range phase detector with double balanced mixer were selected to detect the cavity detuning angle by comparing the phase difference between the cavity pickup signal and cavity driven signal. One analogue P.I. controller was utilized for loop regulation, taking advantage of shorter developing time. A current amplifier is also included to magnify the driven ability of the P.I. regulator for cavity fine tuning motors. A careful layout has been performed to avoid interference between RF part, DC small signal part and the current amplifier part. The desk experiment yields good phase detection sensitivity and acceptable stability after the mixer reaches natural thermal balance.