SPS-BGI NEG coating of ceramic plate

Europe/Zurich

Present: Wilhelmus, Hikmet, James, Gunn, Teresa

More details can be found here: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1274547/

James Storey on behalf of BI

  • Having an electrode made from ceramic instead of stainless steel will reduce the heat load on the top electrode.
  • For the LHC-BGI, back in 2006, the top electrode was made from ceramic and a square surface resistance of 60 Ohm/cm^2 NEG coating. The reason for the 60 Ohm/cm^2 is the electrostatic question (to damp the impedance modes). Wilhelmus will send a separate email with a deeper explanation
  • The resistance has to be defined by the RF group, so the impedance peak and the heating can be reduced. 

Wilhelmus Vollenberg on behalf of SCC

  • Both Ti and NEG coating are possible options for heated areas. NEG (Ti alloy) can be activated, when heated above 200 ºC. In addition, it will become a getter surface and oxide free, which reduces the SEY.  Ti is a metal. Both Ti and NEG will benefit of beam scrubbing to maintain a low SEY
  • Carbon coating is transparent for impedance. R square is in order of MOhms.
  • The presentation of P. Krkotic defines the conductivity, penetration depth, surface resistance and temperature range of the different NEG coating options (slides 20-21). For Ti, Hikmet will write an email to P. Krokotic to obtain the values. 
  • The resistivity changes very little when the layer thickness is modified.

 

  • Test performed by SCC in the past, proved that using MACOR instead of Al3O2 could cause some breakdowns. In addition, the thermal expansion coefficient of MACOR (~9.3 µm/m-°C) is bigger than the one of Al3O2 (~6.4 µm/m-°C), which means that a plate made out of MACOR will enlarge more when   
  • There are no problems of adhesion with ceramics, so no underlayer is foreseen.

Hikmet Bursali on behalf of RF

  • NEG/ Ti coating might cause broadband impedance  – which could be beneficial. To be simulated
  • It is needed a range of frequencies from 0 to 2.5 GHz.
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