General Purpose Digital Signal Processing VME-Module for 1-Turn Delay Feedback Systems of the CERN Accelerator Chain

In the framework of the LHC project and the modifications of the SPS as its injector, the concept has been developed of a global digital signal processing unit (DSPU) that implements in numerical form the architecture of low-level RF systems. Since 2002 a Digital Notch Filter with programmable delay for the SPS Transverse Damper has been fully operational with fixed target and LHC-type beams circulating in the SPS. The approach, using an FPGA as core for the low-level system, is very flexible and allows the upgrade of the signal processing by modification of the original firmware. The development for the LHC 1-Turn delay Feedback has benefited from the same methodology and similar technology. The achieved performances of the LHC 1-Turn delay Feedback are compared with project requirements. The project flow for the recent LHC 1-T Feedback allows synergy with several other applications. The CERN PS Transverse Damper DSPU, with automatic delay compensation adapting the loop delay to the time of flight of the particles and Hilbert Filters for single pick-up betatron phase adjustment, is presented. A modified DSPU module with digital inputs employed for the LHC Transverse Damper is also presented.