Booster

Booster is an eight channel RF power amplifier.

Booster provides up to 5 Watt of RF power between 100 MHz and 500 MHz. Mounted in a compact 2U high 19” chassis, it is optimized for low cost and low power consumption, while providing good RF performance. It provides full interlocking and logging via a flexible Ethernet-based remote interface.

General information

• High efficiency: 40 dB power gain (+/- 1.5 dB).
• Bandwidth: 100-500 MHz (3dB small-signal bandwidth: 40-600 MHz).
• Ethernet interface for monitoring and configuration.
• User-configurable interlocks protect both Booster and sensitive loads connected to it from damage.
• Per-channel remote monitoring of: input power, output forward and output reverse power; temperature; currents and voltages.
• Remote control of individual channels via Ethernet.
• Open source hardware and firmware.
• Modular design with individually field-replaceable channels, for example to change the frequency band.
• Two HW versions are available: High Efficiency (standard) and High Linearity (HL), which is optimized for very low THD operation at a cost of power efficiency.

This module can be used for building control and measurement systems for optical and quantum physics experiments and quantum technologies development. In particular, the Sinara ecosystem is tailored to the needs of working with trapped ions and cold atoms. Compatible with ARTIQ software.

More technical information: https://github.com/sinara-hw/Booster/wiki

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