Energy interlock system for a linear accelerator
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1. An energy monitoring system for supervision of a particle accelerator, which emits particle beam pulses, comprising in combination;
- (a) means for measuring the level of the particle beam pulses, said means including a target which is exposed to said particle beam pulses for deriving a signal responsive to said particle beam pulses;
(b) discriminator means connected to said measuring means for determining if the level of said particle beam pulses has crossed a predetermined value; and
(c) switch means operated by said descriminator means and connected to said particle accelerator for interlocking the operation of said accelerator.
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The energy interlock system contains a measuring device, a discriminator and a switch. The measuring device determines the level of the particle beam pulses which are emitted by the accelerator. For this purpose it contains a target which is exposed to the particle beam pulses. The discriminator determines whether the level of the particle pulses has crossed a predetermined value. The switch is operated by the discriminator. It is connected for supervision of the accelerator.
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1. An energy monitoring system for supervision of a particle accelerator, which emits particle beam pulses, comprising in combination;
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(a) means for measuring the level of the particle beam pulses, said means including a target which is exposed to said particle beam pulses for deriving a signal responsive to said particle beam pulses; (b) discriminator means connected to said measuring means for determining if the level of said particle beam pulses has crossed a predetermined value; and (c) switch means operated by said descriminator means and connected to said particle accelerator for interlocking the operation of said accelerator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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