Research Article

An Experiment and Detection Scheme for Cavity-Based Light Cold Dark Matter Particle Searches

Figure 4

Block diagram of electronics involved with the experiment including cavity (lumped LC model) and the tunnel diode (TD) detector. Note, VD denotes varactor diodes (Varicaps). The instrument is operated with a battery farm (18 V) to reduce interference and a regulated dc power supply produces 12 V and +5 V power rails required by the instrument.