A new type of beam-position monitor (BPM) has been developed in the KEKB ac
celerator. The BPM employs an I/Q (In-phase and Quadrature phase) demodulat
or operating at an acceleration frequency of 509 MHz without down convertin
g. The peak value of a demodulated beam pulse is sampled every revolution p
eriod. Not only horizontal and vertical positions, but also the longitudina
l position can be detected turn by turn. The performance of this four-dimen
sional BPM is described in detail. A monitor is indispensable for tuning a
beam injected into the KEKB. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights rese
rved.