High-power, solid-state rf source for accelerator cavities

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.1985.4334205· OSTI ID:5659490

Vaughan, D R; Mols, G E; Reid, D W; Potter, J M

During the past few years the Defense and Electronics Center of Westinghouse Electric Corporation has developed a solid-state, 250-kW peak, rf amplifier for use with the SPS-40 radar system. This system has a pulse length of 60 ..mu..s and operates across the frequency band from 400 to 450 MHz. Because of the potential use of such a system as an rf source for accelerator applications, a collaborative experiment was initiated between Los Alamos National Laboratory and Westinghouse to simulate the resonant load conditions of an accelerator cavity. This paper describes the positive results of that experiment as well as the solid-state amplifier architecture. It also explores the future of high-power, solid-state amplifiers as rf sources for accelerator structures.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Electric Corp., Baltimore, MD (USA). Defense and Electronics Center; Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5659490
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-85-1605; CONF-850504-63; ON: DE85012672; TRN: 85-015498
• Resource Relation: Journal Volume: 32; Journal Issue: 5; Conference: Particle accelerator conference, Vancouver, Canada, 13 May 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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