Solid State Marx Modulators for Emerging Applications
Emerging linear accelerator applications increasingly push the boundaries of RF system performance and economics. The power modulator is an integral part of RF systems whose characteristics play a key role in the determining parameters such as efficiency, footprint, cost, stability, and availability. Particularly within the past decade, solid-state switch based modulators have become the standard in high-performance, high power modulators. One topology, the Marx modulator, has characteristics which make it particularly attractive for several emerging applications. This paper is an overview of the Marx topology, some recent developments, and a case study of how this architecture can be applied to a few proposed linear accelerators.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 1050845
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-15235; TRN: US1204666
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Invited2012 Linear Accelerator Conference, Tel Aviv, Israel, 9/9/2012-9/14/2012
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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