A Solid-State Modulator for High Speed Kickers

Conference · Mon Jun 11 00:00:00 EDT 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/PAC.2001.988237· OSTI ID:15005476

Watson, J A; Cook, E G; Chen, Y J; Anaya, R M; Lee, B S; Sullivan, J S; Hawkins, S A; Allen, F V; Hickman, B C; Brooksby, C A

An all solid-state modulator with multi-pulse burst capability, very fast rise and fall times, pulse width agility, and amplitude modulation capability for use with high-speed beam kickers has been designed and tested at LLNL. The modulator uses multiple solid-state modules stacked in an inductive-adder configuration. It provides a nominal 18kV pulse with {+-} 10% amplitude modulation on the order of several MHz, rise times on the order of 10nS, and can be configured for either positive or negative polarity. The presentation will include measured performance data.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 15005476
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JC-141946; TRN: US0305391
• Resource Relation: Journal Volume: 5; Conference: 2001 Particle Accelerator Conference, Chicago, IL (US), 06/18/2001--06/22/2001; Other Information: PBD: 11 Jun 2001
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
ACCELERATORS
MODULATION
PERFORMANCE
PULSE RISE TIME
KICKER MAGNETS
DESIGN