Modulation improvements in the 201 MHZ RF generators at LAMPF
Abstract
Radio-frequency generators, operating at 201 MHz, power the first four stages of the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility (LAMPF) accelerator. Each generator consists of four stages of seriesconnected, vacuum-tube amplifiers. The modulation scheme for each stage is different. The fist amplifier is a grid-modulated tetrode that produces 500 W peak-power. The second amplifier is a drive-modulated tetrode that produces 5 kill peak-power. The third stage is a grid- and plate-modulated tetrode that produces 130 kill peak-power. The last stage is a plate-modulated triode that produces 2.5 MW peak power. A modernization program has been initiated to improve the reliability of each of these stages. The first two stages of each generator are being replaced with a single, drive-modulated, solid-state amplifier. Specifications for the amplifier design, and requirements for integration into the system are presented. The third stage will be converted to a drive-modulated system using the current tetrode. This modification involves the development of a 17-kV, 15-A switching supply to replace the present plate-modulator. Design requirements for this switching supply are presented. The final stage will remain plate-modulated but will contain a new driver unit for the modulator tube.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 7304591
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-92-2021; CONF-920671-9
ON: DE92018985
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 20. international power modulator symposium, Myrtle Beach, SC (United States), 23-25 Jun 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; LAMPF LINAC; POWER AMPLIFIERS; DESIGN; MODIFICATIONS; MODULATION; POWER SUPPLIES; RF SYSTEMS; ACCELERATORS; AMPLIFIERS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MESON FACTORIES; 430303* - Particle Accelerators- Experimental Facilities & Equipment
Citation Formats
Parsons, W M, Lyles, J T.M., and Harris, H W. Modulation improvements in the 201 MHZ RF generators at LAMPF. United States: N. p., 1992.
Web.
Parsons, W M, Lyles, J T.M., & Harris, H W. Modulation improvements in the 201 MHZ RF generators at LAMPF. United States.
Parsons, W M, Lyles, J T.M., and Harris, H W. Wed .
"Modulation improvements in the 201 MHZ RF generators at LAMPF". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/7304591.
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title = {Modulation improvements in the 201 MHZ RF generators at LAMPF},
author = {Parsons, W M and Lyles, J T.M. and Harris, H W},
abstractNote = {Radio-frequency generators, operating at 201 MHz, power the first four stages of the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility (LAMPF) accelerator. Each generator consists of four stages of seriesconnected, vacuum-tube amplifiers. The modulation scheme for each stage is different. The fist amplifier is a grid-modulated tetrode that produces 500 W peak-power. The second amplifier is a drive-modulated tetrode that produces 5 kill peak-power. The third stage is a grid- and plate-modulated tetrode that produces 130 kill peak-power. The last stage is a plate-modulated triode that produces 2.5 MW peak power. A modernization program has been initiated to improve the reliability of each of these stages. The first two stages of each generator are being replaced with a single, drive-modulated, solid-state amplifier. Specifications for the amplifier design, and requirements for integration into the system are presented. The third stage will be converted to a drive-modulated system using the current tetrode. This modification involves the development of a 17-kV, 15-A switching supply to replace the present plate-modulator. Design requirements for this switching supply are presented. The final stage will remain plate-modulated but will contain a new driver unit for the modulator tube.},
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