Compact, high-efficiency accelerators driven by low-voltage solid-state amplifiers

Title: Compact, high-efficiency accelerators driven by low-voltage solid-state amplifiers

Abstract

A compact particle accelerator can include two or more cavities disposed along an axis of the particle accelerator, each of which is coupled to two or more drivers. The accelerator can also include a power supply coupled to the two or more drivers such that a particle beam traveling along the axis is accelerated. The power supply can be an interface with a commercial power outlet, battery power, or a combination thereof depending upon the use case. Example configurations of the accelerator include hand held or mobile devices that are capable of delivering up to and greater than a 1 MeV electron beam.

Inventors:: Nguyen, Dinh; Buechler, Cynthia; Dale, Gregory; Lewellen, John

Issue Date:: 2020-02-18

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1632586

Patent Number(s):: 10568196

Application Number:: 15/819,504

Assignee:: Triad National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: H - ELECTRICITY H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR H05H - PLASMA TECHNIQUE

A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY

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H - ELECTRICITY H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR H05H - PLASMA TECHNIQUE
H05H7/22 - Details of linear accelerators, e.g. drift tubes
H05H7/02 - Circuits or systems for supplying or feeding radio-frequency energy
H05H2007/027 - {Microwave systems}
H05H2007/025 - {Radiofrequency systems}
H05H2277/11 - Radiotherapy
H05H2007/227 - {power coupling, e.g. coupling loops}

A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY
A61N2005/1087 - {Ions

H - ELECTRICITY H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR H05H - PLASMA TECHNIQUE
H05H9/048 - {Lepton LINACS}
H05H9/02 - Travelling-wave linear accelerators {

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DOE Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 11/21/2017

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Nguyen, Dinh, Buechler, Cynthia, Dale, Gregory, and Lewellen, John. Compact, high-efficiency accelerators driven by low-voltage solid-state amplifiers.  United States: N. p., 2020. 
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                    Nguyen, Dinh, Buechler, Cynthia, Dale, Gregory, & Lewellen, John. Compact, high-efficiency accelerators driven by low-voltage solid-state amplifiers.  United States.

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  abstractNote = {A compact particle accelerator can include two or more cavities disposed along an axis of the particle accelerator, each of which is coupled to two or more drivers. The accelerator can also include a power supply coupled to the two or more drivers such that a particle beam traveling along the axis is accelerated. The power supply can be an interface with a commercial power outlet, battery power, or a combination thereof depending upon the use case. Example configurations of the accelerator include hand held or mobile devices that are capable of delivering up to and greater than a 1 MeV electron beam.},

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