Upgrading the LAMPF 201 MHz RF generators
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 series-connected, vacuum-tube amplifiers. The first amplifier is a grid-modulated tetrode that produces 500 W peak-power. The second amplifier is a drivemodulated tetrode that produces 5 kW peak-power. The third stage is a grid- and plate-modulated tetrode that produces 130 kW 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.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 10142750
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-93-823; CONF-930292-1; ON: DE93010715
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Workshop on accelerators for future spallation neutron sources,Santa Fe, NM (United States),15-21 Feb 1993; Other Information: PBD: [1993]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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