A High Power Linear Solid State Pulser
Abstract
Particle Accelerators require high voltage and often high power. Typically the high voltage/power generation utilizes a topology with an extra energy store and a switching means to extract that stored energy. The switches may be active or passive devices. Active switches are hard or soft vacuum tubes, or semiconductors. When required voltages exceed tens of kilovolts, numerous semiconductors are stacked to withstand that potential. Such topologies can use large numbers of critical parts that, when in series, compromise the system reliability and performance. This paper describes a modular, linear, solid state amplifier which uses a parallel array of semiconductors, coupled with transmission line transformers. Such a design can provide output signals with voltages exceeding 10kV (into 50-ohms), and with rise and fall times (10-90 % amplitude) that are less than 1--ns. This compact solid state amplifier is modular, and has both hot-swap and soft fail capabilities.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Bechtel Nevada Corporation (BNC)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6091
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NV/11718-318
ON: DE00006091
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC08-96NV11718
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1999 particle Accelerator Conference, in New York City, in March 29-April 2, 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; High-Voltage Pulse Generators; Semiconductor Devices; Design; Reliability
Citation Formats
Yen, Boris, Davis, Brent, and Booth, Rex. A High Power Linear Solid State Pulser. United States: N. p., 1999.
Web.
Yen, Boris, Davis, Brent, & Booth, Rex. A High Power Linear Solid State Pulser. United States.
Yen, Boris, Davis, Brent, and Booth, Rex. 1999.
"A High Power Linear Solid State Pulser". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6091.
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title = {A High Power Linear Solid State Pulser},
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abstractNote = {Particle Accelerators require high voltage and often high power. Typically the high voltage/power generation utilizes a topology with an extra energy store and a switching means to extract that stored energy. The switches may be active or passive devices. Active switches are hard or soft vacuum tubes, or semiconductors. When required voltages exceed tens of kilovolts, numerous semiconductors are stacked to withstand that potential. Such topologies can use large numbers of critical parts that, when in series, compromise the system reliability and performance. This paper describes a modular, linear, solid state amplifier which uses a parallel array of semiconductors, coupled with transmission line transformers. Such a design can provide output signals with voltages exceeding 10kV (into 50-ohms), and with rise and fall times (10-90 % amplitude) that are less than 1--ns. This compact solid state amplifier is modular, and has both hot-swap and soft fail capabilities.},
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