A Precision 75kW, 25kV Power System for a Klystron Amplifier

Author

Bees, George L. ; Simpson, Lawrence ; Tydeman, Andy

Author_Institution

Lambda Americas High Power, Essex

fYear

2007

Firstpage

864

Lastpage

864

Abstract

A compact water-cooled high power, high voltage power supply system is described. The system must deliver an output voltage up to 25 kV, and a current up to 4 A to power a klystron amplifier. The amplifier demands very high voltage stability, low output voltage ripple, and low stored energy. The solution presented is based around Lambda´s proven 303 series DC supplies to provide the bulk high voltage power, an advanced controller for high performance operation, and a precision filter/feedback assembly for low ripple and high accuracy. The system has demonstrated ripple of less than 0.015%, stability better than 10 ppm/degC, power factor of 0.92 and efficiency of 90%, with an output stored energy of less that 8J.

Keywords

feedback; klystrons; power amplifiers; power system control; power system stability; Lambda proven 303 series; high voltage power supply system controller; klystron amplifier; power 75 kW; precision filter/feedback assembly; voltage 25 kV; voltage stability; water-cooled system; Assembly; Feedback; Filters; Klystrons; Low voltage; Power amplifiers; Power supplies; Power system stability; Power systems; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 2007. ICOPS 2007. IEEE 34th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0915-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPPS.2007.4346170

Filename

4346170