Title :
Development leading to a 200 kV, 20 kA, 30 Hertz radar-like modulator system for intense ion beam processing
Author :
Reass, W. ; Davis, H. ; Olson, J. ; Coates, D. ; Schleinitz, H.
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents the electrical system design methodology which the authors are developing for use in the Los Alamos “CHAMP” (continuous high-average power microsecond pulser) program. CHAMP is a magnetically confined anode plasma diode (MAP diode) intense ion source. The CHAMP diode ion source requires many synchronous modulator sub-systems slaved to that required by the diode discharge itself (200 kV, 20 kA). In addition to overall CHAMP diode system requirements, the design of the pertinent electrical pulse modulator systems is also presented
Keywords :
modulators; plasma confinement; plasma diodes; power supplies to apparatus; pulse generators; pulsed power technology; 20 kA; 200 kV; 30 Hz; CHAMP programme; continuous high-average power microsecond pulser; electrical system design; intense ion beam processing; pulsed power generators; radar-like power modulator system; Anodes; Coils; Diodes; Intensity modulation; Ion beams; Magnetic confinement; Optical modulation; Pulse modulation; Pulse transformers; Thyratrons;
Conference_Titel :
Power Modulator Symposium, 1996., Twenty-Second International
Conference_Location :
Boca Raton, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3076-5
DOI :
10.1109/MODSYM.1996.564460
