• DocumentCode
    3583840
  • Title

    A solid-state opening switch for crowbar replacement

  • Author

    Roth, Ian S. ; Gaudreau, Marcel P J ; Kempkes, Michael A. ; Hawkey, Timothy ; Mulvaney, J. Michael ; Casey, Jeffrey A.

  • Author_Institution
    Diversified Technol. Inc., Bedford, MA, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1459
  • Abstract
    Series opening switches have substantial advantages over crowbars in protecting RF amplifiers such as klystrons, TWTs, and gyrotrons. Diversified Technologies, Inc. (DTI) has developed and delivered many solid-state opening switches using series arrays of insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs). The opening switch described here will be part of a complete klystron power-supply system for the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory
  • Keywords
    accelerator RF systems; circuit breakers; electron accelerators; insulated gate bipolar transistors; klystrons; power semiconductor switches; storage rings; APS; Advanced Photon Source; IGBT; insulated-gate bipolar transistors; klystron power supply; series opening switches; solid-state opening switch; Diffusion tensor imaging; Gyrotrons; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Insulation; Klystrons; Laboratories; Power system protection; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Solid state circuits; Switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7191-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PAC.2001.986713
  • Filename
    986713