A solid-state modulator for high speed kickers

Author

Watson, J.A. ; Cook, E.G. ; Chen, Y.J. ; Anaya, R.M. ; Lee, B.S. ; Sullivan, J.S. ; Hawkins, S.A. ; Allen, F.V. ; Hickman, B.C. ; Brooksby, C.A.

Author_Institution

Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., Berkeley, CA, USA

Volume

5

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

3738

Abstract

An all solid-state modulator with multi-pulse burst capability, very fast rise and fall times, pulse width agility, and amplitude modulation capability for use with high-speed beam kickers has been designed and tested at LLNL. The modulator uses multiple solid-state modules stacked in an inductive-adder configuration. It provides a nominal 18 kV pulse with +/- 10% amplitude modulation on the order of several MHz, rise times on the order of 10 nS, and can be configured for either positive or negative polarity. The presentation will include measured performance data

Keywords

amplitude modulation; beam handling equipment; collective accelerators; electron accelerators; 18 kV; amplitude modulation capability; high speed kickers; inductive-adder configuration; multiple solid-state modules; multipulse burst capability; negative polarity; positive polarity; pulse width agility; solid-state modulator; Amplitude modulation; Laboratories; MOSFET circuits; Optical modulation; Pulse modulation; Pulse width modulation; Solid state circuits; Space vector pulse width modulation; Switches; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7191-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2001.988237

Filename

988237