• DocumentCode
    2115575
  • Title

    Development of a high-precision power supply for bending electromagnets of a heavy ion medical accelerator

  • Author

    Yamazaki, C. ; Ikawa, E. ; Tominaga, I. ; Saito, T. ; Uchiki, I. ; Takami, Y. ; Yamada, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electr. Ind. Syst. Corp., Fuchu, Japan
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    May 30 2011-June 3 2011
  • Firstpage
    3013
  • Lastpage
    3016
  • Abstract
    A 3 MW-class high-precision IGBT chopper type power supply was developed for the bending electromagnets of the Heavy-Ion Facility at Gunma University. The current ripple was smaller than ±1×10-5, and the current tracking error was smaller than ±1×10-4. Heavy ion beams were successfully accelerated with this power supply, and medical treatment commenced on 16th March 2010.
  • Keywords
    biomedical equipment; choppers (circuits); electromagnets; insulated gate bipolar transistors; ion accelerators; patient treatment; current ripple; current tracking error; heavy ion medical accelerator; high-precision IGBT chopper type power supply; high-precision power supply; power 3 MW; Cancer; Choppers; Electromagnets; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Performance evaluation; Power supplies; Synchrotrons; IGBT chopper; accelerator; electromagnets; high-precision power supply;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics and ECCE Asia (ICPE & ECCE), 2011 IEEE 8th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Jeju
  • ISSN
    2150-6078
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-958-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2150-6078
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICPE.2011.5944807
  • Filename
    5944807