Operation of a high-power CW klystrode with the RFQ1 facility

Author

Sheikh, J.Y. ; Davidson, A.D. ; McMichael, G.E. ; Shankland, L.W. ; Smith, B.H.

Author_Institution

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Chalk River, Ont., Canada

fYear

1993

fDate

17-20 May 1993

Firstpage

1175

Abstract

A high-power klystrode RF system for the RFQ1 facility at the Chalk River Laboratories has been manufactured by Continental Electronics corporation, Dallas using klystrode amplifier tubes developed by Varian, San Carlos. The system consists of two units, each capable of 250 kW in pulsed or CW mode. The two units can be operated independently to drive two separate accelerator structures, or together in a master/slave combination to drive one structure. This system is the first high-power klystrode to power a CW accelerator, and is a significant step in high-power klystrode development, increasing the average power per tube by a factor of 5 (to 250 kW). Commissioning, initial operation of one unit of this system with the RFQ1 facility, and data obtained to date, is described

Keywords

klystrons; linear accelerators; nuclear electronics; power amplifiers; proton accelerators; radiofrequency amplifiers; 250 kW; 267 MHz; RFQ1 facility; accelerator structures; high-power CW klystrode; high-power klystrode RF system; klystrode amplifier tubes; Ion accelerators; Laboratories; Manufacturing; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power system protection; Proton accelerators; Pulse amplifiers; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Rivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1993., Proceedings of the 1993

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1203-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1993.308652

Filename

308652