Title :
SLAC modulator system improvements and reliability results
Author_Institution :
Linear Accel. Center, Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
In 1995, an improvement project was completed on the 244 klystron modulators in the linear accelerator. This article offers project details and their resulting effect on modulator and component reliability. Prior to the project, we had collected four operating cycles (1991 through 1995) of MTTF data. In this discussion, the ´91 data will be excluded since the modulators operated at 60 Hz. The five periods following the ´91 run were reviewed due to the common repetition rate at 120 Hz
Keywords :
electron accelerators; klystrons; linear colliders; modulators; reliability; SLAC modulator system improvements; component reliability; klystron modulators; linear accelerator; modulator system; operating cycles; reliability results; repetition rate; Anodes; Klystrons; Linear accelerators; Optical modulation; Pulse transformers; Pulse width modulation; Safety; Space vector pulse width modulation; Superluminescent diodes; Thyratrons;
Conference_Titel :
Power Modulator Symposium, 1998. Conference Record of the 1998 Twenty-Third International
Conference_Location :
Rancho Mirage, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4244-5
DOI :
10.1109/MODSYM.1998.741195
