Control system for the LLNL kicker pulse generator

Author

Watson, J.A. ; Anaya, R.M. ; Cook, E.G. ; Lee, B.S. ; Hawkins, S.A.

fYear

2002

fDate

30 June-3 July 2002

Firstpage

331

Lastpage

333

Abstract

A solid-state high voltage pulse generator with multipulse burst capability, very fast rise and fall times, pulse width agility, and amplitude modulation capability for use with high speed electron beam kickers has been designed and tested at LLNL. A control system calculates a desired waveform to be applied to the kicker based on measured electron beam displacement then adjusts the pulse generators to provide the desired waveform. This paper presents the design of the control system and measured performance data from operation on the ETA-II accelerator at LLNL.

Keywords

beam handling equipment; particle accelerators; pulse generators; pulsed power supplies; ETA-II accelerator; LLNL kicker pulse generator; amplitude modulation capability; electron beam displacement; fall times; high speed electron beam kickers; multipulse burst capability; pulse width agility; rise times; solid-state high voltage pulse generator; Amplitude modulation; Control systems; Displacement control; Displacement measurement; Electron beams; Pulse generation; Solid state circuits; Space vector pulse width modulation; Testing; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Modulator Symposium, 2002 and 2002 High-Voltage Workshop. Conference Record of the Twenty-Fifth International

ISSN

1076-8467

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7540-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MODSYM.2002.1189482

Filename

1189482