Title :
A solid-state opening switch for crowbar replacement
Author :
Roth, Ian S. ; Gaudreau, Marcel P J ; Kempkes, Michael A. ; Hawkey, Timothy ; Mulvaney, J. Michael ; Casey, Jeffrey A.
Author_Institution :
Diversified Technol. Inc., Bedford, MA, USA
fDate :
6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Series opening switches have substantial advantages over crowbars in protecting RF amplifiers such as klystrons, TWTs, and gyrotrons. Diversified Technologies, Inc. (DTI) has developed and delivered many solid-state opening switches using series arrays of insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs). The opening switch described here will be part of a complete klystron power-supply system for the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory
Keywords :
accelerator RF systems; circuit breakers; electron accelerators; insulated gate bipolar transistors; klystrons; power semiconductor switches; storage rings; APS; Advanced Photon Source; IGBT; insulated-gate bipolar transistors; klystron power supply; series opening switches; solid-state opening switch; Diffusion tensor imaging; Gyrotrons; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Insulation; Klystrons; Laboratories; Power system protection; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Solid state circuits; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7191-7
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.2001.986713
