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Article
Report number SLAC-PUB-11759
Title Solid-State Modulators for RF and Fast Kickers
Author(s) Cook, Edward ; Akana, Guy L ; Brooksby, Craig A ; Cassel, Richard ; De Lamare, Jeffrey E ; Gower, Edward J ; Hawkins, Steven ; Hickman, Bradley C ; Nguyen, Minh N ; Pappas, Chris
Affiliation (Bechtel Nevada, Los Alamos, New Mexico) ; (LLNL, Livermore, California) ; (SLAC)
Publication 2005
Imprint May 2005
Number of pages 3
In: 21st IEEE Particle Accelerator Conference, Knoxville, TN, USA, 16 - 20 May 2005, pp.637
Subject category Accelerators and Storage Rings
Abstract As the capabilities of solid-state devices increase, these devices are being incorporated into modulator designs for high voltage accelerator applications. Solid-state modulators based on inductive adder circuit topology have demonstrated great versatility with regard to pulse width and pulse repetition rate while maintaining fast pulse rise and fall times. Additionally, these modulators are capable of being scaled to higher output voltage and power levels. An explanation of the basic circuit operation will be presented as well as test data of several different hardware systems.



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