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Medium Power 352 MHz Solid State Pulsed RF Amplifiers for the CERN Linac4 Project

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J.C. Broere, J. Marques Balula
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Y. Gomez
LPSC, Grenoble Cedex, France
M. Rossi
DBE, Padova, Italy

Economic, modular and highly linear pulsed RF amplifiers have recently been developed to be used for the three Buncher cavities in the CERN Linac4. The amplifiers are water cooled and can provide up to 33 kW pulsed RF power, 1.5 msec pulse length and 50 Hz repetition rate. Furthermore a 60 kWatt unit is under construction to provide the required RF Power for the Debuncher cavity. The concept is based on 1.2 kW RF power modules using the latest 6th generation LDMOS technology. For integration into the CERN control environment the amplifiers have an internal industrial controller, which will provide easy control and extended diagnostic functions. This paper describes the construction, performance, including linearity, phase stability and EMC compliance tests.

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The Linac4 Project at CERN

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M. Vretenar, L. Arnaudon, P. Baudrenghien, C. Bertone, Y. Body, J.C. Broere, O. Brunner, M.C.L. Buzio, C. Carli, F. Caspers, J.-P. Corso, J. Coupard, A. Dallocchio, N. Dos Santos, R. Garoby, F. Gerigk, L. Hammouti, K. Hanke, M.A. Jones, I. Kozsar, J.-B. Lallement, J. Lettry, A.M. Lombardi, L.A. Lopez Hernandez, C. Maglioni, S.J. Mathot, S. Maury, B. Mikulec, D. Nisbet, C. Noels, M.M. Paoluzzi, B. Puccio, U. Raich, S. Ramberger, C. Rossi, N. Schwerg, R. Scrivens, G. Vandoni, J. Vollaire, S. Weisz, Th. Zickler
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

As the first step of a long-term programme aiming at an increase in the LHC luminosity, CERN is building a new 160 MeV H⁻ linear accelerator, Linac4, to replace the ageing 50 MeV Linac2 as injector to the Proton-Synchrotron Booster (PSB). Linac4 is an 86-m long normal-conducting linac made of an H⁻ source, a Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ), a chopping line and a sequence of three accelerating structures: a Drift-Tube Linac (DTL), a Cell-Coupled DTL (CCDTL) and a Pi-Mode Structure (PIMS). The civil engineering has been recently completed, and construction of the main accelerator components has started with the support of a network of international collaborations. The low-energy section up to 3 MeV including a 3-m long 352 MHz RFQ entirely built at CERN is in the final construction phase and is being installed on a dedicated test stand. The present schedule foresees beam commissioning of the accelerator in the new tunnel in 2013/14; the moment of connection of the new linac to the CERN accelerator chain will depend on the LHC schedule for long shut-downs.

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Paper	Title	Page
MOPC137	Medium Power 352 MHz Solid State Pulsed RF Amplifiers for the CERN Linac4 Project	400
	J.C. Broere, J. Marques Balula CERN, Geneva, Switzerland Y. Gomez LPSC, Grenoble Cedex, France M. Rossi DBE, Padova, Italy
	Economic, modular and highly linear pulsed RF amplifiers have recently been developed to be used for the three Buncher cavities in the CERN Linac4. The amplifiers are water cooled and can provide up to 33 kW pulsed RF power, 1.5 msec pulse length and 50 Hz repetition rate. Furthermore a 60 kWatt unit is under construction to provide the required RF Power for the Debuncher cavity. The concept is based on 1.2 kW RF power modules using the latest 6th generation LDMOS technology. For integration into the CERN control environment the amplifiers have an internal industrial controller, which will provide easy control and extended diagnostic functions. This paper describes the construction, performance, including linearity, phase stability and EMC compliance tests.

TUOAA03	The Linac4 Project at CERN	900
	M. Vretenar, L. Arnaudon, P. Baudrenghien, C. Bertone, Y. Body, J.C. Broere, O. Brunner, M.C.L. Buzio, C. Carli, F. Caspers, J.-P. Corso, J. Coupard, A. Dallocchio, N. Dos Santos, R. Garoby, F. Gerigk, L. Hammouti, K. Hanke, M.A. Jones, I. Kozsar, J.-B. Lallement, J. Lettry, A.M. Lombardi, L.A. Lopez Hernandez, C. Maglioni, S.J. Mathot, S. Maury, B. Mikulec, D. Nisbet, C. Noels, M.M. Paoluzzi, B. Puccio, U. Raich, S. Ramberger, C. Rossi, N. Schwerg, R. Scrivens, G. Vandoni, J. Vollaire, S. Weisz, Th. Zickler CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	As the first step of a long-term programme aiming at an increase in the LHC luminosity, CERN is building a new 160 MeV H⁻ linear accelerator, Linac4, to replace the ageing 50 MeV Linac2 as injector to the Proton-Synchrotron Booster (PSB). Linac4 is an 86-m long normal-conducting linac made of an H⁻ source, a Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ), a chopping line and a sequence of three accelerating structures: a Drift-Tube Linac (DTL), a Cell-Coupled DTL (CCDTL) and a Pi-Mode Structure (PIMS). The civil engineering has been recently completed, and construction of the main accelerator components has started with the support of a network of international collaborations. The low-energy section up to 3 MeV including a 3-m long 352 MHz RFQ entirely built at CERN is in the final construction phase and is being installed on a dedicated test stand. The present schedule foresees beam commissioning of the accelerator in the new tunnel in 2013/14; the moment of connection of the new linac to the CERN accelerator chain will depend on the LHC schedule for long shut-downs.
	Slides TUOAA03 [10.347 MB]