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https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2019-THPTS058
Title New 50 KW SSPA Transmitter for the ALBA Booster
Authors
  • P. Solans, B. Bravo, J.R. Ocampo, F. Pérez, A. Salompresenter
    ALBA-CELLS Synchrotron, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
  • J.V. Balboa, I. Fernández, D. Iriarte, J. Lluch, A. Mellado, C. Rosa, F. Sierra, E. Ugarte
    BTESA, Leganés, Spain
Abstract ALBA is a 3th generation 3 GeV synchrotron light source located in Barcelona and operating with users since May 2012. The IOT based transmitter for the booster cavity has been replaced by a Solid State Power Amplifier (SSPA) of 50 kW at 500 MHz in August 2018. The new transmitter is made of 96 active devices, which are divided in 12 modules of 8 transistors each one. The modules are combined in groups of four using the Gysel topology and two hybrid combiners are used for the final combining stage. The design allows the transmitter to provide enough power even when multiple transistor fails occur, in the same module or in different ones, and it also presents power supplies redundancy. These modules can be hot swapped, i.e., the module can be replaced by a spare at any time, even when the transmitter is providing power without affecting the operation. After two months of operation, the transmitter fulfills very well the design specifications regarding power, efficiency and gain; and although minor problems have arisen due to infant mortality in some components, the operation of the transmitter has never been affected due to the high redundancy.
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Conference IPAC2019
Series International Particle Accelerator Conference (10th)
Location Melbourne, Australia
Date 19-24 May 2019
Publisher JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland
Editorial Board Mark Boland (UoM, Saskatoon, SK, Canada); Hitoshi Tanaka (KEK, Tsukuba, Japan); David Button (ANSTO, Kirrawee, NSW, Australia); Rohan Dowd (ANSTO, Kirrawee, NSW, Australia); Volker RW Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany); Eugene Tan (ANSTO, Kirrawee, NSW, Australia)
Online ISBN 978-3-95450-208-0
Received 15 May 2019
Accepted 18 May 2019
Issue Date 21 June 2019
DOI doi:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2019-THPTS058
Pages 4237-4239
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