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Bohlen, H.P.

 
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TH201 IOT RF Power Sources for Pulsed and CW Linacs 574
 
  • H.P. Bohlen
    CPI, Palo Alto, California
  • Y. Li, R.N. Tornoe
    CPI/EIMAC, San Carlos, California
 
  For many years, klystrons have been the preferred RF power amplifiers for both pulsed and CW linacs at UHF and higher frequencies. Their properties have earned them that position. But in recent years in UHF terrestrial television transmitters the earlier predominant klystron has been replaced the Inductive Output Tube (IOT) because the IOT provides higher efficiency and, due to its excellent linearity, can handle the simultaneous amplification of both the vision and the sound signal. Its robustness and life expectancy equals that of a klystron, and it more than compensates its lower gain by a lower price and a smaller size. For linac operation, derivates of UHF TV IOTs, capable of up to 80 kW CW output power, are already available and operating. In L-Band, they are presently joined by recently developed 15 to 30 kW CW IOTs. HOM-IOTs are expected to extend the CW range in UHF to 1 MW and beyond. Pulsed operation of an IOT can be achieved without a high-voltage modulator. Since the beam current is grid-controlled it is sufficient to pulse the drive power.  
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THP39 Operation of a 1.3 GHz, 10 MW Multiple Beam Klystron 693
 
  • H.P. Bohlen, A. Balkcum, M. Cattelino, L. Cox, M. Cusick, S. Forrest, F. Friedlander, A. Staprans, E. Wright, L. Zitelli
    CPI, Palo Alto
  • K. Eppley
    SAIC, Boston
 
  Results will be reported for a 1.3 GHz, 10 MW multiple beam klystron that is being developed for the TESLA linear accelerator facility. The design parameters for the device are 10 MW peak RF output power with 150 kW average power, 1.5 ms pulse length, 65% efficiency, 50 dB gain, and 2.0 A/cm2 maximum cathode loading. Initial testing of the device has validated the basic design approach. Six 120 kV electron beams of measurably identical currents of 22.9 A each have been successfully propagated through the klystron circuit with 99.5% DC beam transmission at full operating video duty and with 98.5% saturated RF transmission. A peak power of 10 MW at 1.3 GHz with 60% efficiency and 49 dB of gain has been measured.