LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico
SLAC, Menlo Park, California
ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
To facilitate a rapid response to the International Linear Collider (ILC) L-Band development program at SLAC, a spare converter-modulator was shipped from Los Alamos. This modulator was to be a spare for the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) accelerator at ORNL. The ILC application requires a 33% higher peak output power (15 MW) and output current (130 Amp). This presents significant design challenges to modify the existing hardware and yet maintain switching parameters and thermal cycling within the semiconductor component ratings. To minimize IGBT commutation and free-wheeling diode currents, a different set of optimizations, as compared to the SNS design, were used to tune the resonant switching networks. Additional complexities arose as nanocrystalline cores with different performance characteristics (as compared to SNS), were used to fabricate the resonant "boost" transformers. This paper will describe the electrical design, system modifications, modeling efforts, and resulting electrical performance as implemented for the ILC L-band test stand.
SLAC, Menlo Park, California
A compact, water cooled, high power switch for the Superconducting Module Test Facility (SMTF) long-pulse klystron modulator has been designed and implemented at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL). This solid-state switch is composed of six series devices, each having a rating of 4.5 kV at 2000 Adc. Latest generation, press-pack IGBT modules are utilized to reduce the physical size and complexity of the switch assembly. The new switch and its associated controller provide a high degree of redundancy and fail-safe operation, which meets the modulator requirements. This paper describes the general switch assembly, IGBT protection and control schemes, and test results.
Stangenes Industries, Palo Alto, California
