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WEPMS075 | Development and Testing of High Power RF Vector Modulators | 2508 |
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Funding: This work was supported by SNS through UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 for the U. S. Department of Energy. High power vector modulators can allow a fan-out RF power distribution system that can power many accelerating cavities from a single high-power klystron amplifier. The configuration enables independent control of amplitudes and phases of RF voltages at the cavities. A vector modulator employs either one or two hybrids with two fast phase shifters. Prototype high power RF vector modulators employing a hybrid and two fast ferrite phase shifters in coaxial TEM transmission lines for 402.5 MHz and 805 MHz are built and tested. RF properties of the design and result of high power testing are presented. |
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WEPMS076 | Status of the SNS Cryomodule Test | 2511 |
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Funding: SNS is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 for the U. S. Department of Energy The cryomodule tests are on going to have better understandings of physics as a whole and eventually to provide safe and reliable operation for neutron production. Some features are revealed to be interesting issues and need more attentions than expected, such as operating condition, collective effects between cavities, HOM coupler issues, end-group stability, cavity-coupler interactions, and vacuum/gas physics, waiting for more investigations. Up to now SNS cryomodules were mainly tested at 4.4 K, 10 pulse per second (pps) and 30 pps/60 pps tests are under progress. This paper presents the experiences and the observations during tests of cryomodules. |
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WEPMS074 | Design and High Power Processing of RFQ Input Power Couplers | 2505 |
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Funding: This work was supported by SNS through UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 for the U. S. Department of Energy. A RF power coupling system has been developed for future upgrade of input coupling of the RFQ in the SNS linac. The design employs two coaxial loop couplers for 402.5 MHz operation. Each loop is fed through a coaxial ceramic window that is connected to an output of a magic-T waveguide hybrid through a coaxial to waveguide transition. The coaxial loop couplers are designed, manufactured, and high power processed. Two couplers will be used in parallel to power the accelerating structure with up to total 800 kW peak power at 8% duty cycle. RF and mechanical properties of the couplers are discussed. Result of high power RF conditioning that is performed in the RF test facility of the SNS is presented. |