25–30 Aug 2024
Hilton Chicago
America/Chicago timezone

High-Voltage Pulsed Power Generator for Beam Injection Systems

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25 Aug 2024, 16:00
2h
Grand Ballroom (Hilton Chicago)

Grand Ballroom

Hilton Chicago

720 South Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60605 USA
Invited Oral Presentation MC1.1 Beam Dynamics, beam simulations, beam transport Student Poster Session

Speaker

Kent Wootton (Argonne National Laboratory)

Description

Beam injection systems in hadron colliders require kickers generating ±50 kV peak voltages into a 50 Ω impedance, with peak currents of 1000 A and sub-10 ns rise and fall times. This paper presents a novel high-voltage pulse power generator utilizing a dis-tributed pulser architecture. It combines gallium nitride (GaN) transistors in a Marx to-pology with an inductive adder, achieving nanosecond-scale switching speeds and high-power efficiency. Compared to other solutions such as based on MOSFETs or fast ioniza-tion dynistors, our development offers superior peak and average power performance, reduced system complexity, and enhanced reliability, marking a significant step forward in high-voltage pulse generation for accelerator applications.

Author

Kent Wootton (Argonne National Laboratory)

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