Speaker
Anne-Sophie Chauchat
(Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique)
Description
The 19 MeV electron linear accelerator ELSA at CEA DAM has been in operation for 30 years. A renovation of the RF system was necessary to improve the reliability of the linac. The second part of the renovation deals with the 144 MHz RF amplifier, supplying power to the photo-injector.
The former tetrode based amplifier has been replaced by a 1.6 MW Solid State Power Amplifier delivered by Ampegon company. One of the challenges was to design a compact amplifier to keep the same footprint.
This paper presents the amplifier, the tests and the commissioning.
Primary author
Anne-Sophie Chauchat
(Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique)
Co-authors
Martin Collet
(Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique)
Vincent Le Flanchec
(Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique)
Bodo Fritsche
(Ampegon AG)
Michael Leukert
(Ampegon Power Electronics AG)
