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Solid-State Powered X-band Accelerator

Othman, Mohamed A.K.·Nann, Emilio A.·Dolgashev, Valery A.·Tantawi, Sami·Neilson, Jeff
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In this report we disseminate the hot test results of an X-band 100-W solid state amplifier chain for linear accelerator (linac) applications. Solid state power amplifiers have become increasingly attractive solutions for achieving high power in radar and maritime applications. Here the performance of solid state amplifiers when driving an RF cavity is investigated. Commercially available, matched and fully-packaged GaN on SiC HEMTs are utilized, comprising a wideband driver stage and two power stages. The amplifier chain has a high poweradded- efficiency and is able to supply up to ~1.2 MV/m field gradient at 9.2 GHz in a simple test cavity, with a peak power exceeding 100 W. These findings set forth the enabling technology for solid-state powered linacs.

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Othman, Mohamed A.K., Nann, Emilio A., Dolgashev, Valery A., Tantawi, Sami, Neilson, Jeff. 2017-03-06. Solid-State Powered X-band Accelerator. https://doi.org/10.2172/1346533

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