Abstract
The Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) study is exploring the scheme for an electron-positron collider with high luminosity and a nominal centre-of-mass energy of 3 TeV. The CLIC damping rings will produce ultra-low emittance, with high bunch charge, necessary for the luminosity performance of the collider. To limit the beam emittance blow-up due to oscillations, the pulse power modulators for the damping rings kickers must provide extremely flat, high-voltage pulses: specifications call for a 160 ns duration flattop of 12.5 kV, 250 A, with a combined ripple and droop of not more than ±0.02 %. A solid-state modulator, the inductive adder, is a very promising approach to meeting the demanding specifications; this topology allows the use of both digital and analogue modulation. To effectively use modulation techniques to achieve such low ripple and droop requires an in-depth knowledge of the behaviour of the solid-state switching components and their gate drivers, as well as a good understanding of the overall circuit behaviour. This paper describes the initial design of the inductive adder.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | IPAC 2011 - 2nd International Particle Accelerator Conference |
| Publisher | JACoW Publishing |
| Pages | 3409-3411 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-92-9083-366-6 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
| MoE publication type | B3 Non-refereed article in conference proceedings |