The Advanced Photon Source (APS) is a 7-GeV full energy positron storage ring for generating synchrotron radiation with an injector. The booster synchrotron rf system consists of a single 1-MW klystron which drives four five-cell cavities at 352 MHz. The storage ring cavities consist of four groups of four single cells powered by two 1-MW klystrons for 100-mA operation. An overview of the opera...

In this Letter, we report for the first time on the experimental observation of the generalized synchronization regime in the microwave electronic systems, namely, in the multicavity klystron generators. A new approach devoted to the generalized synchronization detection has been developed. The experimental observations are in the excellent agreement with the results of numerical simulation. Th...

Opening switches have substantial advantages over crowbars. Diversified Technologies has developed solid-state opening-switches using series arrays of IGBTs; many systems have been delivered. The control circuitry has been improved, and the current capability of low-cost switches has been increased from 5 to 25 A. The opening switch being developed will be part of a complete klystron power-supp...

Introduced by the U.S. Navy more than a decade ago, the concept of Power Electronic Building Blocks (PEBBs) has been successfully applied in various applications. It is well accepted within the power electronics arena that this concept offers the potential to achieve increased levels of modularity and compactness. This approach is thus ideally suited for applications where easy serviceability a...

In order to improve the efficiency(usable RF to total pulse) of a klystron modulator, a system using a solidstate compensation circuit has been developed. This system remarkably improves a flat-top and flatness of the output waveform of the modulator by means of waveform synthesis. This paper presents the design and specifications of the compensation circuit and the results of a preliminary tes...