Development of High-Power Solid-State Switch and High-Precision Capacitor Charging Power Supply for Kicker Modulator System

Tae Hyun Kim, Seong Ho Son, Chang Hyun Kwon, Hyoung Suk Kim, Chan Hun Yu, Jung Soo Bae, Suk Ho Ahn, Sung Roc Jang

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Abstract

This paper describes development of high-power solid-state switch (HPSS) and high precision capacitor charging power supply (CCPS) for kicker modulator system in an accelerator facility. Specifications of a HPSS for the system are 15 kV of withstand voltage and 10 kA of pulsed current (half-sine form, 6 us of base width). The developed HPSS consists of series-connected IGBTs. For the synchronous drive of IGBTs, each gate drive circuit is powered by an on-off pulse generator circuit which includes multiple transformers sharing their primary winding. To achieve fast risetime of gate-emitter voltage, a gate drive circuit with an internal voltage source is proposed. In terms of the CCPS, series-parallel resonant converter is designed with 15 kV, 4 kW, and 1 MHz of its switching frequency. High switching frequency has an advantage for reproducibility of the pulsed current by minimizing quantity of charge delivered to a load capacitor during one switching period. With the developed HPSS and CCPS, a kicker modulator system is implemented. Finally, the developed system achieved 10 kA of pulsed current from 12 kV of charging voltage with 10 Hz of repetition ratio.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIECON 2023 - 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Electronic)9798350331820
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Externally publishedYes
Event49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2023 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: Oct 16 2023Oct 19 2023

Publication series

NameIECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)
ISSN (Print)2162-4704
ISSN (Electronic)2577-1647

Conference

Conference49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2023
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period10/16/2310/19/23

Keywords

  • accelerator
  • capacitor charging power supply
  • High-power solid-state switch
  • kicker modulator system

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