JACoW is a publisher in Geneva, Switzerland that publishes the proceedings of accelerator conferences held around the world by an international collaboration of editors.
TY - CONF AU - Masa, S. AU - Bustinduy, I. AU - González, P.J. AU - Kaftoosian, A. AU - Medina, L.C. AU - Miracoli, R. AU - Varnasseri, S. ED - Cai, Yunhai ED - Nagaitsev, Sergei ED - Kim, Dong Eon ED - Marx, Michaela ED - Schaa, Volker R. W. TI - A Novel RF Power Source for the ESS-Bilbao Ion Source J2 - Proc. of HB2023, Geneva, Switzerland, 09-13 October 2023 CY - Geneva, Switzerland T2 - ICFA Advanced Beam Dynamics Workshop on High-Intensity and High-Brightness Hadron Beams T3 - 68 LA - english AB - This paper presents the improvements in the ESS Bilbao Proton Ion Source by replacing the amplified radio frequency (RF) pulse of a Klystron-based amplification system using a Solid-State Power Amplifier (SSPA). This new amplification system is based on a 1kW SSPA (2.7 GHz), a Compact-RIO (cRIO) device, a voltage-controlled RF attenuator and auxiliary electronics. The Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS) serves as distributed control system (DCS) for controlling and monitoring the data required to achieve a 1.5 ms flat and stable pulse at repetition rate of 14 Hz. The following lines describe the structural and control system changes done in the ion source due to the addition of the SSPA-based amplification system, along with the results of the proton beam extraction tests that demonstrate how this system can serve as a viable substitute for the Klystron-based amplification system. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 621 EP - 624 KW - controls KW - ion-source KW - proton KW - klystron KW - EPICS DA - 2024/04 PY - 2024 SN - 2673-5571 SN - 978-3-95450-253-0 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-HB2023-THBP57 UR - https://jacow.org/hb2023/papers/thbp57.pdf ER -