Testing of the ESS tetrode 352 MHz radiofrequency power source

Coordinating university or institute

Uppsala University, www.uu.se

Facility

ESS

Project description

The 26 spoke cavities of ESS are powered by tetrode amplifiers at 352 MHz. In Freia Laboratory we have two prototypes from different manufacturers to work with. We will describe the modifications which had to be made and what the consequence it will make.

Year

2017–

Team

Uppsala University, FREIA:

  • Rolf Wedberg, Research engineer Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • Dragos Dancila Docent, Department of Engineering Sciences, Solid State Electronics
  • Tord Peterson, Research engineer, Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • Long Huang Duc, PhD student Department of Engineering Sciences, Solid State Electronics
  • Han Li, Researcher, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Core deliverables

System design

Industry involvement

  • Thales
  • Itelco
  • DB Elletronica

Total budget

EUR 1 million

Collaborations

  • Uppsala University
  • Lund University

Procurement codes

Electronics and radio frequency

Last edited

2019