Department of Energy Phase I Contract : DEFG-02-05ER84146
Anticipated Completion: Q1 2006

The DOE’s Rare Isotope Accelerator (RIA) facility will produce intense beams of short-lived nuclides, for detailed study of their properties. Unlike conventional electron systems, accelerating the nuclide ions will require RF amplifiers at seven discrete frequencies from 12 to 805 MHz, and at powers from 5 to 30 kW.

Unfortunately, available RF power amplifiers are wideband laboratory devices that are costly and inefficient, or are optimized for narrow band / single frequency operation. They have very little commonality in their design, construction, or operation. In this SBIR, DTI is designing a family of RF amplifiers whose members will be identical for all frequency ranges, reducing the cost of their production, maintenance, and support.

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Model of Modular
RF Amplifier