Patent Grant
10426022
This document relates generally to Radio Frequency (RF) power generation and more particularly to a magnetron transmitter with internal pulse modulation of output power. Applications can include, for example, powering of Superconducting RF (SRF) cavities of intensity-frontier pulsed accelerators.
Modern intensity-frontier superconducting pulsed accelerators need Radio Frequency (RF) sources with pulsed power up to hundreds of kilowatts at an average power of tens of kilowatts to support the phase and amplitude instability of SRF cavity accelerating fields to much less than 1 degree and 1%, respectively. Compensations for harmful effects of microphonics, Lorentz Force Detuning (LFD), and beam loading are provided by dynamic phase and power control to support accelerating field stability at the required level. Successful implementation of such control requires sufficiently wide bandwidth of the RF transmitter.
The traditional RF sources such as klystrons, Inductive Output Tubes (IOTs), and solid-state amplifiers are expensive, and their cost represents a significant fraction of the accelerator project cost. Usage of megawatt (MW)-scale klystrons feeding groups of cavities allows some cost reduction, but modulators for MW-scale klystrons are quite expensive. Moreover, this choice only provides control of the vector sum of the accelerating voltage for a group of cavities, which may be insufficient to minimize longitudinal beam emittance. Therefore, RF sources that are dynamically controlled in phase and power around the carrier frequency, feeding each SRF cavity individually, and operating without high-voltage modulators are preferable for high intensity pulsed accelerators in large-scale projects.
Magnetrons are more efficient and less expensive than the above-mentioned traditional RF sources [1]. The low capital cost of magnetron power (e.g., up to 1 US Dollar per Watt) allows powering each cavity individually, which greatly improves stability of the voltage and phase in each cavity. Thus, utilization of magnetron RF sources in large-scale accelerator projects can significantly reduce the cost of an RF power generation system.
A system uses one or more magnetrons to generate pulsed radio-frequency (RF) power, such as for powering an accelerating cavity. The one or more magnetrons each having a self-excitation threshold voltage and configured to operate with internal modulation using a pulsed RF input signal to produce the pulsed RF power when being powered by a direct-current (DC) power supply at a voltage level below the self-excitation threshold voltage.
In one embodiment, a system for RF power generation may include an RF pulsed transmitter configured to produce a pulsed RF output signal using a pulsed magnetron output signal. The pulsed RF transmitter can include an input, an output, a magnetron, and a DC power supply. The input receives a pulsed RF input signal. The output transmits the pulsed RF output signal. The magnetron has a self-excitation threshold voltage and may be configured to operate with internal modulation using the pulsed RF input signal to produce the pulsed magnetron output signal when being powered at a voltage level below the self-excitation threshold voltage. The DC power supply may be configured to power the magnetron.
In one embodiment, a method for RF power generation is provided. The method may include receiving a pulsed RF input signal, operating a magnetron having a self-excitation threshold voltage, and producing a pulsed RF output signal using a pulsed magnetron output signal. Operating the magnetron may include powering the magnetron at a voltage level below the self-excitation threshold voltage using a DC power supply and producing a pulsed magnetron output signal by internal modulation using the pulsed RF input signal.
In one embodiment, a system for powering an accelerating cavity may include a magnetron and a cathode voltage supply system. The magnetron may be configured to receive an input injection-locking signal, to produce an injection-locked output signal using the input injection-locking signal when the input injection-locking signal allows the magnetron to operate at a subcritical cathode voltage that is below a critical voltage needed for self-excitation of the magnetron, and to interrupt the injection-locked output signal when the input injection-locking signal is not sufficiently strong to allow the magnetron to operate at the subcritical cathode voltage. The cathode voltage supply system may be coupled to the magnetron and may be configured to supply the subcritical cathode voltage and to control a power of the injection-locked output signal by controlling the cathode voltage.
This summary is an overview of some of the teachings of the present application and not intended to be an exclusive or exhaustive treatment of the present subject matter. Further details about the present subject matter are found in the detailed description and appended claims. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims and their legal equivalents.
The following detailed description of the present subject matter refers to subject matter in the accompanying drawings which show, by way of illustration, specific aspects and embodiments in which the present subject matter may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the present subject matter. References to “an”, “one”, or “various” embodiments in this disclosure are not necessarily to the same embodiment, and such references contemplate more than one embodiment. The following detailed description is demonstrative and not to be taken in a limiting sense. The scope of the present subject matter is defined by the appended claims, along with the full scope of legal equivalents to which such claims are entitled.
The present subject matter was developed based on an unusual phenomenon predicted using a model of resonant interaction of electrons with synchronous wave in the magnetron space of interactions [2]. This unusual phenomenon, which is referred to as “internal modulation” in a magnetron by the inventor, includes pulsed injection-locked generation of the magnetron powered by a Direct Current (DC) power supply somewhat below its self-excitation threshold and driven by a pulsed resonant injected signal with a sufficient power (about of 10% of the magnetron nominal power). Following the prediction, the discovery of this unusual phenomenon was proven by demonstrating switching on-off a magnetron with high efficiency by the pulsed resonant injected signal when the magnetron was powered by a DC power supply and operated somewhat below the self-excitation threshold without a pulsed modulator.
This document discusses, among other things, systems of highly efficient high-power transmitters each including one or more magnetrons with internal modulation, without requiring a pulsed modulator, for powering, for example, a cavity of an intensity-frontier pulsed accelerator. Proof of concept of the principle of operation of the magnetron transmitter with internal pulsed modulation controlled by an injected resonant signal was demonstrated in experiments. The transmitter allows phase and power control with respective rates at the frequency of the injection-locking signal using phase and amplitude controlling feedback loops to suppress microphonics, Lorentz force detuning, and beam loading in the Superconducting Radio Frequency (SRF) cavities. The concept utilizes excitation of the magnetron by the resonant injected (injection-locking) signal with appropriate power. The transmitter output magnetron is powered by a High-Voltage (HV) DC power supply at a voltage less than threshold of its self-excitation. This realizes pulsed operation of the high-power injection-locked magnetron switched on-off by the resonant exciting Radio Frequency (RF) signal without a pulsed modulator. Initial experimental studies of the concept were carried out with 2.45 GHz, 1 kW, Continuous Wave (CW) microwave oven magnetrons operating in pulsed and CW regimes. Results of the substantiation the proposed concept are presented and discussed in this document.
Magnetron is a well-known inexpensive self-exciting oscillator generating coherently when its cathode feeding voltage exceeds the threshold of self-excitation. The threshold of self-excitation of a magnetron is a threshold voltage also referred to as critical cathode voltage of the magnetron. A voltage less than the threshold of self-excitation can be referred to as a subcritical cathode voltage. If the feeding voltage is less than the threshold of its self-excitation, the synchronous wave in the magnetron interaction space does not exist or has insufficient amplitude. It does not allow the required phase grouping of the charge drifting towards the magnetron anode and the moving charges cannot increment to the energy of the synchronous wave rotating in the magnetron space of interaction. This causes damping of the synchronous wave and does not allow for coherent generation of the magnetron [2]. The appearance of the synchronous wave with a sufficient amplitude (e.g., by a sufficient resonant injected signal) is a sufficient condition for appropriate shaping of the charge in “spokes” to start the coherent stable oscillation when the magnetron voltage is somewhat less than the self-excitation threshold. Existence of the synchronous wave with sufficient amplitude is a necessary condition for stable coherent generation of the magnetron.
For pulsed operation of magnetrons presently, HV pulsed modulators can be used for turning powering of the magnetron on and off. However, these modulators for superconducting accelerators deal with long-pulse, high-voltage pulsed transformers that make them large, heavy, and expensive. The present subject matter provides a pulsed magnetron RF generation using recently developed technique starting-up the magnetron below the self-excitation threshold [3]. Modeling of the resonant interaction of the electron flow with a synchronous wave in the magnetron driven by the resonant injected signal [2] indicates that the pulsed operation of the magnetron powered by a DC power supply is realized by pulsed RF resonant injected signal switching the magnetron on and off.
In various embodiments, the pulsed RF power of the magnetron can be somewhat less than the nominal magnetron power. However, in accordance with the resonant interaction model [2], the magnetron RF source efficiency and the time of life can be increased.
It was demonstrated (e.g., references [2, 3]) that the presence of a driving resonant signal with appropriate amplitude excites the resonant rotating (synchronous) wave in the magnetron space of interaction, thereby, at the sufficient wave amplitude, allowing for starting up the magnetron. This results in coherent oscillation at the frequency of the resonant signal even if the magnetron feeding voltage is somewhat less than the threshold of self-excitation. The coherent oscillation in this case is precisely-stable in frequency and can be controlled in wide band in phase and in power. A notable decrease of the synchronous wave, such as by switching off the injected resonant signal causes its fast damping and stop of the magnetron generation [2]. Thus, the presence or absence of the resonant driving wave when the magnetron voltage is by a few percent less than the self-excitation threshold can turn on-off the coherent oscillation at the frequency of the driving signal in the magnetron, i.e., the magnetron will operate in pulsed regime being powered from an inexpensive DC power supply and driven by an appropriate pulsed RF source. This is a conceptual basis of the present subject matter. The experimental tests substantiating this concept were carried out with 2.45 GHz, 1 kW magnetrons fed by pulsed and CW HV power supplies. The results are presented and discussed below.
Theoretical Substantiation of the Concept
The theoretical substantiation of the present magnetron transmitter concept is based on theory of charge drift approximation [4], theory of perturbation applied to magnetrons, [3], and developed basing on a kinetic model the resonant interaction theory for the magnetrons. [2].
A simple explanation of the present magnetron transmitter concept is based on the fundamental law of energy conservation. A resonant driving signal injected into the magnetron in accordance with the energy conservation law increases the RF energy stored in the magnetron cavities and in the interaction space. Since the RF energy in the magnetron is determined by the static electric field, the injected resonant signal is equivalent to an increase of the magnetron feeding voltage. Thus, a sufficient power of the injected resonant signal allows the magnetron to start-up even if the magnetron feeding voltage is by a few percent less than the threshold of self-excitation. This allows stable operation of the magnetron with a lower current than is available in free run. The lack of RF voltage in the synchronous wave induced by the lower magnetron current is compensated by the injection-locking signal providing stable operation of the magnetron when it is driven by the sufficient resonant injected signal. Switching the resonant injected signal off will cause damping of the synchronous wave [2], rapidly stopping power generation of the magnetron.
From a rough estimate of the minimum power in the synchronous wave sufficient for self-excitation of the typical magnetron, about 1/10 of the magnetron nominal power is obtained [3]. As it was demonstrated in experiments (e.g., reference [3]), this value of power of the resonant driving signal starts up the stimulated coherent oscillation in the magnetron even if the magnetron voltage is by a few percent less than the threshold voltage for self-excited oscillations.
The experiments demonstrated that a typical magnetron driven by a resonant (injection-locking) wave with power about of −10 dB of the nominal power at the feeding voltage less than the voltage of self-excitation provides stable operation of the magnetron over a wide range (10 dB) of output power. The RF power of the magnetron fed by voltage less than the self-excitation threshold can be controlled in the range up to 5 dB varying its current at the sufficient resonant pre-exciting (injection-locking) signal. Thus, the pre-excited magnetron fed by voltage less than the threshold of self-excitation may operate as an RF injection-locked coherent oscillator switched on-off by the driving injection-locking RF signal, since the presence and absence of the RF signal starts and stops operation of the magnetron, respectively. The time of switching on-off of the RF oscillation in such regime of the magnetron will be determined by the time of the transient process with establishment and damping of the synchronous wave of the order of magnitude (10 QL)/πf, where QL is the magnetron cavity loaded Q-factor (QL≈100), and f is the magnetron frequency. For 2.45 GHz magnetrons the switching time will not exceed 200 ns. When the driving RF signal is off, practically there is no consumption of energy of the HV power supply by a typical magnetron. Thus, the stimulated generation of the “self-modulating” injection-locked magnetron. i.e., operation with the internal pulsed modulation, is highly efficient.
Experimental Substantiation of the Concept
Experimental verification of proposed concept was carried out with 2.45 GHz, 1 kW magnetrons operating in pulsed and CW regimes, fed by a voltage less than the threshold of self-excitation. Stable operation of magnetrons with low noise at the cathode voltage less than the self-excitation threshold, when the magnetron was driven by a sufficient injected resonant signal, was demonstrated [2, 3]. More detailed measurements were performed in the CW regime with 2.5 GHz 1.2 kW magnetron type 2M137-IL.
Experimental study included measurements of the power consumption of the magnetron from the HV power supply, the RF spectra of the injection-locking signal and the magnetron output signal, the RF power generated by the magnetron and the power of the injection-locking signal. The wide range (10 dB) of power control in the magnetron was realized by operation below and above the self-excitation threshold, varying the magnetron current.
Results of measurements performed using the experimental setup illustrated in
On-off switching control of the magnetron operating below the self-excitation threshold and driven by a pulsed resonant injected signal was studied using a 945 W, 2.45 MHz type 2M219G microwave oven magnetron (e.g., by LG, Seoul, South Korea) and a pulsed HV power supply [1]. The pulse HV power supply provides stabilized voltage in the range of 1-5 kV with negligible low ripple at the pulse duration up to 5 ms.
As it follows from the developed model of the resonant interaction theory [2, 3], the injected resonant signal of about −10 dB improves the phase grouping of the charge in the “spokes” rotating in the magnetron interaction space. This notably increases the RF energy in the magnetron for the entire RF system. Measurements of the output signal of the magnetron using the detector shows that the magnetron switched on-off by the injection-locking signal may provide about 80% of the magnetron nominal power or more. Moreover, the improved phase grouping reduces the electron back-stream overheating the magnetron cathode. This will increase longevity of the magnetron.
In various embodiments, if the required pulsed RF power is limited by a few tens of kilowatts, a system for pulsed RF power generation can include an RF pulsed transmitter configured to produce a pulsed RF signal at the magnetron output. The transmitter can include a magnetron, a ferrite circulator or a ferrite circulators system, and a DC power supply. The ferrite circulator (or ferrite circulators system) is used to separate the input pulsed RF signal controlling the internal modulation in the magnetron from the pulsed magnetron output signal due to directivity of these components. The DC power supply can be configured to power the magnetron at a voltage level somewhat below the self-excitation threshold voltage. The input pulsed signal controlling the magnetron can be configured to be sufficient to switch on-off the magnetron (this requires about of 10% of the magnetron nominal power) and to produce the pulsed output RF signal when the tube is powered below the self-excitation threshold voltage.
In various embodiments, a system including the RF pulsed transmitter for powering an accelerating cavity with pulsed RF power of about 100 kW or more can include a low-power magnetron (with power about of 10% of the required output power of the transmitter) with its DC power supply configured to power the low-power tube somewhat below its threshold of self-excitation. The input injected resonant (injection-locking) signal is configured in power (about of 1% of the nominal power of the second, high-power magnetron), to switch on-off the low-power magnetron powered below its self-excitation threshold to produce an injection-locking output pulsed signal with power sufficient to switch on-off the second, high-power magnetron fed by its DC power supply somewhat below the high-power magnetron self-excitation threshold. Inputs-outputs of the low-power and high-power magnetrons can be decoupled by ferrite circulators. The injected resonant signal with power about of 1% of the required output transmitter power controls the precisely-stable stimulated (internal) pulsed modulation of the injection-locked pulsed generation required for high-power pulsed SRF accelerators.
In various embodiments, the circulator or circulator system protects the RF pulsed transmitter from reflected wave. At the beginning of the operation of the system, the SRF cavity is mismatched with the RF pulsed transmitter. This causes a wave with a large magnitude and a large pulsed power to be reflected to the output of the RF pulse transmitter. The circulator or circulator system directs this reflected wave to a matched load to be absorbed by the matched load. Without the circulator or circulator system, such a reflected wave can destroy the magnetron(s). In a system with the low-power and high-power magnetrons, this occurs when there is a discharge in the high-power magnetron. This causes the wave reflected to the low-power magnetron with an amplitude sufficient to cause a discharge in the low-power magnetron. The circulator or circulator system in this case similarly directs this reflected wave to a matched load to be absorbed by the matched load.
The single-stage pulsed magnetron transmitter can include a directional coupler 1001A for measuring a pulsed input RF signal at an input 1002, a directional coupler 1001B for measuring a pulsed output RF signal at an output 1003, circulators 1004A-B (e.g., two T-type ferrite circulators, which alternatively can be replaced by a single 4-port circulator) for decoupling the input and output RF signals, a magnetron 1005, and a DC HV power supply 1006 for feeding the magnetron 1005 below its self-excitation threshold. The input signal controlling internal modulation of the transmitter (the magnetron on-off switching without an HV modulator) is provided by a pulsed RF source with a power of about 10% of the magnetron nominal power. A Low Level RF (LLRF) system 1007 provides for measuring and tuning of the input and output RF signals and control of the DC HV power supply 1006. The illustrated transmitter can provide phase and power control of the RF output signal with rates appropriate for powering an SRF accelerator.
The transmitter as illustrated in
Using two cascaded magnetrons operating below their self-excitation thresholds allows the controlling power of the injected (input) pulsed resonant RF signal to be about 1% of the output RF power.
Some non-limiting examples (Examples 1-20) of the present subject matter are provided as follows:
In Example 1, a system for RF power generation may include an RF pulsed transmitter. The RF pulsed transmitter may be configured to produce a pulsed RF transmitter output signal using a first pulsed magnetron output signal, and may include a transmitter input, a transmitter output, a first magnetron, and a first DC power supply. The transmitter input may receive a pulsed RF transmitter input signal. The transmitter output may transmit the pulsed RF transmitter output signal. The first magnetron has a first self-excitation threshold voltage and may be configured to operate with internal modulation using the pulsed RF transmitter input signal to produce the first pulsed magnetron output signal when being powered at a first voltage level below the first self-excitation threshold voltage. The first DC power supply configured to power the magnetron.
In Example 2, the subject matter of Example 1 may optionally be configured to further include a superconducting RF accelerating cavity coupled to the transmitter output and configured to receive the pulsed RF transmitter output signal and to be powered by the pulsed RF transmitter output signal.
In Example 3, the subject matter of any one or any combination of Examples 1 and 2 may optionally be configured such that the RF pulsed transmitter further include one or more circulators configured to simultaneously direct the pulsed RF transmitter input signal to the first magnetron and the first pulsed magnetron output signal to the transmitter output. The one or more circulators also protect the RF transmitter from a reflected wave.
In Example 4, the subject matter of any one or any combination of Examples 1 to 3 may optionally be configured such that the RF pulsed transmitter further include one or more of a first directional coupler and a second directional coupler. The first directional coupler is coupled between the transmitter input and the first magnetron and configured to allow for measuring the pulsed RF transmitter input signal. The second directional coupler is coupled between the first magnetron and the transmitter output and configured to allow for measuring the pulsed RF transmitter output signal.
In Example 5, the subject matter of Example 4 may optionally be configured such that the RF pulsed transmitter further include a low level RF system configured to measure the pulsed RF transmitter input signal and the pulsed RF transmitter output signal and to control the first DC power supply using an outcome of the measurement.
In Example 6, the subject matter of any one or any combination of Examples 1 and 2 may optionally be configured such that the RF pulsed transmitter further includes a second magnetron and a second DC power supply. The second magnetron has a second self-excitation threshold voltage, is connected in series with the first magnetron (in signals propagation), and is configured to operate with internal modulation using the first pulsed magnetron output signal to produce a second pulsed magnetron output signal when being powered at the second voltage level below the second self-excitation threshold voltage. The second DC power supply is configured to power the magnetron. The RF pulsed transmitter is configured to direct the second pulsed magnetron output signal to the transmitter output to transmit as the pulsed RF transmitter output signal.
In Example 7, the subject matter of Example 6 may optionally be configured such that the RF pulsed transmitter further includes 4-port circulators configured to simultaneously direct the pulsed RF transmitter input signal to the first magnetron, the first pulsed magnetron output signal to the second magnetron, and the second pulsed magnetron output signal to the transmitter output. The 4-port circulators also protect the RF transmitter from a reflected wave.
In Example 8, the subject matter of any one or any combination of Examples 6 and 7 may optionally be configured such that the RF pulsed transmitter further includes a phase and power controller configured to control a power of the pulsed RF transmitter output signal by controlling the second DC power supply.
In Example 9, the subject matter of any one or any combination of Examples 6 to 8 may optionally be configured to further include an SRF accelerating cavity coupled to the transmitter output and configured to receive the pulsed RF transmitter output signal and to be powered by the pulsed RF transmitter output signal, and such that the RF pulsed transmitter further include an RF probe configured to measure a phase and an amplitude of an pulsed RF accelerating field of the SRF accelerating cavity and the phase and power controller is configured to control the phase of the pulsed RF accelerating field based on comparing the measured phase of the pulsed RF accelerating field to a phase of the pulsed RF transmitter input signal and to control the power of the pulsed RF transmitter output signal based on the measured amplitude of the pulsed RF accelerating field.
In Example 10, a method for RF power generation is provided. The method may include receiving a pulsed RF transmitter input signal operating a first magnetron having a first self-excitation threshold voltage, and producing a pulsed RF transmitter output signal using the first pulsed magnetron output signal. Operating the first magnetron may include powering the first magnetron at a first voltage level below the first self-excitation threshold voltage using a first DC power supply and producing a first pulsed magnetron output signal by internal modulation using the pulsed RF transmitter input signal.
In Example 11, the subject matter of Example 10 may optionally further include powering a superconducting RF accelerating cavity using the pulsed RF transmitter output signal.
In Example 12, the subject matter of any one or any combination of Examples 10 and 11 may optionally further include separating the pulsed RF transmitter output signal from the pulsed RF transmitter input signal using one or more circulators.
In Example 13, the subject matter of any one or any combination of Examples 10 to 12 may optionally further include measuring the pulsed RF transmitter input signal and the pulsed RF transmitter output signal and controlling the first DC power supply using an outcome of the measurement.
In Example 14, the subject matter of any one or any combination of Examples 10 and 11 may optionally further include operating a second magnetron having a second self-excitation threshold voltage and transmitting the second pulsed magnetron output signal out as the pulsed RF transmitter output signal. Operating the second magnetron includes powering the second magnetron at a second voltage level below the second self-excitation threshold voltage using a second DC power supply and producing a second pulsed magnetron output signal by internal modulation using the first pulsed magnetron output signal.
In Example 15, the subject matter of Example 14 may optionally further include using circulators to simultaneously directing the pulsed RF transmitter input signal to the first magnetron, the first pulsed magnetron output signal to the second magnetron, and the second pulsed magnetron output signal to an output transmitting the pulsed RF transmitter output signal.
In Example 16, the subject matter of any one or any combination of Examples 14 and 15 may optionally further include powering an SRF accelerating cavity using the pulsed RF transmitter output signal measuring a phase and an amplitude of a pulsed RF accelerating field in the SRF cavity, and controlling the phase and the amplitude of the pulsed RF transmitter output signal by controlling a phase of the pulsed RF transmitter input signal and a voltage of the second DC power supply using an outcome of the measurement.
In Example 17, a system for powering an accelerating cavity may include a magnetron and a cathode voltage supply system. The magnetron may be configured to receive an input injection-locking signal, to produce an injection-locked output signal using the input injection-locking signal when the input injection-locking signal allows the magnetron to operate at a subcritical cathode voltage that is below a critical voltage needed for self-excitation of the magnetron, and to interrupt the injection-locked output signal when the input injection-locking signal is not sufficiently strong to allow the magnetron to operate at the subcritical cathode voltage. The cathode voltage supply system may be coupled to the magnetron and configured to supply the subcritical cathode voltage and to control a power of the injection-locked output signal by controlling the cathode voltage.
In Example 18, the subject matter of Example 17 may optionally be configured such that the cathode voltage supply system is configured to supply the subcritical cathode voltage to allow the magnetron to be turned on and off by controlling the input injection-locking signal.
In Example 19, the subject matter of any one or any combination of Examples 17 and 18 may optionally be configured to further include an additional magnetron connected in series to the magnetron. The additional magnetron is configured to receive the injection-locked output signal and to produce an additional output signal by operating at an additional subcritical cathode voltage that is below a critical voltage needed for self-excitation of the additional magnetron and controls a power of the additional output signal.
In Example 20, the subject matter of Example 19 may optionally be configured such that the additional magnetron is configured to produce the additional output signal being an RF pulsed signal suitable for powering the accelerating cavity being a superconductive RF accelerating cavity.
This application is intended to cover adaptations or variations of the present subject matter. It is to be understood that the above description is intended to be illustrative, and not restrictive. The scope of the present subject matter should be determined with reference to the appended claims, along with the full scope of legal equivalents to which such claims are entitled.
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