X-Band RF Section

Component Specification Sheet

NLC Main Linac Systems

Component: Single Mode DLDS System

Description: Power is combined from 8 Klystrons to create 600 MW pulses 366 ns long with 15 ns switching times. The RF is delivered from the 8-pack to four girders, 56.3 meters apart, along 4 RF lines at a group velocity of .97c. The RF in the overmoded delay lines travels in the TE01 mode. Each girder supports 3 accelerators, and with an overall RF efficiency of the system at 85%, each accelerator receives 170 MW of peak power.
Electrical Design: Tantawi, et.al.
Mechanical Design: Fant, Neubauer, et. al.
   
Number Required: 46 sectors of 9 8-packs of Klystrons (23 per linac)
Length: 225.2 meters along the linac tunnel per sector
Components: QTY:
    Klystron Combiner   36 per sector (828 per linac)
    300 MW combiner   36 per sector (828 per linac)
    600 MW combiner   18 per sector (414 per linac)
    Right angle bends   108 per sector (2484 per linac)
    WC295®WC475 54 per sector (1242 per linac)
   couplers to acc 108 per sector (2484 per linac)
Length of WC475 about 3040 m per sector (70,000 m per linac)
Length of WC295 about 461 m per sector (10598 m per linac) note(1)
Overall Efficiency 85%
Group Velocity .97c
 
note(1): penetration depth from Klystron Gallery to the tunnel is 14.0 meters

Conceptual Specification for Planning Purposes Only

Not for Engineering Release