SAR transmitter

In the follow-on of the ESA contract 4122/79 it was intended to demonstrate on breadboard the feasibility of a modular EPC supplied by a multibus for a KLYSTRON power transmitter. The aim of this final report is to give details on the design and on test results of the electronics required to drive a KLYSTRON for a SAR system. The concept utilized for the DC/DC conversion is a Series Resonant type (SCHWARZ Converter). An elegant Breadboard of 2 Modules (over 4 required for the complete EPC) has been realized and the tests have demonstrated the envisaged feasibility of an active redundancy with modular EPC both for output voltage generation and for output power. Also the concept of the multibus has been implemented (2 bus over 4) and verified in the EPC breadboard.