Solid state high power amplifier for driving the SLC injector klystron

The SLC injector klystron RF drive is now provided by a recently developed solid-state amplifier. The high gain of the amplifier permits the use of a fast low-power electronic phase shifter. Thus the SLC computer control system can be used to shift the phase of the high-power RF rapidly during the fill time of the injector accelerator section. These rapid phase shifts are used to introduce a phase-energy relationship in the accelerated electron pulse in conjunction with the operation of the injection bunch compressor. The amplifier, the method of controlling the RF phase, and the operational characteristics of the system are described.