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3.6 MW (66 kV/55 A) high voltage power supply system was developed for the 170 GHz ECH&CD system in KSTAR. It consists of the cathode power supply (CPS), anode power supply (APS), and body power supply (BPS). Currently, modulation frequency of APS was limited to less than 1 kHz due to the parasitic capacitance of Zener diode circuit including gyrotron. In order to solve these lacks of controllability and high frequency modulation of APS, the existing APS is replaced by a new type of APS and it is tested for KSTAR 170 GHz gyrotron system. This paper presents the new APS design and characteristics and the test results for 170GHz gyrotron in KSTAR ECH system.

A 3.6 MW (-66 kV/55 A) Gyrotron power supply system was developed for the 170 GHz ECH&CD gyrotron system in KSTAR. This power supply system consists of Cathode Power Supply(CPS), Anode Power Supply(APS) and Body Power Supply(BPS). The CPS is using the Pulse Step Modulation by the 32set of IGBT choppers. The respons time of Chopper is very fast. So the cathode voltaget is able to be controlled rapidly. The APS is a sort of voltage devider using zener and switch component. It was achieved 3kHz modulation operation. The BPS is combined the commercial power supply and special high voltage switches. It is very simple topology but 5kHz modulation was accomplished easily. Theses power supply system were installed and commissioned successfully in 2011. This paper presents the topology of the each power supply and test result for 170 GHz gyrotron in KSTAR.