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TY - CONF AU - Woog, D. AU - Barnes, M.J. AU - Ferrero Colomo, A. AU - Holma, J. AU - Kramer, T. ED - Koscielniak, Shane ED - Satogata, Todd ED - Schaa, Volker RW ED - Thomson, Jana TI - First Prototype Inductive Adder for the FCC Injection J2 - Proc. of IPAC2018, Vancouver, BC, Canada, April 29-May 4, 2018 C1 - Vancouver, BC, Canada T2 - International Particle Accelerator Conference T3 - 9 LA - english AB - A highly reliable kicker system is required as part of the injection for the FCC. A significant weak point of conventional kicker systems is often the pulse generator, where a Pulse Forming Network/Line (PFN/PFL) is discharged through a thyratron switch to generate the current pulse for the kicker magnet. This design has several disadvantages: in particular the occasional erratic turn-on of the switch which cannot be accepted for the FCC. A potential replacement is the inductive adder (IA) that uses semiconductor switches and distributed capacitors as energy storage. The modular design, low maintenance and high flexibility make the IA a very interesting alternative. In addition, the ability to both turn-on and off the current also permits the replacement of PFN/PFL by the capacitors. A first FCC prototype IA, capable of generating 9 kV and 2.4 kA pulses, has been designed and built at CERN. It will be upgrade to a full-scale prototype (15 kV, 2.4 kA) in 2018. This paper presents measurement results from the 9 kV prototype and outlines the conceptual changes and expected performance of the 15 kV prototype. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 2553 EP - 2556 KW - kicker KW - injection KW - distributed KW - impedance KW - high-voltage DA - 2018/06 PY - 2018 SN - 978-3-95450-184-7 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2018-WEPMF076 UR - http://jacow.org/ipac2018/papers/wepmf076.pdf ER -