Patent ID: 9750123
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H05H

Claim:
1. A method for generating an amplified pulsed radio frequency (RF) signal, comprising: generating an attenuation profile for a particle accelerator; determining a waveform and a duration for a pulsed RF signal based on the attenuation profile using the particle accelerator; generating the pulsed RF signal having the waveform and the duration using the particle accelerator; and generating an amplified pulsed RF signal using one or more amplifiers of the particle accelerator, wherein the one or more amplifiers comprise a pulse forming network (PFN), wherein the PFN comprises a plurality of stages and a plurality of PFN switches, wherein a PFN stage of the plurality of PFN stages comprises one or more capacitors and one or more inductors, and wherein the plurality of PFN switches controls the plurality of PFN stages, and wherein the duration of the amplified pulsed RF signal is based on one or more settings of the plurality of PFN switches.