Design and development of collector for C-band 250 kW CW Klystron

The paper presents the design and development of collector for C-band 250 kW high power klystron. The design criteria for the collector assembly is selection of material, vacuum and high temperature compatibility, proper electron beam dispersion, minimum back scattering of electrons and thermal design for proper cooling at high power dissipation. All these aspects have been discussed for collector development in details. The collector has been designed in TRAK and then beam propagation has been analyzed in MAGIC 2D software. The thermal simulation has been done using ANSYS 11.0 (multi-physics). The outer surface of the collector has been grooved to facilitate its proper cooling. Design results are presented for water cooling with different flow rates and channel dimensions. OFHC copper material is chosen for collector which is suitable for vacuum and hydrogen brazing operations and good thermal properties for efficient cooling.