A 166.6-MHz 50-kW power transmitter is required to drive the
dressed superconducting radio-frequency (RF) cavity during
horizontal tests and to condition the fundamental power couplers as
well as higher-order-mode ferrite absorbers. A highly modular yet
compact amplifier adopting solid-state technologies was therefore
developed in the framework of High Energy Photon Source - Test
Facility. All power amplifier and power supply modules are pluggable
from the front panel of the amplifier system. A 3-stage power
combining topology was realized by using 32 power amplifier modules,
4 eight-way stripline power combiners, 2 two-way 35-kW coaxial power
combiners, and 1 two-way 65-kW coaxial power combiner. Each power
amplifier module is equipped with individual circulator and load
utilizing an optimized cooling circuit design to ensure the entire
amplifier system to be operational in both full-transmission and
full-reflection scenarios. No final-stage high-power circulator or
load is needed. The amplifier system is tunable in pulsed mode for
any duty factors and fully functional in the continuous-wave mode as
required. Excellent noise suppression and high wall-plug-to-RF
efficiency were achieved at nominal power. Comfortable redundancies
for both power amplifier and power supply modules were reserved to
compensate for any hardware degradations during
operations. Temperature, current, voltage, and RF signal of each
module as well as cooling were monitored and managed by using EPICS
in the control system of the amplifier. An interlock system was also
integrated as well as an event logging system for post-mortem
analysis. The system has accumulated over 2000 hours of
operation. The design and performance tests of the first 166.6-MHz
50-kW modular solid-state power amplifier are presented.