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Radio Frequency Linear Accelerators for NDT Applications: Basic Overview of RF Linacs

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Figure 1 - The overall block diagram of a simplified linac.

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Figure 2 - Basic "brute force" high voltage power supply.

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Figure 3 - The basic circuit of a line type modulator.

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