Karl Zingre

Role at ANSTO 

Accountable person for the RF systems, responsible for to meet the performance criteria’s, reliability, OHS and regulatory compliance, maintenance, initiating and managing operational upgrades and improvements. 

A proven Radio Frequency (RF) engineer with international experience in project lead, design, testing, commissioning and acceptance of high-power RF systems at various scientific and radio broadcasting facilities.

Expertise

Technical expertise from HV incoming fields, mains distribution all the way to RF conversion in tube or solid-state technology, transmission, loads, low level RF system, supervision, and controls.

Qualifications & Achievements

• Engineering Degree in Electrotechnics, Zurich University of Applied Sciences Winterthur Switzerland. Specialised in telecommunication and software.
• Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management, Management School St Gallen Switzerland
• Apprenticeship in Electromechanics, ABB Zurich Switzerland.
• Successful delivery of RF systems and upgrades for the AS including studies into RF systems, design, contract specifications, system evaluation, FAT, commissioning and SAT.
• Successful design, testing, commissioning, and acceptance of the Storage Ring RF amplifier systems for the Canadian, Shanghai, Daresbury Laboratory UK and Swiss Synchrotron facility.
• Successful commissioning of a prototype gyrotron pulsed 160kV/160A power supply for Wendelstein W7X at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Germany.
• Dissertation Market Analysis Semiconductor Regulated High Voltage Power Supplies (HVPS) for the Scientific Market using the ABB patented crowbar less Pulse Step Modulation (PSM) technology.
• International testing, commissioning, and acceptance of high-power radio broadcasting systems in solid state- and tube technology.