ITER-Like Antenna electrical performance

The future integration on Tore Supra (TS) of the new Ion Cyclotron Heating (ICRH) ITER-like prototype antenna will be performed to achieve the final validation within plasma conditions. Along the few years of developments and electrical optimizations, this antenna went through series of thermo/mechanical and electrical tests. This paper presents the latest electrical results of the ITER Like antenna under vacuum condition inside the test bed. High RF power (60 kW) for 2 seconds pulses were performed, the paper present the first electrical performance results and focused on the experimental measurements of the current monitoring compared to electrical simulations