Picosecond pulse formation by transmission line discontinuities
- 28 September 1989
- journal article
- Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters
- Vol. 25 (20) , 1363-1365
- https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19890911
Abstract
We present a technique for transforming electrical step-like excitations into picosecond electrical pulses by using discontinuities embedded in a coplanar transmission line structure. We have experimentally demonstrated the formation of 3 ps pulses from photoconductively generated steps. Equations for the pulse amplitude/duration trade-off based on a lumped element approach are given and shown to be in agreement with the calculations of the element values.Keywords
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