On the development of a compact sub-nanosecond tunable monocycle pulse transmitter for UWB applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 285-293

  Han, Jeongwoo ^a,b,c   Nguyen, Cam ^a,b,d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

^c Danam Company   (South Korea)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulse generator; Pulse transmitter; Ultra wideband (UWB) radar and communication; UWB systems; UWB transmitter

Indexed keywords

PULSE GENERATOR; PULSE TRANSMITTER; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB) SYSTEMS;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RADAR;

TRANSMITTERS;

EID: 31044452455     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.860299     Document Type: Conference Paper

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