An MMIC pulse generator using dual nonlinear transmission lines

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 454-456

  Kintis, Mark ^a   Lan, Xing ^a   Fong, Flavia ^a   Sawdai, Donald ^a   Loi, Kwok ^a   Kono, Keith ^a   Gutierrez, Augusto ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Comb generator; Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC); Nonlinear transmission line (NLTL); Pulse generation; Pulse shaping circuits

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LINES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SIGNAL DISTORTION; TIME DELAY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

COMB GENERATORS; NONLINEAR TRANSMISSION LINE (NLTL); PULSE GENERATION;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 34249884483     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2007.897799     Document Type: Article

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