Experimental low-cost short pulse generators

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 259-264

  De Angelis, A ^a   Dionigi, M ^a   Giglietti, R ^a   Carbone, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fast pulse; Pulse generator; Ultra wideband

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; AVALANCHE DIODES; AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); COMPUTER NETWORKS; DIGITAL STORAGE; INSTRUMENTS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; OSCILLOGRAPHS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PULSE CIRCUITS; SIGNAL GENERATORS; SNOW;

FAST PULSE; MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES; PULSE GENERATOR; ULTRA-WIDEBAND;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 51349121012     PISSN: 10915281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IMTC.2008.4547042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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