High-power pulsed RF extraction from nonlinear lumped element transmission lines

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 5 PART 3, 2008, Pages 2598-2603

  Darling, Jamie D C ^a   Smith, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacitance; Equations; High power RF generation; Low voltage; Mathematical model; Nonlinear transmission line; Oscillators; Power transmission lines; Pulsed power; Solitons

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BANDPASS FILTERS; CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC LINES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; POWER TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

EQUATIONS; HIGH-POWER RF GENERATION; LOW VOLTAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR TRANSMISSION LINE; OSCILLATORS; POWER TRANSMISSION LINES; PULSED POWER;

SOLITONS;

EID: 60049085123     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.2004371     Document Type: Article

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