Development of a high voltage, 150 ps pulse generator for biological applications

Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Power Modulators and High Voltage Conference, PMHVC

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 338-341

  Camp, J Thomas ^a   Xiao, Shu ^a   Schoenbach, Karl H ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; ATMOSPHERICS; DC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; RESISTORS; SIGNAL GENERATORS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; FWHM PULSE; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; HIGH VOLTAGES; IMPULSE RADIATING ANTENNAS; INPUT VOLTAGES; LOAD RESISTORS; MARX GENERATORS; NEAR FIELDS; OUTPUT PULSE; PICOSECOND; PULSE AMPLITUDES; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE WIDTHS; RISE TIME; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 62949090704     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPMC.2008.4743653     Document Type: Conference Paper

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