Broadband characterization of a microwave probe for picosecond electrical pulse measurements

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1694-1701

  Bieler, Mark ^a   Spitzer, Meinhard ^a   Hein, Günter ^a   Siegner, Uwe ^a   Schnieder, Frank ^b   Tischler, Thorsten ^b   Heinrich, Wolfgang ^b  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR HÖCHSTFREQUENZTECHNIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coaxial transmission lines; Coplanar waveguides; Electro optic measurements; Time domain measurements; Transient propagation

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; MICROWAVES; POWER TRANSMISSION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDES;

COAXIAL LINES; COPLANAR LINES; ELECTRICAL PULSES; PULSE PROPAGATION;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 7444260791     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/15/9/004     Document Type: Article

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