PHASE COMPENSATION AND WAVE-FORM RESHAPING OF PICOSECOND ELECTRICAL PULSES USING DISPERSIVE MICROWAVE TRANSMISSION-LINES

被引:4
作者
QIAN, YX
YAMASHITA, E
机构
[1] Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Electro-communications, Chofu-shi, Tokyo
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10.1109/22.81660
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
In this paper we study the phase compensation effect of microwave transmission line dispersion and propose a simple, effective method for reshaping and compressing picosecond electrical pulses generated from photoconductive switches. We show that a piece of a dispersive strip transmission line can be used as a "phase equalizer" to compensate the phase distortion included in asymmetric pulses, resulting in effective reshaping and compression of these ultrashort pulses. Initial design formulas of the strip transmission lines for this purpose are presented, together with computer simulation results which confirm the theoretical predictions. Finally we present experimental results to show the substantial pulse reshaping effect, as well as a comparison between theory and measurement.
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页码:924 / 929
页数:6
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