GaAs nonlinear transmission lines for picosecond pulse generation and millimeter-wave sampling

@article{citeulike:786166, abstract = {The GaAs nonlinear transmission line (NLTL) is a monolithic millimeter-wave integrated circuit consisting of a high-impedance transmission line loaded by reverse-biased Schottky contacts. The engineering of functional monolithic NLTLs is considered. Through generation of shock waves on the NLTL, the authors have generated electrical step functions with approximately 5 V magnitude and less than 1.4 ps fall time. Diode sampling bridges strobed by NLTL shock-wave generators have attained bandwidths approaching 300 GHz and have applications in instruments for millimeter-wave waveform and network measurements. The authors discuss the circuit design and diode design requirements for picosecond NLTL shock-wave generators and NLTL-driven sampling circuits.<<ETX>>}, author = {Rodwell, M. J. W. and Kamegawa, M. and Yu, R. and Case, M. and Carman, E. and Giboney, K. S. }, citeulike-article-id = {786166}, journal = {Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on}, keywords = {picosecond, pulse\_generation, rf}, number = {7}, pages = {1194--1204}, posted-at = {2006-08-04 13:24:56}, priority = {2}, title = {GaAs nonlinear transmission lines for picosecond pulse generation and millimeter-wave sampling}, url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs\_all.jsp?arnumber=85387}, volume = {39}, year = {1991} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:786166 L3 - citeulike-article-id:786166 TI - GaAs nonlinear transmission lines for picosecond pulse generation and millimeter-wave sampling JF - Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on VL - 39 IS - 7 SP - 1194 EP - 1204 N2 - The GaAs nonlinear transmission line (NLTL) is a monolithic millimeter-wave integrated circuit consisting of a high-impedance transmission line loaded by reverse-biased Schottky contacts. The engineering of functional monolithic NLTLs is considered. Through generation of shock waves on the NLTL, the authors have generated electrical step functions with approximately 5 V magnitude and less than 1.4 ps fall time. Diode sampling bridges strobed by NLTL shock-wave generators have attained bandwidths approaching 300 GHz and have applications in instruments for millimeter-wave waveform and network measurements. The authors discuss the circuit design and diode design requirements for picosecond NLTL shock-wave generators and NLTL-driven sampling circuits.<<ETX>> KW - picosecond KW - pulse_generation KW - rf AU - Rodwell, MJW AU - Kamegawa, M AU - Yu, R AU - Case, M AU - Carman, E AU - Giboney, KS PY - 1991/// UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=85387 ER -