Title :
Generation of 7.8 ps electrical transients on a monolithic nonlinear transmission line
Author :
Rodwell, Mark J. W. ; Madden, C.J. ; Khuri-Yakub, Butrus T. ; Bloom, D.M. ; Pao, Y.C.
Author_Institution :
Edward L. Ginzton Lab., Stanford Univ., CA
fDate :
1/21/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Picosecond electrical transients were generated by shock-wave formation on a GaAs monolithic nonlinear transmission line. An output fall time of 7.8 ps was generated by a single line driven at 15 GHz (20 ps input fall time), while 3.7:1 compression to 10.1 ps was attained for two cascaded lines
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; Schottky-barrier diodes; gallium arsenide; monolithic integrated circuits; pulse generators; transients; transmission lines; varactors; 15 GHz; 7.8 to 10.1 ps; GaAs; Schottky varactor diodes; cascaded lines; electrical transients; monolithic nonlinear transmission line; output fall time; pulse generators; time-domain electronic measurements;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
