Title :
All-electronic free-space picosecond pulse generation and detection
Author :
van der Weide, D.W. ; Bostak, J.S. ; Auld, B.A. ; Bloom, D.M.
Author_Institution :
Edward L. Ginzton Lab., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
An all-electronic system for generating, propagating and detecting picosecond electromagnetic pulses using monolithic integrated circuits is described. With a 1.8 ps (10%-90%) nonlinear transmission line step generator driving a monopole antenna for transmission and a similar antenna driving a diode sampler for reception, the system has shown spectral coverage from 90 to 170 GHz.
Keywords :
detector circuits; microwave antennas; microwave links; pulse generators; solid-state microwave circuits; 1.8 ps; 90 to 170 GHz; all-electronic system; diode sampler for reception; free-space picosecond EM pulses; monolithic integrated circuits; monopole antenna; nonlinear transmission line step generator; picosecond EM pulse propagation; picosecond pulse detection; picosecond pulse generation; pulse repetition rate; spectral coverage;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19910886
