Tunable monocycle pulse generator using switch controlled delay line and tunable RC network for UWB systems

Author

Han, Jeongwoo ; Huynh, Cuong ; Nguyen, Cam

Author_Institution

Danam Syst. Inc., Seoul, South Korea

fYear

2010

fDate

11-17 July 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A new ultra wideband (UWB) tunable monocycle pulse generator has been developed. The monocycle pulse was generated through differentiation of an UWB Gaussian or rectangular pulse, which was obtained by differentiating a step pulse generated by step-recovery diode. The tunable differentiation of step pulse was obtained based on a tunable delay line structure using electronic controlled switches. The tunable differentiation of Gaussian or rectangular pulse was done using a monocycle pulse shaping circuit with an RC network based on varactor diode. Measurement result shows good-shape monocycle pulse with pulse width of 400-850 ps and low ringing level.

Keywords

RC circuits; charge storage diodes; pulse generators; pulse shaping circuits; switches; ultra wideband technology; varactors; UWB Gaussian pulse; UWB systems; electronic controlled switches; monocycle pulse shaping circuit; rectangular pulse; step-recovery diode; switch controlled delay line; time 400 ps to 850 ps; tunable RC network; tunable delay line structure; tunable monocycle pulse generator; ultrawideband tunable monocycle pulse generator; varactor diode; Delay lines; Generators; MESFETs; Pulse generation; Pulse shaping methods; Schottky diodes; Shape;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Toronto, ON

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4967-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2010.5561068

Filename

5561068