O.T. Place Ampere

That would require a sense of humor that has never been indicated.

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Tom Del Rosso isn't into subtle jokes. You can take that as read.

Could you enlighten us?

On 2017-07-21 02:06, Winfield Hill wrote:

Sure. The Blumlein pulse forming network is a pair of equal- length transmission lines with the load connected between them. You charge up the whole thing and then discharge it rapidly from one end. The load then sees a square pulse at the full charge voltage, with a duration of twice the line delay.

R>>Z0 --/\/\/-------==================-/\/\/\-=================- | | | | load | | | | = = = = Ug / discharge switch | | = =

LTspice simulation below.

Jeroen Belleman

================================= Version 4 SHEET 1 880 680 WIRE 48 -96 -96 -96 WIRE 176 -96 48 -96 WIRE 352 -96 176 -96 WIRE 512 -96 352 -96 WIRE -96 -32 -96 -96 WIRE 48 -32 48 -96 WIRE 176 -32 176 -96 WIRE 352 -32 352 -96 WIRE 512 -32 512 -96 WIRE -96 80 -96 48 WIRE -16 128 -32 128 WIRE 48 128 48 48 WIRE 48 128 -16 128 WIRE 64 128 48 128 WIRE 176 128 176 48 WIRE 176 128 160 128 WIRE 208 128 176 128 WIRE 224 128 208 128 WIRE 320 128 304 128 WIRE 352 128 352 48 WIRE 352 128 320 128 WIRE 368 128 352 128 WIRE 512 128 512 48 WIRE 512 128 464 128 WIRE -32 192 -32 128 WIRE -80 208 -192 208 WIRE 64 224 64 160 WIRE 160 224 160 160 WIRE 368 224 368 160 WIRE 464 224 464 160 WIRE -80 256 -192 256 WIRE -32 288 -32 272 WIRE -192 304 -192 256 WIRE -192 400 -192 384 FLAG 160 224 0 FLAG 64 224 0 FLAG 464 224 0 FLAG 368 224 0 FLAG -96 80 0 FLAG 208 128 N1 FLAG 320 128 N2 FLAG -32 288 0 FLAG -192 400 0 FLAG -16 128 switch FLAG -192 208 0 SYMBOL tline 112 144 R0 SYMATTR InstName T1 SYMBOL tline 416 144 R0 SYMATTR InstName T2 SYMBOL res 320 112 R90 WINDOW 0 0 56 VBottom 2 WINDOW 3 32 56 VTop 2 SYMATTR InstName R1 SYMATTR Value 100 SYMBOL res 496 -48 R0 SYMATTR InstName R2 SYMATTR Value 100k SYMBOL res 336 -48 R0 SYMATTR InstName R3 SYMATTR Value 100k SYMBOL res 160 -48 R0 SYMATTR InstName R4 SYMATTR Value 100k SYMBOL res 32 -48 R0 SYMATTR InstName R5 SYMATTR Value 100k SYMBOL voltage -96 -48 R0 SYMATTR InstName V1 SYMATTR Value 100V SYMBOL sw -32 176 R0 SYMATTR InstName S1 SYMATTR Value myswitch SYMBOL voltage -192 288 R0 WINDOW 123 0 0 Left 2 WINDOW 39 0 0 Left 2 SYMATTR InstName V2 SYMATTR Value PULSE(-10 10 10n 1n 1n) TEXT 176 376 Left 2 !.tran 200n TEXT -8 304 Left 2 !.model Myswitch SW(Ron=0.1, Roff=10meg)