pulse forming line

Sep 02, 2006 9 Replies

Hi all, does anyone know about pfl in this group, i googled some but didn't get useful information, it is for shaping and compressing hv pulses to sub nanosecond one (fast rise time..) how about some diagram,schematic. thanks in before



In message , dated Sat, 2 Sep 2006, snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com writes

It's just a short-circuited transmission line. You feed it pulses and the reflection coming back from the short-circuit is equal, opposite and delayed with respect to the input pulse. So you see at the input a pulse which is as long as the line delay, not the original pulse length.

OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk 2006 is YMMVI- Your mileage may vary immensely. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK

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snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote:

The 2nd Google hit looks like a pretty good reference:

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In message , dated Sat, 2 Sep 2006, snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com writes

One cannot tell from a picture. You had best ask the maker, or search out Alan Blumlein's patent (from the hundreds he was granted).

OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk 2006 is YMMVI- Your mileage may vary immensely. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK

google "nonlinear transmission line" and "shock line", and maybe look up McEwan's patents, stuff like

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John

I agree. It's a poor explanation.

This is much better:

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