Fast transition, flat pulse generator
US4758736A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 28, 1986 |
| Grant date | Jul 19, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03K17/74
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A pulse generator utilizes a pair of current sources acting through a pair of Schottky diode switches to provide load currents in opposite directions through a load resistor to produce an output voltage across the load resistor of magnitude proportional to the difference between the load current magnitudes. The pulse generator output voltage is abruptly driven to zero potential by applying balanced, rapid slewing voltage pulses to the Schottky diode switches, causing the switches to simultaneously divert the load currents from the load resistor. The balanced voltage pulses are developed at the terminals of a step-recovery diode by switching the step-recovery diode from forward to reverse bias state.
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