• DocumentCode
    1193478
  • Title

    Improved Bias Supply for Tunnel-Diode Picosecond Pulse Generators

  • Author

    Andrews, James R.

  • Volume
    19
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1970
  • Firstpage
    171
  • Lastpage
    175
  • Abstract
    An improved bias supply for tunnel-diode (TD) picosecond-pulse generators is described. The supply is stable with temperature and, in a commercial 35-ps (nominal) risetime tunneldiode pulse generator/sampling oscilloscope system, has produced a 4:1 reduction in time-base jitter and 2:1 reduction in time-base drift. Also described is a tunnel-diode pulse generator, which, when used with the bias supply, produces a stable pulse having a flat-top sag of no more than 2 percent in 1 ¿s.
  • Keywords
    Circuits; Differential amplifiers; Displays; Jitter; Oscilloscopes; Pulse generation; Regulators; Sampling methods; Temperature; Voltage control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9456
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIM.1970.4313890
  • Filename
    4313890