Title :
Ultra-wideband pulse generator with cascode impulse shaping circuit
Author :
Pongsoon, P. ; Kaemarungsi, K. ; Siwamogsatham, S. ; Bunnjaweht, D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Thammasat Univ., Pathumthani, Thailand
fDate :
Nov. 29 2010-Dec. 2 2010
Abstract :
Ultra-wideband (UWB) pulse generator circuit is said to be the heart of any UWB systems. It is the fundamental circuit for application and development of UWB technology. This paper presents an UWB pulse generator with cascode transistors operating as a pulse shaping circuit to generate Gaussian pulses. In this work, the UWB pulse generator consists of three parts: an edge triggered driver, an edge sharpener SRD, and a cascode for impulse shaping. The proposed circuit allows the generator to create short and high amplitude Gaussian-like pulses at low-cost. Our measured UWB pulse was 1.0 ns pulse with 2.8 Vpeak.
Keywords :
Gaussian processes; pulse generators; pulse shaping circuits; transistors; ultra wideband technology; Gaussian pulse generation; cascode impulse shaping circuit; cascode transistors; edge sharpener SRD; edge triggered driver; ultra-wideband pulse generator circuit;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas Propagation and EM Theory (ISAPE), 2010 9th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6906-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISAPE.2010.5696676
