Transient and frequency response of the distributed RGC network

The distributed RGC network differs from the conventional distributed RC network in that its shunt capacitance is leaky; i.e. the dielectric layer used to realise the distributed capacitance is lossy. It is shown that the transient and frequency response of the distributed RGC network are superior to those of the distributed RC network. The price to be paid for this improved response is a sacrifice in the output level; this can be compensated to some extent by tapering the network, which also results in a further improvement in the transient and frequency response.