Theory and Design of Transistor Distributed Amplifiers

The mathematical theory of transistor distributed amplifiers is presented. It is shown that both the gain and transient responses of the amplifier may be improved by making the delay characteristics of the collector line and the base line different. However, the effects of staggering the lines on tube and transistor cases are different. In order to observe the effects of staggering, normalized curves of gain and phase-shift characteristics, unit-step-voltage responses, and unit-impulse-voltage responses are plotted. They may be applied to specific situations by rescaling the axes.