Nanosecond Pulse Generator Based on an Unbalanced Blumlein-Type Multilayered Microstrip Transmission Line and Solid-State Switches

Mi, Yan; Zhang, Yanyuan; Wan, Jialun; Yao, Chenguo; Li, Chengxiang

doi:10.1109/tps.2016.2542521

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“…11-14, the generator can output pulse waveform stably. The result of rising time, tested by oscilloscope, is ∼20 ns and the voltage on load is 70%-80% of the charging voltage, which verify excellent output parameters impedance Z 1 of the left transmission line in Blumlein transmission line is not equal to the right Z 2 , which lead an unbalanced wave process [12]. Besides, the accuracy deviation of the resistor causes mismatch between transmission line and load.…”

Section: B Discussionmentioning

confidence: 70%

“…This system [12] is composed of the control circuit, drive circuit, and solidstate switch, as shown in Fig. 8.…”

Section: B Solid-state Switch Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Apparently, the volume of the nanosecond pulse generator will be extremely large. Therefore, many researchers introduced the planar coaxial transmission line as an alternative to achieve the characteristics of compactness and portability [9]- [12]. The first generation of the planar transmission line is the stripline.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Romeo et al [11] high-performance switching has been used, the output waveform is not ideal. Yan et al [12] proposed a nonequilibrium Blumlein-type microstrip transmission line on a four-layered laminate PCB to obtain an appropriate square wave pulsewidth in smaller space and used double-switch synergies to achieve pulsewidth variation and load impedance modulation. As described earlier, several high-voltage nanosecond pulse generators exhibited significant improvement with a small size and compact production compared with the conventional coaxial transmission line.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Thus, a Blumlein-type multilayered microstrip transmission can only have two layers in series in PCB [12]. 3) In the 0-4 GHz frequency range, the electromagnetic wave in the microstrip transmission lines works in the quasi-transverse electromagnetic (TEM) mode.…”

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confidence: 99%

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A Multiparameter Adjustable, Portable High-Voltage Nanosecond Pulse Generator Based on Stacked Blumlein Multilayered PCB Strip Transmission Line

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Several series and parallel Blumlein-type striplines designed on multilayered printed circuit board (PCB) are connected to match different impedance loads with different pulsewidths to develop a high-voltage nanosecond pulse generator for investigating the biological effects of a nanosecond pulsed electric field. First, the principle of a multistage series-parallel Blumlein stripline system is described. In particular, the multilayered strip transmission line is designed on the five-layered PCB to minimize the volume of the system whose maximum size is 300 mm (length) × 260 mm (width) × 154 mm (height), and the gate resistor capacitor and diode active equalizing circuit is used as the dynamic/static balancing tactic. Then, a singlestage Blumlein-type stripline and some multistage series-parallel Blumlein-type stripline are established to test their performance. As a result, the nanosecond pulse generator produces a rectangular pulse on a matched resistor load, with an amplitude of 0-1.7 kV, a pulsewidth of integer multiples of 100 ns, a rise time of ∼20 ns or less, and a repetition frequency of 0 to several kHz. A variety of biomedical loads can be matched by parallel stacking mode, which will facilitate the analysis of the biological effects of the nanosecond pulsed electric field.

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Section: B Discussionmentioning

confidence: 70%

“…This system [12] is composed of the control circuit, drive circuit, and solidstate switch, as shown in Fig. 8.…”

Section: B Solid-state Switch Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%