Research Article

DESIGN of a PULSE GENERATOR CIRCUIT for UWB COMMUNICATIONS

Volume: 4 Number: 1 June 27, 2018
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DESIGN of a PULSE GENERATOR CIRCUIT for UWB COMMUNICATIONS

Abstract

Generation of very short pulses with a pulse width in the order of a few nanoseconds or less is a requirement for an UWB communications system. A pulse generator circuit based on the step-recovery effect of an RF transistor has been designed for the 0-960-MHz UWB system, and is presented in this paper. The pulse generator includes a linear RF amplifier with common-emitter topology and a high-pass filter following the amplifier. Input of the RF amplifier is driven by a clock signal provided by a function generator. Amplifier output includes positive amplitude and negative amplitude pulses due to rising and falling edges of the collector-emitter voltage of the transistor, respectively. Amplifier output is then fed to a high-pass filter. Low-frequency transitions are further filtered out, and the output of the high-pass filter is a pulse train consisting of very short pulses. The pulse width has been measured as about 2.5 ns using a 300-MHz digital oscilloscope.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 27, 2018

Submission Date

January 9, 2018

Acceptance Date

May 25, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 4 Number: 1

APA
Yildirim, B. (2018). DESIGN of a PULSE GENERATOR CIRCUIT for UWB COMMUNICATIONS. Mugla Journal of Science and Technology, 4(1), 85-88. https://doi.org/10.22531/muglajsci.422644
AMA
1.Yildirim B. DESIGN of a PULSE GENERATOR CIRCUIT for UWB COMMUNICATIONS. Mugla Journal of Science and Technology. 2018;4(1):85-88. doi:10.22531/muglajsci.422644
Chicago
Yildirim, Bahadir. 2018. “DESIGN of a PULSE GENERATOR CIRCUIT for UWB COMMUNICATIONS”. Mugla Journal of Science and Technology 4 (1): 85-88. https://doi.org/10.22531/muglajsci.422644.
EndNote
Yildirim B (June 1, 2018) DESIGN of a PULSE GENERATOR CIRCUIT for UWB COMMUNICATIONS. Mugla Journal of Science and Technology 4 1 85–88.
IEEE
[1]B. Yildirim, “DESIGN of a PULSE GENERATOR CIRCUIT for UWB COMMUNICATIONS”, Mugla Journal of Science and Technology, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 85–88, June 2018, doi: 10.22531/muglajsci.422644.
ISNAD
Yildirim, Bahadir. “DESIGN of a PULSE GENERATOR CIRCUIT for UWB COMMUNICATIONS”. Mugla Journal of Science and Technology 4/1 (June 1, 2018): 85-88. https://doi.org/10.22531/muglajsci.422644.
JAMA
1.Yildirim B. DESIGN of a PULSE GENERATOR CIRCUIT for UWB COMMUNICATIONS. Mugla Journal of Science and Technology. 2018;4:85–88.
MLA
Yildirim, Bahadir. “DESIGN of a PULSE GENERATOR CIRCUIT for UWB COMMUNICATIONS”. Mugla Journal of Science and Technology, vol. 4, no. 1, June 2018, pp. 85-88, doi:10.22531/muglajsci.422644.
Vancouver
1.Bahadir Yildirim. DESIGN of a PULSE GENERATOR CIRCUIT for UWB COMMUNICATIONS. Mugla Journal of Science and Technology. 2018 Jun. 1;4(1):85-8. doi:10.22531/muglajsci.422644

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