Impedance Effects On Nonlinear Transmission Line Performance

Abstract

Nonlinear transmission lines (NLTLs) bring increased reliability and tunability to a market dominated by vacuum high-power microwave (HPM) sources [1] . Generally, NLTLs are driven by pulse forming circuits such as the Marx generator; however, recent efforts have successfully achieved RF formation by using the NLTL simultaneously as the pulse forming line (PFL) and as an HPM source [2] , substantially reducing the spatial footprint.