A Novel High Frequency, High Power, Pulsed Oscillator Based on Transmission Line Transformer Technology

Abstract

Recent experiments have demonstrated the potential for transmission line transformers to be employed as high frequency, high power, pulsed oscillators operating in the 10 to 100 MHz regime at peak power levels on the order of 10 MW. Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia have fabricated and tested a prototype system that generates a 28 MW damped sinusoidal waveform over a 3-25 MHz spectrum into a 200 resistive load. A SPICE model has been developed to accurately model circuit behavior and scaling laws have been identified to allow for circuit design at higher frequencies and higher peak power