Nonlinear transmission line high voltage pulse sharpening with energy recovery
AssigneeEagle Harbor Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJames R. Prager, Timothy M. Ziemba, Chris Bowman, Kenneth E. Miller
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Abstract
Some embodiments include a nonlinear transmission line system comprising: a power supply providing voltages greater than 100 V; a high frequency switch electrically coupled with the power supply; a nonlinear transmission line electrically coupled with the switch; an antenna electrically coupled with the nonlinear transmission line; and an energy recovery circuit comprising a diode and an inductor electrically coupled with the power supply and the antenna.
Claims17
A nonlinear transmission line system comprising:
- a power supply providing voltages greater than 100 V;
- a switch electrically coupled with the power supply;
- a nonlinear transmission line electrically coupled with the switch;
- an antenna electrically coupled with the nonlinear transmission line;
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- an energy recovery circuit comprising a diode and an inductor electrically coupled with the power supply and the antenna.
A nonlinear transmission line system comprising:
- an energy storage capacitor;
- a high voltage switch electrically coupled with the energy storage capacitor that produces high voltage pulses with a voltage greater than about 1 kV;
- a nonlinear transmission line electrically coupled with the high voltage switch;
- a load electrically coupled with the nonlinear transmission line;
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- an energy recovery circuit comprising a diode and an inductor, the energy recovery circuit is electrically coupled with the energy storage capacitor and the load.
A nonlinear transmission line system comprising:
- an energy storage capacitor;
- a high voltage switch electrically coupled with the energy storage capacitor that produces pulses with a voltages greater than about 1 kV;
- a nonlinear transmission line electrically coupled with the high voltage switch that produces an RF signal on the pulses;
- an antenna electrically coupled with the nonlinear transmission line that radiates RF energy from the pulses with the RF signal;
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- an energy recovery circuit comprising a diode and an inductor electrically coupled with the power supply and the antenna.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.