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Re: Non-Linear Transmission Lines (NLTLs) as pulse-forming Shocklines

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On Mon, 04 May 2026 20:24:43 -0400, joegwinn wrote:

> There was some talk of using NLTLs to form impulses suitable for driving
> signal samplers for such applications as VNAs and TDRs, and I mentioned
> Holzworth Instruments (Jason Breitbarth) in the "tiny 1200v SiC diode"
> thread circa 27 April 2026.
> 
> There are two critical documents, Breitbarth's PhD 2006 Thesis and a
> 2017 paper co-written by Breitbarth and his PhD Thesis Director Zoya
> Popovic, both at the University of Colorado at Aurora CO.
> 
> Both documents may obtained gratis from Professor Popovic's publications
> page:
> 
> .<https://www.colorado.edu/faculty/popovic-zoya/publications>
> 
> The PhD thesis leaves a critical detail out, exactly how the needed
> nearly noiseless control voltage is generated.  In 2006, this was a
> loose end.  The answer was published ~10 years later, with Popovic.
> 
> Joe

Thanks for posting this.  IIRC there was some discussion of NLTLs here 
involving someone from Picosecond Pulse Labs (since aquired by Tektronix) 
around Dec 2014 when I first downloaded Breitbarth's thesis.  The second 
paper is new to me.

Glen

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Non-Linear Transmission Lines (NLTLs)  as pulse-forming Shocklines joegwinn@comcast.net - 2026-05-04 20:24 -0400
  Re: Non-Linear Transmission Lines (NLTLs) as pulse-forming Shocklines Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2026-05-05 01:20 +0000
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