Possibility of Protection Against UWB Pulses Based on a Turn of a Meander Microstrip Line.

Decomposition of an ultrawideband (UWB) pulse into a sequence of pulses with lower amplitudes in a turn of a meander microstrip line has been experimentally proved to be an effective method of protection against UWB pulses for electronic equipment. It has been shown that the output signal of the line can be minimized by means of equalization of amplitudes of the first three pulses. It has been achieved due to optimization of coupling between half-turns of the line. The obtained attenuation of a pulse with full-width-at-half-maximum of 40 ps is 6.3 times. Combination of experimental and simulation methods is used to obtain the results in time and frequency domains. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]