Electrical transmission or interconnection systems – Nonlinear reactor systems – Parametrons
Patent
1992-09-15
1993-11-23
Zazworsky, John
Electrical transmission or interconnection systems
Nonlinear reactor systems
Parametrons
307351, 307353, 307510, 307516, 324 84, 328 65, 333 20, H03K 522, H03K 526
Patent
active
052648001
ABSTRACT:
A Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) for capturing transients in the GHz range is disclosed. The device includes a transmission line formed in a GaAs substrate. The transmission line includes a number of threshold devices forming shunts on the transmission line. The threshold devices are positioned at predetermined locations with respect to one another. A reference signal and an unknown signal are counter-propagated along the transmission line. When the two signals collide, they produce a collision voltage which exceeds the threshold voltage of the threshold devices. The voltage information is distributed along the predetermined length of several threshold devices. Thus, amplitude, phase, and timing information regarding the two signals may be obtained. This information may be utilized for triggering, clock interpolation, data demodulation, and other applications.
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The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ.
Zazworsky John
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