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simple fast pulser

simple fast pulser

simple fast pulser

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I need a simple pulser to deliver 5v pulses (either sign)
5-10 ns. long, rep rate to 50 mhz. Rise time less than 5ns.

Are avalance transistor circuits still used? are logic chips fast enough?

Thanks for any help.

RE: simple fast pulser

Typical delays through logic gates are around 5-10 ns.  However, I do not know what the rise / fall time are.  What are you trying to drive?  Your load determines what kind of drive circuitry that you need.

RE: simple fast pulser

Hi ojim,
SN74AHCT1G02 (OR Gate) has typ. 2.4ns to 4.5ns switching times from input to output, but with the absence of heavy capacitive loads. Rise/fall times of the outputs are not defined, but should be inside these margins, input tr/tf must be inside 100ns.
ACT Logic has output transition times inside 3ns at 5V at output loads less than 50pF. But the ouput will over-/undershoot, if it is not terminated properly and the ipedance of the power supply is too high. Try a variable series resistor to dampen ringing.
Another solution would be an ultrafast current feedback amp with  slew rates beyond 1000V/us. See Analog Devices AD8009. This provides bipolar voltages. The driver of this amplifier may be slower by the amp gain approximately.
Linear technology has published an picosecond-avalanche pulse generator in their application handbooks with higher voltages.
tiki

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