Patent ID: 7440568

Claim:
A bipolar pulse forming transmission line module comprising: first, second, third, fourth, and fifth conductors forming an interleaved stack with each conductor having a first end, and a second end adjacent an acceleration axis, said first and second planar conductors connected to each other at the second ends, said fourth and fifth conductors connected to each other at the second ends, said first and fifth conductors connected to each other at the first ends, said first, second, fourth, and fifth conductors electrically connectable to a ground potential, and said third conductor electrically connectable to a high voltage source; first, second, third, and fourth dielectric layers provided between the first/second, second/third, third/fourth, and fourth/fifth conductors, respectively, to form an upper passive shorted line, a lower passive shorted line, and two active charged lines between the upper and lower passive shorted lines; and a switch capable of shorting a high voltage from the first end of the third conductor to the first end of the fourth conductor to produce a bipolar pulse with a zero net time integral.