Patent ID: 7949126

Claim:
A bipolar pulse forming transmission line module comprising: first, second, third, and fourth conductors sequentially arranged to form an interleaved stack having first and second ends of a transmission line, with a first dielectric layer provided between the first and second conductors, a second dielectric layer provided between the second and third conductors, and a third dielectric layer provided between the third and fourth conductors, said second, third and fourth conductors, and said second and third dielectrics together forming two active charged lines, said first and second conductors connected to each other at the first end so that the first and second conductors and the first dielectric layer together form a passive shorted line, said first and fourth conductors connected to each other at the second end and electrically connectable to a ground potential, and said third conductor electrically connectable to a high voltage source; and a switch at the second end capable of shorting a high voltage from the third conductor to the grounded connection between the first and fourth conductors to produce at the first end a bipolar pulse with a zero net time integral.