A Nonlinear Transmission Lines

Alexis De Vos1
1Vakgroep voor elektronika en informatiesystemen, Universiteit Gent Sint, Gent, Belgium

Tóm tắt

A nonlinear transmission line turns out to be a good model to describe what happens with information both during transmission of digital signals and during their manipulation by logic gates.

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