A comparison study of on-chip short pulse generation circuits based on a coplanar waveguide

A few traditional pulse-forming circuits are implemented in a commercial 0.13 μm digital complementary-metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology. These circuits, based on a coplanar waveguide, are analyzed and compared through Cadence^TM Spectre simulations. The results show that these traditional pulse-forming-line (PFL) based circuits can be implemented in standard CMOS technology for short pulse generations. Further work is needed to explore the potential of the circuit techniques and to minimize parasitic effects.