Efficiency of sequential resonance compression of radio pulses

A study is made of the efficiency of forming high-power wide-band and ultrawide-band radio pulses by a sequence of resonance compression steps. An analysis is made of the compression of radio pulses with a rectangular envelope in a chain consisting of two or three compressors, and also in a chain where the output signal from the first stage has an exponential trailing edge and the other stages have rectangular envelopes. The maximum energy storage efficiency is determined for a cavity excited by a signal with an exponential trailing edge. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 69, 131–133 (April 1999)