New pulsed current and voltage circuits based on trasmission lines

In this work we report the description of two novel circuits used to amplify electric pulses by the coupling of transmission lines of different characteristic impedance. One circuit is employed for doubling voltage pulses and one for doubling current pulses. The former is composed by a R transmission line closed on a set of two 2R storage lines connected in parallel during the charging, while the latter is composed by a R transmission line closed on a set of two R/2 storage lines connected in series during the charging. Connecting opportunely the storage lines to suitable load resistors, 4R and R/4, for the parallel and series connected lines, respectively, a twice of the pulse intensity is obtained.