title: Analysis of the transient response of a dual-fed RC transmission line.
abstract: The transient analysis of a uniform transmission line of finite length is considered in this paper. For the first time this paper provides an analytical expression for the time-domain response of an RC transmission line, which is stimulated by a step function that is fed into both ends of the transmission line. In particular, we find an analytical expression for the step response at the center of the transmission line, in order to determine the worst-case rise time. This is of interest, for example, in large charge-coupled device (CCD) arrays, where long polysilicon lines are dual-fed in order to mitigate degradation in rise time. The analytical expressions for the RC transmission line are supported by computer-simulated lumped RC models.
authors: Department of Electrical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
authors: Mohsen
authors: M
authors: Dorraki
authors: Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
authors: Gregory K
authors: GK
authors: Cambrell
authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
authors: Derek
authors: D
authors: Abbott
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D013997:Time Factors