Large current radiator with S-diode switch

A large-current radiator (LCR) for the radiation of nonsinusoidal electroma gnetic (EM) pulses with duration in the nanosecond range was developed, The time variation of the radiated electric field strength re sembles one peri od of a sinusoid with tile peak amplitude of the first half cede being 1.2 times as large as the peak amplitude of the second half cycle. The duration of the first half cycle measured at one half the peak amplitude is 1 ns wh ile the duration of the whole signal is 3.5 ns, The peak amplitude of the e lectric field strength at a distance of 3 m from the radiator is 56 V/m.