An experimental study of the effect of microwave pulses on personal computer performance

The performance of a personal computer affected by microwave pulses is inve stigated experimentally in a wide range of pulse durations and repetition f requencies. The shortest nanosecond microwave pulses were obtained using th e method of resonance time compression. The criteria] radiation levels caus ing computer malfunction are analyzed as functions of the duration and repe tition frequency of microwave pulses. It is shown that, when the pulse dura tion is as low as a few nanoseconds, the effect of the pulses increases wit h the repetition frequency.