Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 66, No. 3, March 1978 (Invited Paper)

Time-Domain Electromagnetics and Its Applications

C. Leonard Bennett and Gerald F. Ross

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the reader to the elements of time-domain electromagnetics, which includes baseband-pulse technology and target-signature analysis. Baseband pulses are video or carrierless pulses of very short duration, whose spectral content is concentrated primarily from zero frequency through the microwave region of the spectrum. Work in baseband technology began more than ten years ago at the Sperry Research Center with emphasis primarily on its use as an analytical tool, initially to explore the properties of microwave networks.   20 pages.