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This is a great post about the basics of what happens in transmission lines.

If you need really fast rise times, there are cheap pulse generators that are a couple orders of magnitude faster: https://leobodnar.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&... At this level everything has to be optimized including physical geometry.

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I am using Leo Bodnar’s fast pulse generator (SMA) in my lectures to teach transmission lines. With sufficient length (I use ~1m) it works quite well to demo with a low cost scope. I originally bought it for TDR with 40GSPS/15GHz scope, which works very well with few orders of magnitude smaller lengths. Old on has upper length limit with 10MHz fixed frequency. There is a new one available with external sync and variable frequency, but I have not bought/tested it.

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