Efficient, balanced, transmission line RF circuits by back propagation of common impedance nodes
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Markhasin, Evgeny
Hu, Jianping
Su, Yongchao
Herzfeld, Judith
Griffin, Robert Guy
Date Issued
March 2013
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Journal of Magnetic Resonance
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Elsevier
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Markhasin, Evgeny, Jianping Hu, Yongchao Su, Judith Herzfeld, and Robert G. Griffin. “Efficient, Balanced, Transmission Line RF Circuits by Back Propagation of Common Impedance Nodes.” Journal of Magnetic Resonance 231 (June 2013): 32–38.
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Abstract
We present a new, efficient strategy for designing fully balanced transmission line RF circuits for solid state NMR probes based on back propagation of common impedance nodes (BPCIN). In this approach, the impedance node phenomenon is the sole means of achieving mutual RF isolation and balance in all RF channels. BPCIN is illustrated using a custom double resonance 3.2 mm MAS probe operating at 500 MHz ([superscript 1]H) and 125 MHz ([superscript 13]C). When fully optimized, the probe is capable of producing high homogeneity (810°/90° ratios of 86% and 89% for 1H and 13C, respectively) and high efficiency (γB[superscript 1] = 100 kHz for [superscript 1]H and [superscript 13]C at 70 W and 180 W of RF input, respectively; up to 360 kHz for [superscript 1]H). The probe’s performance is illustrated by 2D MAS correlation spectra of microcrystals of the tripeptide N-f-MLF-OH and hydrated amyloid fibrils of the protein PI3-SH3.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2013.02.017
