Method for generating a pulse (7, 9; 207, 209; 307, 309; 407, 409), wherein a predetermined first boundary curve (3) and a predetermined second boundary curve (5) are defined for a pulse shape of the pulse (7, 9; 207, 209; 307, 309; 407, 409), wherein the boundary curves (3, 5) describe the
time course of a current quantity (I), and wherein the second boundary curve (5) lies completely within the first boundary curve (3), characterized in that a curve inscribed between the boundary curves (3, 5) is generated as the pulse shape for the pulse (7, 9; 207, 209; 307, 309; 407, 409) by means of a current sink (37), which – compared to a
rectangular pulse inscribed between the boundary curves (3, 5) – is located in a first region of the current quantity that is away from an extremum. (I) is deformed towards the first limit curve (3), and in a second region of the current quantity (I) facing the extremum is deformed towards the second limit curve (5).