TUTORIAL 3

SOLUTION
1.

The operation of an antenna system over a frequency range is not completely

dependent upon the frequency response of the antenna element itself but rather on
the frequency characteristics of the transmission line-antenna element
combination.
In practice, the characteristic impedance of the transmission line is usually real
whereas that of the antenna element is complex.
The variation of each as a function of frequency is not the same.
Thus, efficient coupling-matching networks must be designed which attempt to
couple-match the characteristics of the two devices over the desired frequency
range.

2.
N = 3, R L 100 , Z 0 50
R Z0
N!
n 2N L
RL Z 0 N n !n!
n0

1 50 3!
1

3
2 150 3!0! 24
Z 1 Z 0 Z 1 50 1

Z 1 Z 0 Z 1 50 24
Z 1 54.35

n 1

1 50
2 3 150
Z 2 Z1 Z 2

Z 2 Z1 Z 2
Z 2 69.88

3!
1

2!1! 8
54.35 1

54.35 8

n2

1 50 3! 1

2 3 150 1!2! 8
Z 3 Z 2 Z 3 69.88 1

Z 3 Z 2 Z 3 69.88 8
Z 2 89.84

n3

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1 50 3!
1

3
2 150 0!3! 24

For a fractional bandwidth of 0.375, the maximum allowable reflection coefficient

is equal to

m
f
4
0.375 2 cos 1

f0

R L Z 0 RL Z 0

1N

1/ 3

m
4
2 cos 1

50 150
m 0.00815

And the VSWR is equal to

1 m 1 0.00815
VSWR

1.0164
1 m 1 0.00815

3.

3 10 8
20 m =2000cm
15 10 6
d 1.9 10 3 3.8 cm a 0.95 10 3 1.9 cm

f 15MHz

d ' 6.35 10 4 1.27 cm a' 3.175 10 4 0.635 cm

s 7.62 10 3 15.24 cm

l ' 2 0.0285 57 cm, Z a 25 j 25

i)
u a a ' 1.9 / 0.635 2.9921

s / a ' 15.24 / 0.635 24

ln
ln 24

1.5264
ln ln u ln 24 ln 2.9921

1 1 1.5264
2

6.3827

s a a'2
2aa '

aa'

Z 0 60 cosh 1

15.24

276 log 10

276 log10

315.253

1.9 0.635

l'
2
0.0258 j 57.06385
Z t jZ 0 tan k j 315.253 tan
2

2 Z t 1 Z a
2

Z in

2 Z t 1 Z a
2

2 j 57.06385 6.3827 25 j 25
2 j 57.06385 6.3827 25 j 25

155.229660.89

Z in Rin jX in 75.505 j135.629

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ii)

C in

iii)

1
2fC in
1
1

2fX in
2 15 10 6 135.629

X in

78.231 10 12 F
C 2C in 2 78.231 10 12 156.462 10 12 F = 156.462 pF

4.
i)
u a a ' 2 / 0.8 2.5

s / a ' 12 / 0.8 15
ln
ln 15

1.5114
ln ln u ln 15 ln 2.5

1 1 1.5114
2

6.3071

s a a'2
2aa '

aa'

Z 0 60 cosh 1

12

276 log10

276 log10

269.685

2 0.8

l'
2
0.03 j51.445
Z t jZ 0 tan k j 269.685 tan
2

2 Z t 1 Z a
2

Z in

2 Z t 1 Z a
2

2 j 51.445 6.3071 50 j 50
2 j51.445 6.3071 50 j50

120.6778.95

Z in Rin jX in 23.121 j118 .434

ii)

1
2fC in
1
1

2fX in
2 20 10 6 118 .434

X in

C in

67.19 10

iii)

12

C 2C in 2 67.19 10 12 134.383 10 12 F = 156.462 pF

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