ECE Department, TUP Manila Transmission Media and Antenna Systems

Guided Problem Solving No. 2

1. A system with operating frequency of 750 MHz uses a lossless transmission line with C = 40 pF/m
and L = 50 μH/m, determine: a) the propagation velocity, b) the velocity factor, c) the phase shift
coefficient and d) the phase shift for an 8-m length of this line.
2. Determine the capacitance per meter of a transmission line having a characteristic impedance of 75
ohms and propagation velocity of 0.66c.
3. A communication system uses an RG-58U transmission line terminated at a load impedance of 50
– j25 ohms. Determine: a) the reflection coefficient, b) the SWR, c) the voltage minima if voltage
maxima is 15 V and d) the value of resistive load that will give the same form of standing waves.
4. Find the impedance of a λ/8 lossless transmission line terminated at a load of 400 ohms. Assume a
characteristic impedance of 50 ohms.
5. The impedance at point AA’ in the transmission line shown in the figure is Z = 20 – j80 ohms,
determine the load impedance, input impedance and the reflection coefficient at the load if Z o = 300
ohms. Assume lossless condition.

6. A 50-ohm short-circuited line operates at 500 MHz. Determine the equivalent reactance and
component of this line if it is: a) 0.1 λ and b) 0.375 λ long.
7. Suppose it is required to match a 73 ohm antenna to a 600 ohm feeder line at a frequency of 150
MHz. Determine the characteristic impedance of the quarter wave transformer that should be used.
8. A lossless transmission line with ZO = 50 ohms is terminated to a load impedance of 20 – j80 ohms.
What is the VSWR and the distance of the first voltage minima from the load?
9. A lossless transmission line having a characteristic impedance of 73 ohms (a typical characteristic
impedance to match the feed line impedance of half – wave dipole), the VSWR is 3.50. The distance
between successive minima of the pattern is 45.5 cm and the first voltage minimum is 36.8 cm from
the load terminals. Determine the value of the load impedance terminating the line.
10. When a 75-ohm lossless transmission line with VSWR of 2.8 was shorted, the voltage minima
moves 30° towards the generator. Determine the load impedance terminating this transmission line.
11. When a 180 o, 75-ohm lossless transmission line with VSWR of 2.8 was opened, the voltage maxima
moves 45° towards the load. Determine the sending impedance of this transmission line.
12. A transmitter delivers 50 W into a 600 ohm lossless line that is terminated with an antenna that
has an impedance of 275 ohms, resistive. How much power actually reaches the antenna?
13. A TDR display shows a discontinuity 1.4 us from the start. If the line has a velocity factor of 0.8,
how far is the fault from the reflectometer?
14. Two adjacent minima on a slotted line are 23 cm apart. Find the wavelength and frequency of the
TEM wave on the transmission line if the line has a typical velocity factor of a coaxial cable.