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Activities guide and evaluation rubric – Step 4

1. General description of the course

Faculty or Escuela de Ciencias Básicas, Tecnología e Ingeniería

Academic Unit
Academic Level Profesional

Academic Field Formación interdisciplinar básica común

Course Name Teoría Electromagnética y Ondas

Course Code 203058
Course Type Theoretical Can be yes ☒ No ☐
enabled
Number of Credits 3

2. Description of the activity

Type of the Individ week

☒ Collaborative ☒ 4
activity: ual s
Unit 3,
Evaluation: Initial ☐ ☒ Final ☐
Intermediate:
Delivery Environment of the
Evaluative score of the
activity: Monitoring and evaluation
activity: 130
environment
Starting date of the
Deadline of the activity:
activity:
November 28, 2019
November 02, 2019
Competence to develop:
The student applies the concepts of physics and electromagnetism, to
determine the parameters of electromagnetic wave behavior when
propagated in guided media, using mathematical methods to solve
application exercises.
Topics to develop:
- Lines of transmission.
- Electrical parameters in transmission lines.
- Propagation in bounded transmission lines.
- Smith's letter.
Steps, phases of the learning strategy to develop
This activity called “Step 4”, is individual and collaborative, for its
development you must follow the 6 acts presented below:
Act 1: Explore the academic resource "Propagation of waves in
open media" described at the beginning of the "Activities to
develop" section of this document.
Act 2: Download the “Annex 4 - Delivery format - Step 4” found in
the collaborative learning environment in the "Activities guide and
evaluation rubric - Step 4 - to analyze the waves behavior in
guided mediums and radiation" folder.
Act 3: Individually, based on the exploration carried out, answer the 4
questions proposed in the next section "Activities to develop".
Act 4: Individually, based on the exploration performed, solve the 3
proposed application exercises, you must show the procedures
performed.
Act 5: Each student must complete the application in its individual
delivery format, verifying the requirements of the evaluation rubric.
Act 6: In the 2 days, before the closing of the activity, the group
leader must gather the delivery formats of each student and compress
in a single file, which must be delivered in the Monitoring and
Evaluation Environment.

Activities to develop
For the development of this activity, explore in the Knowledge
Environment, in Unit 3, the bibliographical reference of Chen, W.
(2005), on pages 525-551, Joines, W., Bernhard, J., & Palmer, W.
(2012), on pages 23-45 and supplement with the aids generated by
the tutor within the forum, to solve the following consultation and
application exercises:

Questions: (write with your own words)

1. What do you understand by transmission line? Mention some
types.
2. What is a bounded transmission line?
3. Define the following electrical parameters of transmission lines:
a. Input impedance Z¿ .
b. Stationary wave ratio VSWR .
c. Physical length L and electrical length 𝓁.
4. What is the purpose of Smith's Letter in the study of the
propagation of waves?

Application exercises:
For the development of the following exercises, note that ¿
corresponds to the group number and CCC to the first 3 digits of the
identification number.

1. A coaxial line has the following characteristics:

Geometric parameters: a=0.35 mm b=30 mm t=( ¿+10) μm
7
Conductor properties: (conductivity) σ c =5.8 x 10 Sm/m
Properties of the insulator: σ d=1 x 10 Sm/m ϵ r=2.25 μr =1
−16

Applied signal frequency: f =CCC KHz

a. Calculate the electrical parameters R L C G.
b. Using the distributed model, calculate the propagation
parameters α , β , γ ∧Z 0 .
c. Calculate the propagation velocity V p, the wavelength λ and
the attenuation α dB / Km.

Figure 1: Geometrical parameters in coaxial line.

2. A Z o=50 Ω lossless transmission line has a Z L =45− j 75 Ω. If it is ¿ m

long and the wavelength is CCC mm. Find and probe with the
smith chart:
a. Input impedance Z¿ .
b. Reflection coefficient Γ (magnitude and phase).
c. VSWR.

Figure 2: Graphic representation of the transmission line.

 3. Bearing in mind that Smith's letter is used to determine
parameters of the transmission lines, use the "Smith 4.1"
software found in the practical learning environment to check
the results obtained in point 2.
a. Input impedance Z¿ .
b. Reflection coefficient Γ .
c. VSWR.
d. Find an electrical length 𝓁 where the input impedance Z¿ is
real.

Figure 3: Letter of Smith.

 Collaborative learning environment - Forum

Environment Step 4.
for the  Knowledge environment - Unit 3.
development  Monitoring and evaluation environment – Step
4.

Products to Individual:
deliver by Each student, using the Delivery Format - Step 4
student found in the Practical Learning Environment, gradually
 Acts Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4
Acts 1-2:
02-08/11 09-15/11
Exploration
Acts 3-4:
09-15/11 16-22/11 23-24/11
Practice
Act 6:
16-22/11 25-26/11
Testing
presents the activity in the Step 4 forum until
Act 7:
completing the following structure: 27-28/11
Consolidation
1. Cover.
2. Introduction (indicate what is in the document).
3. Content. (Answer to questions and exercises).
4. 2 conclusions (indicate in them what you learned).
5. 1 reference (in APA format).
The name of the final individual document must be
Step 4 - First Name Last Name.pdf.

Collaborative:
In the 3 days before the closing of the activity,
students must present their final individual work in
pdf format in the Step 4 forum.
The leader must take the final works of each student
and generate a compressed file .rar or .zip with the
name Step 4 and deliver it in the Monitoring and
evaluation environment in the Step 4 space.

Figure 4: Group consolidation example.

3. General guidelines for the collaborative work

Planning of Schedule of activities:

activities Table 1: Development Schedule of Step 4:
for the The dates correspond to the year 2019.
developme
 Table 2: Development environments and resources of
the steps of the strategy:
Interaction Environment Resources
nt of Individual knowledge Bibliographies
collaborativ Individual practical learning Formats
e work Individual collaborative learning Forum Step 4
Individual collaborative learning Activity guide
Collaborative monitoring and evaluation Delivery space

Leader: He is in charge of assuming the coordination

of the development of the activity in the forum. Within
the process, supervises the assignment of tasks and
Roles to generates recommendations and clarifications
perform by regarding the activity. In the end, it shares a document
the student that must be fed by the members to generate the final
in the consolidated group, performs its final revision and
collaborativ delivery.
e group Builder: Is responsible for supporting the management
of the leader, contributing to the organization of group
work. Select and develop the activity chosen to finally
contribute to the final consolidation process.
It is suggested to use a model of action within
teamwork, which allows to achieve the expected results
through the joint action of all participants.
Roles and
The model of Leaders & Builders, allows one of the
responsibili
members to take the role of leader (coordinator) and
ty for the
the others of builders, each builder develops in parts
delivery of
his chosen or assigned task and contributes it in the
products by
forum; within the process, the builders review the
students
contributions of their peers; In the end, the leader
shares the consolidated work with the contributions of
all the participants, achieving the final product.
Use of The APA standards are the most used style of
references organization and presentation of information. These are
published under a manual that allows you to have
access to the ways in which a scientific article should
be presented. Here you can find the most relevant
aspects of the sixth edition of the APA Standards
Manual, such as references, citations, preparation and
presentation of tables and figures, headings and
 seriation, among others. You can check how to
implement them by going to http://normasapa.com/
In the agreement 029 of December 13, 2013, article
99, the mistakes that infringe upon the academic
order, among others, are the following: paragraph e)
“To plagiarize is to present as your own work the whole
or part of a writing, report, task or document of
invention performed by another person. It also implies
the use of cites or lack of references, or includes cites
where there is no coincidence between them and the
reference” and paragraph f) ”To reproduce, or copy for
Plagiarism
profit, educational resources or results of research
policy
products, which have intellectual rights reserved for the
University”.
The academic punishments that the student will face
are:
a) In case of academic fraud proved in the academic
work or evaluation, the score achieved will be zero
(0.0) without leading to disciplinary measures.
b) In case of plagiarism proved in the academic work of
any nature, the score achieved will be zero (0.0),
without leading to disciplinary measures.

4. Evaluation rubric
Evaluation rubric
Activity Collaborative
Individual Activity ☒ ☒
type: Activity
Unit 3,
Evaluation: Initial ☐ ☒ Final ☐
Intermediate
Performance levels of the individual activity Sc
Assessed
or
Aspects High score Media score Low score
e
Concepts The student The student The student 2
about understands the understands does not 0
propagatio concepts of some of the understand the
n of waves propagation of concepts of concepts of
in guided waves in guided propagation of means of
media media by writing waves in guided propagation of
answers to the media by waves in
questions asked. incomplete media guided
 by the non-
writing of writing of
answers to the answers to the
questions asked. questions
asked.
(up to 20 (up to 10 (up to 0
points) points) points)
The student The student
The student
incorrectly does not
correctly
calculates the calculate and
calculates the
electrical does not apply
electrical
Electrical parameters of a the electrical
parameters of a
parameters transmission line parameters of
transmission line
in or applies them a transmission 30
and applies them
transmissio with error in the line in the
in the solution of
n lines solution of solution of
physical
physical physical
problems.
problems. problems.
(up to 30 (up to 15 (up to 0
points) points) points)
The student
The student
The student incorrectly
does not
correctly calculates and
calculate or
calculates and simulates the
simulate the
simulates the parameters of a
parameters of
Parameters parameters of a bounded
a bounded
in bounded bounded transmission line 5
transmission
transmissio transmission line or applies them 0
line for the
n lines and applies them with error in the
solution of
to solve physical solution of
physical
problems. physical
problems.
problems.
(up to 50 (up to 25 (up to 0
points) points) points)
Understand The student The student The student 2
ing and writes at least 2 writes 1 does not write 0
application learning conclusion of learning
of the conclusions that learning or does conclusions
characteriz demonstrate the not correctly that
ation of understanding evidence the demonstrate
 the
comprehension
understanding
and application of and application
and application of
the methods of of the methods
the methods of
waves in characterization of
characterization
guided of the waves in characterizatio
of the waves in
media guided media. n of the waves
guided media.
in guided
media.
(up to 20 (up to 10 (up to 0
points) points) points)
Performance levels of the collaborative activity Sc
Assessed
or
Aspect High score Media score Low score
e
The student
The student The student
does not
demonstrates shows low ability
evidence the
adequate to work in
ability to work
capacity to work groups and
in groups and
in groups and achieve an
achieve an
achieve an organized
organized
organized collaborative 1
Teamwork collaborative
collaborative final final product, 0
final product,
product, fulfilling fulfilling the
complying with
the requested requested
the requested
delivery delivery
delivery
conditions. conditions.
conditions.
(Up to 10 (Up to 5 (Up to 0
points) points) points)
13
Final score
0