Tutorial 7

Problem 1 The characteristics of a certain lossless transmission line are Z0  50

and   0  j0.2 m-1 at f  60MHz

(a) Find L and C for the line;
(b) A load Z L  60  j80 is located at z  0 . What is the shortest distance from

the load to a point at which Zin  Rin  j 0 ?

Solution:
(a)
Z  R  j L  j L Y  G  jC  jC

  ZY  j LC  LC 
j
Z L
Z0  
Y C
L  0  j 0.2
L  LC   Z0   50  8.333  108 H/m  83.33nH/m
C j j 2  60  10 6

LC  0  j 0.2
C=    3.333  1011 F/m=33.33pF/m
L/C j Z 0 j 2  60  10  50
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(b)
Z L  jZ 0 tan(  z ) (60  j80)  j50 tan(  z )
Z in  Z 0  50
Z 0  jZ L tan(  z ) 50  j (60  j80) tan(  z )
60  j (80  50 tan(  z ))
 50
50  80 tan(  z )  j 60 tan(  z )
(80  50 tan(  z ))(50  80 tan(  z ))  60  60 tan(  z )
Im( Z in )  50 0
(50  80 tan(  z )) 2  (60 tan(  z )) 2
 tan 2 (  z )  1.875 tan(  z )  1  0
1.875  1.8752  4
 tan(  z )   0.4332 or  2.3082
2
  z  n  0.4088 or -1.1620
 z  0.65  5n or -18494  5n
zmin  1.8494m (zmin  0)