MICROWAVE ENGINEERING ASSIGNMENT -1

Issue: 28/08/2017 Submission: 02/09/2017

SET1

1. Submit brief report on “Why do modern telecommunication devices use microwaves instead
of radio waves”.(Technical essay)
2. Study the field pattern of various modes inside a rectangular waveguide cavity using vlab.
(Program based)
3. Select a cylindrical waveguide capable of propagating pulsed power of 200 KW at 5 GHz over
a distance of 10 feet (suggest WC 240). (Problem analysis)
a. List in ascending order the frequencies of the five lowest-orders modes of the waveguide.
b. What is the recommended frequency band of operation for the TE11 mode in this waveguide?
c. What is the guide wavelength g and the wave impedance ZTE in this waveguide at 5 GHz?
4. Design and find scattering parameters of 4-port circulator.(Project based)
 MICROWAVE ENGINEERING ASSIGNMENT -1

Issue: 28/08/2017 Submission: 02/09/2017

SET2

1. Submit brief report on “How microwave radiation helps astronomers”.

(Technical essay)

2. Study the Measurement of the dielectric constant and loss tangent of materials in microwave
frequency band using a rectangular waveguide cavity using vlab. (Program based)

3. Select a rectangular waveguide capable of propagating pulsed power of 300 KW at 5 GHz

(suggest WR 187). (Problem analysis)
a. List in ascending order the frequencies of five lowest-order modes of the waveguide.
b. What is the recommended frequency band of operation for the TE10 mode for the selected
waveguide?
c. What is the guide wavelength g and the wave impedance ZTE in his waveguide at 5 GHz?
4. Design and find the scattering parameters for a 10dB directional coupler .The directivity
D=30dB.it is lossless and VSWR at each port is 1.0 under matched conditions. Ports of main
waveguide as 1 and 2, ports in auxiliary guide as 3 and 4. (Problem analysis)
 MICROWAVE ENGINEERING ASSIGNMENT -2

Issue: 30/10/2017 Submission: 04/11/2017

SET -1

1. Submit brief report on how microwave oven works?(case study)

2. Study the behavior of terminated coaxial transmission lines in frequency domain using vlab.

(Program based)

3. The separation between parallel plates of a waveguide is 3 cm. It is filled with a dielectric with
relative permittivity of 4.The signal frequency is 6GHz. Find the propagating modes. For each
propagating mode calculate the following (Problem analysis)
i) Cutoff frequency ii) cutoff wavelength iii) guide wavelength iv) phase velocity

4. Design and find the scattering parameters of E-plane Tee using microwave bench setup

(Project based)
 MICROWAVE ENGINEERING ASSIGNMENT -2

Issue: 30/10/2017 Submission: 04/11/2017

SET-2

1. Submit brief report on” Applications of microwaves in medical field”.(case

study)

2. Study of field pattern of various modes inside a rectangular waveguide using vlab. (Program
based)

3. The S-matrix of a three-port circuit is given as follows: (Problem analysis)

a. Is it a reciprocal circuit? Give reasons.

b. Is it a lossless circuit? Give reasons.

4. Design and find the scattering parameters of H-plane Tee microwave bench setup

(Project based)