Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani ~ K. K. Birla Goa Campus Semester 2019-2020 ECE F314 Electromagnetic Fields and Microwave Engineering Comprehensive Exam Regular Date:-02-12-2019 Max Time: 3hr ‘Max. Marks: 80 SSS Part A- Max. Time 2 hour, Max. Marks 50 Instructions — 4, Part A consists of 12 short answer type questions. This partis to be answered in first 2 hour. 2, Aseparate answer sheet is provided for Part A. Any rough work may be done on the supplementary sheet. 3. Part Bis to be answered on the main answer booklet. 4, Overwritt 0 Q.1 | A transmitting antenna radiates 251 W isotropically. A receiving antenna, located 100 m away | 4 from the transmitting antenna has an effective aperture of 500 cm*, What is the total power received by the antenna? Q.2 | A person with a receiver is 5 Km away from the transmitter, What is the distance that this person | 4 must move further to detect a 3-dB decrease in the signal strength? Q.3 | For an antenna radiating in free space, the electric field at a distance of | km is found to be 12 | 4 mV/m. Given that the intrinsic impedance of the free space is 120 Q, what is the magnitude of average power density (in nW/m?) due to this antenna at a distance of 2 km? Q4 | The radiation pattem of an antenna in spherical co-ordinates is given by 4 F(@)=cos‘0, 0<0 &. Maxima and minima are observed when the electric field is measured in front of the slab. The maximum electric field is found to be 5 times the minimum field. What is the intrinsic impedance of the medium? Q10 [A transmission line terminates in two branches each of length 0/4 as shown in figure. The |4 branches are terminated by 50 © loads. The lines are lossless and have the characteristic impedance as shown in figure, Determine the impedance Z; as seen by the source. QI [A 150 MHz uniform plane wave in free space is described by 10 H, = (4 +10) (2a, + ja,) e#”* A/m. (@) Find numerical value of B, and @ (b) Find H(z,t) at t= 1.5 ns, z= 20m. (©) What is [Elnax? Q 12 | Find the total power radiated by an isotropic antenna whose electric field intensity is givenas | 4 B=2e#8 VimBirla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani —K. K. Birla Gea Campus Semester 2019-2020 ECE F314 Electromagnetic Flelds and Microwave Engineering Comprehensive Exam Regular Date:-02-12-2019 ‘Max Time: 3hr Max. Marks: 80 Part B= Max. Time 1 hour, Max. Marks 30 QT [A magnetic field strength of 5 wA/m is required at a point on 0= wW/2, 2 km from an antenna in air, Neglecting ohmic loss, how much power must the antenna transmit it is a Hertzian dipole of length 25, Q2 | Consider a dielectric filled parallel plate waveguide with a = 2om, The permeability of the dielectric filling is fo and its refractive index is n= 1.5. (a) Which TE and TM modes can propagate at 12 GHz signal in the waveguide? (b) What would be the associated cutoff wavelengths and group velocities in each case? [Here assume a modulated 12 GHz carrier with narrow modulation bandwidth] QB | The surfaces p = 3 and 10 mm, and z = 0 and 25 em are perfect conductors, The region enclosed by these surfaces has jt = 2.5 x 10 H/m,e=4 x 10°"! F/m and o = 0. Let H F cos(10nz)eos(ot) ay Alm. Find (a) © (b) E Q4 | ATE wave propagating in a dielectric filled waveguide of unknown permiltivity has dimensions em and b = 3 em. ifthe x component of its electric field is given by E,= -36c0s(40nx)sin(100ny)sin(2.4n x 10! —52.9n2) Vim. Determine (a) The mode number (b) €,of the material in the guide (©) The cutoff frequency (@) The expression for Hy Q-5 | The electric and magnetic fields for a TEM wave of frequeney 14 GHz in a homogeneous medium of relative permittivity & and relative permeability [r= 1, are given by E=E,che!280y, Vin H=3elo"280™)y, A/mm Assuming the speed of light in free space to be 3 x 10 mis, intrinsic impedance to be 120 9, what is the value of relative permittivity ¢-and electric field magnitude Ey?