EC3L005 

Assignment 1 

Assignment Date: 13.08.2019 

SUBMISSION DATE: 19.08.2019 

Transmission Lines Examples

1. The standing wave ratio on a lossless 50Ω transmission line terminated in unknown load impedance
is found to be 3. The distance between the successive voltage minima is 20cm, and the first minima is
located at 5cm from the load. Determine
(a) The reflection coefficient Γ
(b) The load impedance 𝑍

Ans:
a λ= 0.4 β = 5π |Γ| = 0.5 𝛤 |𝛤|𝑒 𝑗0.5
b 𝑍 30 𝑗40𝛺

2. A 600Ω Transmission line is 150m long, operates at 400KHz with 𝛼 2.4 𝑥 10 𝑁𝑝/m and β =
0.0212 rad/m, and supplies a load impedance 𝑍 424.3 ∠45° 𝛺. Find the length of the line in
wavelength and input impedance. For a received voltage 𝑉 50 ∠0°, find 𝑉 the position of the line
where the voltage is maximum, and the value of |𝑉 | .

Ans:
𝛾 0.45∠116.6° 0.2 𝑗0.4
𝑖𝑛𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 502.7∠22.8° 𝛺
𝑉 75∠167.3° 𝑉
|𝑉 | 85 𝑉

3. A 70Ω high frequency lossless line is used at a frequency where λ = 80cm with a load of (140+j91)Ω.
Find 𝛤 , VSWR, distance to the first voltage maximum from the load, distance to the first voltage min
from the load, the impedance at Vmax, the impedance at Vmin.

Ans:

𝑉𝑆𝑊𝑅 3
𝛤 0.5∠29°
𝑍𝑚𝑎𝑥 210 𝑗0 𝛺
𝑍𝑚𝑖𝑛 23.1 𝑗0 𝛺

4. A high frequency 50Ω lossless line is 141.6cm long, with a relative dielectric constant 𝜀 2.49. At
500MHz the input impedance of the terminated line is measured as Zin = (20+j25)Ω. Find the value
of the terminating load.
5. A lossless transmission line of length 0.434λ and characteristic impedance 100Ω is terminated in an
impedance 260+j180(Ω). Find
(a) The voltage reflection coeffiecient
(b) The standing wave ratio
(c) The input impedance
(d) The location of a voltage maximum on the line

Ans:

(a) 𝛤 0.6∠21
(b) 𝑉𝑆𝑊𝑅 4

(c) 𝑍𝑖 69 𝑗120 𝛺

(d) 0.03𝜆 from the load

6. Derive the expression for the capacitance, inductance and characteristic impedance for
(a) Parallel plate Tx Line
(b) Two-wire Tx Line

7. The inductance and capacitance of a 50-m long coaxial cable are 0.25 μH/m and 50 pF/m respectively,
and its frequency of operation is 100 kHz. Calculate the characteristic impedance and phase constant
of the line. If the permeability of the medium is the same as that of free space, what must be the
dielectric constant of the medium? Determine the delay generated by the transmission line.

Ans: 𝑍 70.71 Ω; 𝛽 2.22 10 rad/m; 𝜀 1.12; 176.68 ns

8. A 75 Ω, 100-m long lossless transmission line feeds a resistive load of 45 Ω. The voltage across the
load is 30 V (max) and the operating frequency is 1 MHz. If the transit time of the line is 0.357 μs,
determine the voltage at the sending end of the line.

Ans: 43.41 ∠ 115.39 ͦ

9. A 100 Ω line is terminated in a load impedance 𝑍 200 𝑗100 Ω. Using a quarter wave transformer,
suggest a suitable matching circuitry. Find 𝑑 , 𝑍 𝜆 4 , VSWR on 𝑑 line, and VSWR on 𝜆 4 line.

Ans:

10. MATLAB: Write a MATLAB code for plotting the voltage wave along a lossless transmission line
with characteristic impedance of 50 Ω. Choose different values of terminating impedance as input to
the code. Also plot the VSWR along the line.