MICROWAVE DEVICES AND CIRCUITS (EC-6401)

ASSIGNMENT: 2
Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering
National Institute of Technology Rourkela-769008, Odisha
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Q1. A transmission line has the following per-unit-length parameters: L = 0.5 µH/m, C = 200
pF/m, R = 4.0 Ω/m, and G = 0.02 S/m. Calculate the propagation constant and characteristic
impedance of this line at 800 MHz. If the line is 30 cm long, what is the attenuation in dB?
Recalculate these quantities in the absence of loss (R = G = 0).

Q2. A radio transmitter is connected to an antenna having an impedance 80 + j40 Ω with a 50Ω
coaxial cable. If the 50Ω transmitter can deliver 30 W when connected to a 50Ω load, how
much power is delivered to the antenna?

Q3. Consider the quarter-wave matching transformer circuit shown in the accompanying figure.
Derive expressions for V+ and V-, the respective amplitudes of the forward and reverse
travelling waves on the quarter-wave line section, in terms of Vi, the incident voltage
amplitude.

Q4. A load impedance of 40 + j70 Ω terminates a 100Ω transmission line that is 0.3λ long. Find
the reflection coefficient at the load, the reflection coefficient at the input to the line, the
input impedance, the standing wave ratio on the line, and the return loss.

Q5. A terminated transmission line with Z0 = 60Ω has a reflection coefficient at the load of
Г = 0.4 < 600 (a) What is the load impedance? (b) What is the reflection coefficient 0.3λ
away from the load? (c) What is the input impedance at this point?

Q6. A slotted-line experiment is performed with the following results: distance between
successive minima = 2.1 cm; distance of first voltage minimum from load = 0.9 cm; SWR of
load = 2.5. If Z0 = 50 Ω, find the load impedance.

Q7. An air-filled rectangular waveguide of inside dimensions 7×3.5 cm operates in the dominant
TE10 mode as shown in the figure below.
 a. Find the cut-off frequency
b. Determine the phase velocity of the wave in the guide at a frequency of 3.5 GHz.
c. Determine the guided wavelength at the same frequency.

Q8. The electric field intensity of the dominant TE10 mode in a lossless rectangular waveguide is

𝛱𝑥 −𝑗 𝑧
𝐸𝑦 = 𝐸0 sin ( ) 𝑒 𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑓 > 𝑓𝑐
𝑎
a. Find the magnetic field intensity H.
b. Compute the cut-off frequency and the time average transmitted power.

Q9. A rectangular waveguide is terminated in an unknown impedance at z = 25 cm. A dominant

mode TE10 is propagated in the guide, and its VSWR is measured as 2.8 at a frequency of
8 GHz. The adjacent voltage minima are located at z = 9.46 cm and z = 12.73 cm.
a. Determine the value of load impedance.
b. Find the position closest to the load where an inductive window is placed in order to
obtain a VSWR of unity.

Q10. An air-filled rectangular waveguide has dimensions of a = 6 cm and b = 4 cm. The signal
frequency is 3 GHz. Compute the following for the TE10, TE01, TE11, and TM11 modes.
a. Cut-off frequency.
b. Wavelength in the waveguide.
c. Phase constant and phase velocity in the waveguide.
d. Group velocity and wave impedance in the waveguide.