10.

31: Three T-Lines with the same characteristic impedance Zo are connected as shown
in Figure 10.56. Determine the scattering matrix that represents this 3-port network. Is
this network reciprocal? Is it lossless?

Setup: The situation is shown in Figure

10.56. The load seen by each line is a pair
of Zo impedances in parallel. By the
symmetry of the problem, we only need
find reflection looking into one port of the
network.

Figure 10.56
Solution:
1
−1
1 2
S11 = Γ L = 2 = − , S 21 = τ = 1 + Γ L = .
1 3 3
+1
2

So the scattering matrix is:

⎡ −1 2 2 ⎤
[ S ] = ⎢ 2 −1 2 ⎥⎥ .
1⎢
3
⎢⎣ 2 2 −1⎥⎦

Written by Stuart M. Wentworth. Copyright John Wiley and Sons 2007