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Microwave Engineering

B.E. EXTC (2023-2024)

Don Bosco Institute of Technology

Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering

Chapter 1

Basic Concepts

1. Derive transmission line equation & explain it’s significance. (10 marks-May 2012))

2. Enumerate and explain the advantages and applications of microwaves. (5 marks-

Dec2012 & Dec2010)

3. A 50Ω transmission line is matched to a 10V source that feeds a load ZL = 100Ω.
if the line is 2.3λ long and has an attenuation constant α = 0.5dB/λ. Find the power
that are delivered by the source lost in the line and delivered to the load. (5marks-
Dec2012 & Dec2010)

4. List out different characteristics of microwaves (5 marks-June2011)

5. What are the different microwave bands? What are different microwave applica-
tons. (5 marks-June2011)

6. Differentiate between waveguides & transmission lines. (5 marks-June 2013& Dec2012)

7. Explain single stub matching. What are it’s advantages and disadvantages (10
marks-June2013 & June 2011)
8. Calculate the position and length of short circuited stub design to match 200-j300Ω
load to a transmission line whose characteristic impedance is 300Ω.(use Smith chart) (10
marks-June2013)
9. Calculate the position and length of short circuited stub design to match 200+j300Ω
load to a transmission line whose characteristic impedance is 300Ω.(use Smith chart) (10
marks-June2011)

10.A lossless line of characteristic impedance RS = 100Ω is to be matched to a load

50
Z√
L = Ω by means of a lossless short circuited stub. The characteristic
2+j(2+ 3)

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 impedance of the stub is 100Ω. Find the stub position and length so that a match is
obtained. (10 marks-Dec2012)

11. Write a short note on microstrip transmission line (5 marks-May 2012)

12. Compare TE & TM modes of rectangular waveguide (10 marks-June2011)

13. A microstrip transmission line uses a substrate with dielectric constant ϵr = 9.7
and thickness 0.5mm. The stripwidth is also 0.5 mm. Find the effective dielectric
constant, characteristic impedance and the microstrip wavelenght at a frequency of
2GHz. (10 marks-Dec 2011)

14. Design a double stub matching system to match a normalised load admittance YL =
0.4 + j1. The stubs are spaced λ/8 apart. (10 marks-Dec 2011)

15. Using the multiple reflection viewpoint explain the principle of working of a quarter
wave transformer. (10 marks-Dec 2010)

16. A generator at 150MHz drives a 10m long, 75Ω transmission line terminated in a
composite load consisting of the parallel connection of two 50Ω lines of lengths 0.5m
and 1 m, each terminated in a 50Ω resistance. All lines are lossless with ϵr = 2.2.
With reference to figure 16. Determine the length lsand connection point d of a
parallel connected 75Ω stub that will produce minimum VSWR on the feed line.
The stub should be as close as possible to the load (Use Smith Chart) (10 marks-
Dec 2010)

17. A plane wave traveling along z axis in a dielectric medium with ϵr = 2.55 has an
electric field given by E = Eocos(ωt − kz). The frequency is 2.4GHz and Eo =
30V /m (a) Find the amplitude and direction of the magnetic field (b) Find the phase
velocity and the wavelength. Find the phase shift between positions z1 = 0.5m and
z2 = 1.7m (10 marks-Dec 2010)