Final Assessment Test (FAT) – May 2017

Course: ECE2004 - Transmission Lines and Waveguides

Class NBR(s): 1719 / 1727 / 1732 / 1762 / 1772 Slot: C1+TC1
Time: Three Hours Max. Marks: 100
General Instructions: Provide Smith charts to students

Answer ALL Questions

1. Derive the voltage and current equation for infinite open wire transmission line and also determine [10]
the secondary constants of a transmission line.

2. The following characteristics have been measured on a lossy transmission line at 100 MHz. [10]
Zo=50+j0 Ω, =0.01 dB/m, =0.8π rad/m. Determine R,L,G and C of the line.

3. A 100Ω transmission line is terminated with a load impedance of 200 Ω. Determine the reflection [4]
co-efficient and design a suitable matching section to minimize the reflection.

4. A 2m lossless transmission line having a characteristic impedance 50Ω is terminated with an [6]
impedance 40+j30Ω at an operating frequency of 200 MHz. Find the input impedance.

5.(a) The transmission line circuit given below has Vg = 10V rms, Zg = 50, Z0 = 50, ZL = 40-j20, and [10]
l = 0.6. Compute the power delivered to the load using (i) Reflection Coefficient (Г), (ii) Input
impedance (Zin) (iii) load voltage (VL).

OR
5.(b) Design two lumped element L section matching networks to match a 50 line to a load impedance of [10]
10 – j25  at a frequency of 200 MHz.

6. A 100  transmission line with an air dielectric is terminated by a 50 – j80. Determine the values of [8]
the VSWR, the reflection coefficient, return loss using Smith chart and the percentage of reflected
power. If the power incident at the load is 100mW, calculate the transmission coefficient, power in
the load.

7. If the generator frequency is 3 GHz and the transmission line is 73 cm long, find the input impedance [7]
at the generator using Smith chart if the load impedance is 40 – j60 . Also calculate the minimum
and maximum impedance existing on the line?

8. A 50  coaxial lossless transmission line filled with a dielectric material of εr = 9 is connected to load [10]
impedance 50 – j100. Design two possible matching circuits with short circuited shunt stub to
provide impedance matching between the line and the load at a signal frequency of 30 MHz.

9. The separation between the plates in a parallel plate waveguide is 2.5 cm. The waveguide is operating [10]
at 8.6 GHz. Calculate the possible TE and TM modes which will propagate through the wave guide.
Also determine guide wavelength, cut off wavelength, phase velocity and wave impedance for TE1
mode of propagation.

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 10. A rectangular waveguide has dimensions of 1.5 cm and 1 cm. If the waveguide is operating at 6 GHz, [5]
determine the amount of attenuation in the waveguide.

11.(a) i) A TE wave is travelling in a waveguide in dominant mode and the waveguide dimensions are 6 cm [7]
and 4 cm. The distance between the maximum and minimum of wave in the waveguide is found to
be 4.55 cm. Find the frequency of the wave.

ii) Explain how waveguide will act like a high pass filter. [3]

OR

11.(b) What are the different techniques to minimize the electromagnetic interferences? [10]

12. a) Mention the advantages of planar transmission lines over the other transmission lines. [3]

b) Draw the strip line structure and its field pattern. [4]

c) Why microstrip lines are popular than other planar transmission lines. [3]

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