Code No: R05220404 Set No.

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II B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, Aug/Sep 2007
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES AND TRANSMISSION LINES
( Common to Electronics & Communication Engineering and Electronics &
Telematics)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) State and explain Coulomb’s law using vector form of Coulomb?s force ex-
pression.
(b) Find the force on a charge of -100mC located at P (2, 0, 5) in free space due
to another charge 300µ C located at Q (1, 2, 3).
(c) State and express Gauss’s law in both integral and differential forms. [8+4+4]

2. (a) Obtain an expression for differential magnetic field strength dH due to differ-
ential current element I dl at the origin in the positive Z- direction.
(b) Find the magnetic field strength, H at the centre of a square conducting loop
of side ‘2a’ in Z=0 plane if the loop is carrying a current , I, in anti clock wise
direction. [6+10]

3. (a) What is the inconsistency of Amperes law?

(b) A circular loop conductor of radius 0.1m lies in the z=0plane and has a resis-
tance of 5Ω given B=0.20 sin 103 t az T. Determine the current [8+8]

4. (a) Explain the propagation of wave in a loss less medium.

(b) A uniform plane wave at a frequency of 1GHz is travelling in a large block of
Teflon (∈ r = 2.1, µr = 1andσ = 0). Determine V, η, β and λ [8+8]

5. (a) What is Total Internal Reflection on the basis of EM theory of light and what
are its applications.
(b) An EM wave traveling in air is incident normally on a boundary between air
and a dielectric having permeability same as free space and permittivity as 4.
Prove that one-ninth of the incident power is reflected and eight-ninths of it
is transmitted into the second medium. [8+8]

6. (a) Explain about attenuation in parallel-plate wave guides. Also draw attenu-
ation versus frequency characteristics of waves guided between parallel con-
ducting plates.
(b) A parallel plate wave guide made of two perfectly conducting infinite planes
spaced 3 cm apart in air operates at a frequency of 10 GHz. Find the maximum
time average power that can be propagated per unit width of the guide for
T E1 andT M1 modes. [8+8]

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7. (a) Explain the meaning of the terms characteristic impedance and propagation
constant of a uniform transmission line and obtain the expressions for them
in terms of Parameters of line?
(b) A telephone wire 20 km long has the following constants per loop km resistance
90 Ω, capacitance 0.062 µF , inductance 0.001H and leakage = 1.5 x 10−6
mhos. The line is terminated in its characteristic impedance and a potential
difference of 2.1 V having a frequency of 1000 Hz is applied at the sending
end. Calculate :
i. The characteristic impedance
ii. Wavelength.
iii. The velocity of propagation [8+8]

8. (a) Describe all the characteristics of UHF Lines?

(b) Explain the significance and design of single stub impedance Matching. Dis-
cuss the Factors on which stub length depends. [6+10]

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Code No: R05220404 Set No. 2
II B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, Aug/Sep 2007
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES AND TRANSMISSION LINES
( Common to Electronics & Communication Engineering and Electronics &
Telematics)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) State and prove Gauss’s law. Express Gauss’s law in both integral and differ-
ential forms.
(b) Discuss the salient features and limitations of Gauss’s law .
(c) Derive Poisson’s and Laplace’s equations starting from Gauss’s law. [6+4+6]

2. (a) Obtain an expression for differential magnetic field strength dH due to differ-
ential current element I dl at the origin in the positive Z- direction.
(b) Find the magnetic field strength, H at the centre of a square conducting loop
of side ‘2a’ in Z=0 plane if the loop is carrying a current , I, in anti clock wise
direction. [6+10]

3. (a) Write down Maxwell?s equations in their general integral form. Derive the
corresponding equations for fields varying harmonically with time
(b) In free space D = Dm sin (ωt + βz) ax use Maxwell?s equations to find B.
[8+8]

4. (a) Derive wave equations for sinusoidal time variations

(b) A 100v/m plane wave of frequency 300 MHz travels in an infinite, lossless
medium having µr = 1, ∈ r = 9 σ = 0 write the complete time domain
experements for E and H field vectors. [8+8]

5. An EM wave in dielectric medium 1 (ε1 , µ0 ) impinges obliquely on a boundary plane

with dielectric medium 2 (ε2 , µ0 ). Let θ1 , θt denote the incident and refraction an-
gles respectively and show that for perpendicular polarization, reflection coefficient
is equal to

sin(θt −θi )
sin(θt +θi )

and transmission coefficient is

2 sin θt cos θi
sin(θi +θt )
[16]

6. Derive the expressions for the E and H field components for TE waves in a parallel
plane wave guide, using Maxwell?s equations approach. [16]

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7. (a) What is meant by the polarization of wave? When is the wave linearly polar-
ized and circularly polarized?
(b) A traveling wave has two linearly polarized components Ex = 2 Cos wt and Ey =
3Cos (wt + π/2)
i. what is the axial ratio.
ii. What is the tilt angle of the major axis of the polarization ellipse?
iii. What is the sense of rotation? [8+8]

8. (a) Derive the expression for the input impedance of a transmission line of lengthL
(b) Explain the application of smith?s chart. [8+8]

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Code No: R05220404 Set No. 3
II B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, Aug/Sep 2007
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES AND TRANSMISSION LINES
( Common to Electronics & Communication Engineering and Electronics &
Telematics)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Derive an expression for the electric field intensity due to a finite length line
charge along the z-axis at an arbitrary point Q(x, y, z).
(b) Find the force on a 100µC charge at (0, 0, 3)m if four like charges of 20µC
are located on x and y axes at ± 4m. [8+8]

2. (a) Find magnetic field strength, H, on the Z- axis at a point P(0,0,h), due to a
current carrying circular loop, x2 + y 2 = A2 in Z=0 plane.
(b) Find the total magnetic flux crossing a surface, φ = π2 , 1 ≤ ρ ≤ 2 and 0 ≤
Z ≤ 5 due to a vector magnetic potential A = (−ρ2 /4).b z webers/m [8+8]

3. (a) Obtain the integral form of Maxwell?s equation from amperes circuital law in
the generalized form
(b) Determine the total magnetic flux through the rectangular loop shown in
the figure 3. The source of the magnetic field is the long straight conductor
carrying a current I [8+8]

Figure 3

4. A 3 GHz uniform plane wave propagates through rexolite in the positive Z-direction
the E-field at Z = 0 is 100 6 00 v/m

(a) Calculate the RMS value and phase of E at Z=4 cm

(b) Calculate the total attenuation in dB over a distance of 6 wave langths.
For rexolite ∈r=2.54 and tan δ=0.0005 [8+8]

5. Write short notes on the following

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(a) Surface Impedance
(b) Brewster angle
(c) Total Internal Reflection [5+5+6]

6. (a) Define and explain the significance of the following terms as applicable to
parallel plane guides:
i. Wave impedance
ii. Phase and group velocities
iii. Principal wave and its characteristics [10+6]
(b) Explain the factors on which cut off frequency of a parallel plate wave guide
depend.

7. (a) List out types of transmission lines and draw their schematic diagrams.
(b) Draw the directions of electric and magnetic fields in parallel plate and coaxial
lines
(c) A transmission line in which no distortion is present has the following pa-
rameters Zo = 60Ω, α = 20mN P/m, V = 0.7V0 . Determine R, L, G, C and
wavelength at 0.1GHz. [5+5+6]

8. (a) A dipole antenna is fed by a transmission line having Zo = 60Ω. The source
impedance is 600Ω. If the length of the line is 10λ, determine antenna im-
pedance.
(b) Describe how matching is achieved using single stub matching. What are the
advantages and disadvantages compared to double-stub matching. [8+8]

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Code No: R05220404 Set No. 4
II B.Tech II Semester Supplimentary Examinations, Aug/Sep 2007
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES AND TRANSMISSION LINES
( Common to Electronics & Communication Engineering and Electronics &
Telematics)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) What is capacitance? Differentiate between isotropic and anisotropic materi-

als.
(b) Calculate the capacitance of a parallel-plate capacitor with a dielectric, mica
filled between plates. εr of mica is 6. The plates of the capacitor are square
in shape with 0.254cm side. Separation between the two plates is, 0.254cm.
(c) As an example of the solution of Laplace’s equation, derive an expression
for capacitance of a parallel plate capacitors. Make necessary assumptions.
[4+6+6]

2. (a) Derive equation of continuity for static magnetic fields.

(b) Derive an expression for magnetic field strength, H, due to a current carrying
conductor of finite length placed along the y- axis, at a point P in x-z plane
and ‘r’ distant from the origin. Hence deduce expressions for H due to semi-
infinite length of the conductor. [6+10]

3. (a) Explain faraday?s law for time varying fields.

(b) Verify that the displacement current in the parallel plate capacitor is the same
as the conduction current in the connecting wires. [8+8]

4. (a) Explain skin depth and derive expression for depth of penetration for good
conductor
(b) Find µr, ∈ r and σ for a material in which at 100MHz, uniform plane wave has
α = 2N ρ/m λ = 1m and |η| = 200ohm. [8+8]

5. An EM wave in dielectric medium 1 (ε1 , µ0 ) impinges obliquely on a boundary plane

with dielectric medium 2 (ε2 , µ0 ). Let θ1 , θt denote the incident and refraction an-
gles respectively and show that for perpendicular polarization, reflection coefficient
is equal to

sin(θt −θi )
sin(θt +θi )

and transmission coefficient is

2 sin θt cos θi
sin(θi +θt )
[16]

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6. (a) Define and explain the significance of the following terms as applicable to
parallel plane guides:
i. Wave impedance
ii. Phase and group velocities
iii. Principal wave and its characteristics
(b) Explain the impossibility of TEM wave propagation in wave guides. [8+8]

7. (a) Explain the meaning of the terms characteristic impedance and propagation
constant of a uniform transmission line and obtain the expressions for them
in terms of Parameters of line?
(b) A telephone wire 20 km long has the following constants per loop km resistance
90 Ω, capacitance 0.062 µF , inductance 0.001H and leakage = 1.5 x 10−6
mhos. The line is terminated in its characteristic impedance and a potential
difference of 2.1 V having a frequency of 1000 Hz is applied at the sending
end. Calculate :
i. The characteristic impedance
ii. Wavelength.
iii. The velocity of propagation [8+8]

8. (a) What is the significance of standing wave ratio in a transmission line? Calcu-
late the Reflection coefficient and VSWR for a 50 Ω lines, terminated with
i. matched Load
ii. Short circuit
iii. +j50 Ω loads
iv. -j50 Ω load
(b) A 50 Omega transmission line is terminated by an unknown impedance. The
VSWR is 4 and the first minimum is formed at 2 cm from the load end. The
frequency of operation is 1 GHz. Design a single stub line matching for the
Above conditions. [8+8]

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