Babaria Institute of Technology

Branch: E & C
Subject: Microwave Engineering

Semester: VII
Sub code:171001

Assignment 1
1. A transmission line has a characteristic impedance of 300 and is terminated in a
load of 300-j300 . A propogation constant of the line is 0.054+j3.53 per meter.
Determine :
a. the reflection coefficient at the load
b. the transition coefficient at the load
c. the reflection coefficient at a point 2 meter away from the load
2. A lossless transmission line has a characteristic impedance of 50 and is
terminated in a load of 100 . The magnitude of a voltage wave incident to the
line is 20 V.(rms )
Determine :
a. the VSWR on the line
b. the maximum voltage Vmax & minimum voltage Vmin on the line
c. the maximum current Imax & minimum current Imin on the line
d. the power transmitted by the line
3. A lossless line has a characteristic impedance of 75 and is terminated in a load
of 300 . the line is energized by a generator which has an open circuit output
voltage of 20 V (rms) and output impedance of 75 . The line is assumed to be 2
wavelengths long.
a. find the sending-end impedance .
b. determine the magnitude of the receiving-end voltage.
c. Calculate the receiving-end power at the load
4. A lossless transmission line has a characteristic impedance of 100 and is
terminated in a load of 75 . The line is 0.75 wavelength long . determine :
a. The sending-end impedance
b. The reactance which ,if connected across the sending-end of the line,will
make the input impedance a pure resistance .
5. An open wire transmission line has R = 5 /meter , L = 5.2 *10^-8 H/meter , G =
6.2*10^-3 mho/meter , and C=2.13*10^-10 F/meter. the signal frequency is 4
GHz. Calculate :
a. the characteristic impedance of the line in both rectangular form and polar
form
b. the propogation constant of the wave along the line
c. the normalized impedance of the load 100+j100
d. the reflection coefficient at the load

e. the sending-end impedance if the line is assumed a quarterwavelength

long
6. A quarter-wave lossless line has a characteristic impedance of 50 and is
terminated in a load of 100 . the line is energized by a generator of 20 V (rms)
with an internal resistance of 50 . calculate :
a. the sending-end impedance
b. the magnitude of the receiving end voltage
c. the power delivered to the load
7. Calculate Characteristic impedance, propagation constant and velocity of
propagation at 0.4 MHz for a transmission line having L=0.5mH/Km, C= 0.08
microfarad and negligible R and G.
8. If to match a resistance of 200 to a 300 transmission line, we reduce S.W.R.
along the line to 1. Determine the characteristics impedance of a suitable quarter
wave transformer to be connected directly to the load.
9. An ideal loss-less transmission line of characteristic impedance 60 is connected
to a resistive load. If the standing wave ratio on the line is 4, Calculate, the Load
impedance and reflection coefficient at the load.
10. An ideal loss-less transmission line of characteristic impedance 60 is
terminated in a load impedance ZL. Find value of the input impedance of the line.
a) when ZL=0
b) when ZL=
c) when ZL=60 ohms

Smith Chart
11. A lossless transmission line has a characteristic impedance of 300 and is
operated at a frequency of 10 GHz. The observed SWR on the line is 5.0. it is
proposed to use a short circuited stub to match a pure resistor load of the line
a. Determine the distance in centimeters from the load to the place where to
the stub should be located (two possible solutions)
b. Find the length of the stub in centimeters(two possible solutions)
12. A lossless transmission line has a characteristic impedance of 300 and is
terminated by an impedance ZL. the observed SWR on the line is 6, and the
distance of the first voltage minimum from the load is 0.166 .
a. Determine the load ZL.
13. A lossless transmission line has a characteristic impedance of 100 . and is
loaded by an unknown impedance the SWR along the line is 2. the first two
voltage minima are located at Z = -10 and Z = -35 cm from the load where Z =0.
Determine the load impedance.
14. A transmission line of 50 characteristic impedance is if terminated by a
ZL = 150-j200 using smith chart find
a. reflection coefficient of load
b. SWR on line
c. distance of first Vmin from load
d. line impedance at d = 0.05
e. line admittance at d = 0.05

f. location nearest to the load at which the real part of the line admittance is
equal to the line characteristic impedance