EERF6395 Homework Set #1

1. Write a half-page summary describing the Internet of Things.

a) Include specific examples of how it can be used in good ways
and bad ways
b) Include internet link and title of article associated with all
references
c) Do not just copy and paste from the internet or someone elses
work. (That is plagiarism.) Write your summary in your own
words.
2. A cell phone signal is transmitted at 1.9GHz in free space (o,o).
a) What is the wavelength (in mm) of the transmitted signal?
b) Assuming lossless conditions, what is the phase propagation
constant, ?
c) If the relative dielectric constant, r, of the medium is changed from
1.0 to 5.0 what is the new wavelength?
3. A TEM plane wave with Ex = Eox cos (1.2x1010t 39.8z) propagates in
free space until it passes through the wall of a building where you are
trying to receive a text message from your friend. Assume the relative
dielectric constant of the wall is 2.3. Determine the following:
a) frequency in Hz of the signal
b) phase velocity of the signal in free space
c) phase velocity of the signal as it passes through the building wall
d) impedance of the wall (in ohms)
4. An RG58 coaxial cable has a characteristic impedance of 50 ohms. The
inductance of a 0.5m long cable is measured to be 125 nH. What is
the associated capacitance per unit length for this cable, assuming the
cable is lossless?
5. For a lossless 50- transmission line terminated with an ideal
resistance of 10 , determine the following:
a) Voltage reflection coefficient, , at the load ( in mag and phase,
in degrees)
b) Return Loss, RL, (in dB) at the load
c) Standing Wave Ratio, SWR, at the load
d) Power reflection coefficient, p, at the load
6. A lossless 50- transmission line which is 0.2 long is terminated with
a complex impedance, ZL = 25 j25. Determine the following:
a) (mag and phase, in degrees) at the load
b) at the input to the TX line
c) Impedance at the input to the line
d) RL(in dB) at the input to the line

7. An RF source (generator) with a 50- internal impedance is accidently

connected to a 75- coaxial cable. What is the mismatch loss (in dB)
caused by this impedance mismatch?
8. A lossless 50- transmission line is terminated with a complex
impedance, ZL = 30 + j30. How long (in ) must the transmission line
be so that the impedance at the input of the TX line is purely real? If
the frequency is 500 MHz and we assume the r of the TX line is 1.0,
what would be the actual (physical) length (in cm) of this transmission
line?
9. Convert the following:
a) 14 dBm = ? mW
b) 600mW = ? dBm
10.
Using a lossless quarter-wave transformer to impedance match a
50- source to a 100- load,
a) What is the required characteristic impedance (in ) of the
quarter-wave transmission line?
b) What is the length (in mm) of the quarter-wave transformer if the
operating frequency is 5GHz? (assume r of the ideal TX line is
1.0)
11.
Determine the admittance of the following impedances:
a) Z1 = 20 j50
b) Z2 = 50 + j100.