c) A lossless parallel strip line h as copper conducting strip s each o f w id th w = l 8m m separated

by q u artz dielectric o f dielectric constant 3.8 having thickness o f 2.5 m m . T he conductivity

o f copper is 5.8 x 107 U /m and that o f quartz is 2 x 10"1 U /m . T he frequency o f operation is
12 G H z. C alculate i) C haracteristic im pedance o f parallel strip line ii) P hase velocity o f the

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propagating w ave iii) S hunt conductance o f the dielectric iv) A ttenuation constant for
dielectric.

7.

a)

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W hat is G U N N effect? E x p lain the principle o f operation o f G U N N d io d e as a m icrow ave

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oscillato r w ith necessary diagram s.

b) Explain construction & w orking o f S chottky diode.

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c) An IM P A T T diode has a drift length o f 2.5 Jim. I f the basic sem iconductor m aterial is
silicon fo r w hich th e drift velocity i s -5 x 106 cm /sec, d eterm ine i) the drift tim e o f the

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carriers (ii) the nom inal frequency o f the IM P A T T diode.

OR
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9.

a) E xplain the principle o f o peration o f param etric am plifier.

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b) D iscuss w ith diagram PIN diode as a sw itched line phase shifter.

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c) E xplain R W H ,tiieory.

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a) E xplain the conventional pulsed radar w ith block diagram .

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b) A 10G H z R adar has th e follow ing characteristics,

P eak transm itted pow er= 250 K W , Pow er gain o f antcnna= 2500,
M inim um detectable p eak sig n al pow er by th e rcceiv er= IO '14 watt,
C ross-sectional area o f th e ra d ar antenna= 10 m 2.
I f th is radar w ere to be used to d etect a target o f 2 m 2 equivalent cross-section, find the

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m axim um range possible.

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c ) E xplain the different ap p licatio n s o f radar.

OR
10.

a) D eriv e ra d ar range equation.

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b) A M T I ra d ar operating at w avelength 10cm has a P R F o f 1KHz. C alculate tl>c first three

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blind speeds.
c) E xplain the w orking o f M TI radar w ith a block diagram .

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s id d h A r t h a in s t it u t e o f t e c h n o l o g y , t u m k u r .

(A n A utonom ous Institution under V isvcsvaraya T echnological U niversity, B clgaum .)

VI SEMISTER BE, END TERM EX AMIN ATION-M AY/JUNE 2011

ES64 : Microwaves & Radars
DURATION: 3 Hours____________ .___________
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MAX. M ARKS: 100

a) P rove that propagation co n stan t y=VZY for a transm ission line.

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b) D erive th e relation betw een standing w ave ratio and reflection coefficient.

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c) A load im pedance Z r = (60-J80) Q. is required to be m atched to a 50 Q. coaxial line b y using

a short circuited stub o f length L located at a distance d from the load. T h e w avelength

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o f operation is I m eter. U sing Sm ith C hart find d and L \ V erify th e results obtained
using analytical expressions.

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2.

a) O btain th e expressions o f E* and Is for a transm ission line.

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b) A transm ission line has th e primary' constants R = 2 fl/m , G = 0 .5 m U /m , L=8 riH/m and

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C = 0.23pF . C alculate Z^, a , |i, y at f= lG H z .

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c) D efine S tanding w aves and S W R o f a transm ission line.

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a) E xplain all th e properties o f S -m atrix w ith proof.

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b) W hat are attenuators? W ith a neat diagram explain th e precision ty p e attenuator.

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OR
4.

a) D eriv e S -m atrix o f E -p lain T ee.

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b) W hat arc tw o -h o lc directional couplers? D erive its S -m atrix and give its applications.
c) A m atched isolator has insertion loss o f 0.6dB and an isolation o f 30 dI3.

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Find the

scatterin g co efficients.

5.

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a ) D eriv e expression for propagation o f T E w aves in rectan g u lar w aveguides.

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b) D eterm ine th e c u t-o ff w avelength for the d om inant m ode in a re ctan g u lar w aveguide o f
breadth o f lOcm s. F o r a 2.5 G H z signal propagated in this w aveguide in th e dom inant

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m o d e calculate th e guide w av elen g th and phase velocity.

c)

S how th at characteristic im pedance Zo=3771i/Ve^w o f a m icrostrip line.

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6.

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OR

a) W ith the n eat sketch ex p lain th e m icrostrip lines.

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b) E xplain th e follow ing b riefly,

i)

G uided w avelength

ii) P hase velocity

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iii) G roup V elocity

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