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In this activity, the group will have to solve some practical problems using
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4.A near monitoring station has put 75Ω coaxial transmission line with a
length of 20m and is terminated with an antenna of 35 + 𝑗78Ω. If the
relative permittivity of the line is 2.56 and the frequency is 3GHz, find
the input impedance to the line, the reflection coefficient at the load, the
reflection coefficient at the input, and the SWR on the line.
Solution.
First, we calculate the reflection coefficient of the load.
𝑍𝑙 − 𝑍𝑜 35 + 78𝑗 − 75 421 2925
ℾ= = = + 𝑗
𝑍𝑙 + 𝑍𝑜 35 + 75𝑗 + 75 4546 4546

ℾ = 0.09260 + 0.6434𝑗
ℾ = 0.6500 /81.810°

The calculi of SWR It is done in the following way.

1 + |ℾ| 1 + 0.65
𝑆𝑊𝑅 = = = 4.714
1 − |ℾ| 1 − 0.65

We now calculate at a distance of 20 m.

ℾ1(20) = ℾ𝑒 −𝑗2𝛽𝑙

We express length in terms of lambda to be able to cancel.

𝑐 3 ∗ 108 𝑚/𝑠
𝜆= =
𝑓 3 𝐺𝐻𝑍
passing meters to gigameters we have left
0.3 𝐺
= 0.1
3𝐺

𝑙 = 20 𝑚 = 333.28 𝜆
The input impedance is.

𝑍𝐿 + 𝐽𝑍0 tan(2𝜋𝑙)
𝑍𝑖𝑛 = 𝑍0 ( )
𝑍0 + 𝑗𝑍𝑙 tan(2𝜋𝑙)

35 + 78𝑗 + 𝑗75 tan(666.56𝜋)

𝑍𝑖𝑛(20) = 75 ( )
75 + 𝑗(35 + 78𝑗)tan(666.5𝜋)

𝑍𝑖𝑛(20) = 20.9365 − 40.9099𝑗

𝑍𝑖𝑛(20) = 45.9560 /−62.8979°