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II B. Tech II Semester, Supplementary Examinations, Nov/ Dec - 2011

ELECTRO MAGNETIC WAVES AND TRANSMISSION LINES
(Electronics and Communications Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks

1. a) State and prove Gausss law. Give three applications of Gausss law with suitable
examples.
b)When six equal charges of Q =10 pico coulombs are located at (2,0,0),(3,0,0),(4,0,0),
(5,0,0),(6,0,0) and (7,0,0); find the potential at the origin. (8M+8M)

2. a) State Amperes current law. Specify the conditions to be met for determining magnetic
field strength H, based on Amperes circuital law.
b) Find the magnetic field strength, H at the centre of square conducting loop of side a in
z = 0 plane if the loop is carrying a current I in anti clock wise direction. (6M+10M)

3. a) Derive Maxwells equations from their basics.
b) Given E= 25 sin (et-z) a
y
V/m in free space, Determine D, B and H (8M+8M)

4. a) For good dielectrics derive the expressions for u, , u and q.
b) A medium like copper conductor which is characterized by the parameters o = 5.8x10
7

mho/m, c
r
= 1,
r
= 1 supports a uniform plane wave of frequency 50Hz.
Find u, , u, q and . (8M+8M)

5. a) Define Brewster angle and derive an expression for Brewster angle when a wave is
parallelly polarized.
b) A polarized wave is incident from air to polystyrene with =
o
, c = 2.6c
o
at Brewster
angle. Determine the transmission angle. (8M+8M)


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6. a) Discuss the presence of TE, TM, TEM waves in parallel plane wave guides and explain
their significance.
b) A hallow rectangular waveguide has the dimensions of a =2.286 cm, and b=1.016cm.
Find the cutoff frequencies of TM
11
and TM
20.
(8M+8M)

7. a) Using the general line equations obtain an expression for the input impedance of a line.
b) A loss less transmission line has a capacitance of 50 pF/m and an inductor of 200nH/m.
Find the characteristic impedance for section of a line 10m long and 500m long.
(8M+8M)

8. a) Discuss about single and double stub matching.
b) A load of (25 j50)O is connected across a 50O line. Design a short circuited stub in
order to provide impedance matching between the two at a signal frequency of 60MHz.
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II B. Tech II Semester, Supplementary Examinations, Nov/ Dec - 2011

ELECTRO MAGNETIC WAVES AND TRANSMISSION LINES
(Electronics and Communications Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks

1. a) Derive Poissons and Laplaces equations starting from Gauss law.
b) There exists a potential of V= -2.5V on a conductor at r = 0.02 m and V=15V at r =
0.35m. A dielectric material whose c
r
=

3.0 exists between the conductors. Determine the
surface charge densities on the conductors. (8M+8M)

2. a) What do you mean by vector magnetic potential? What are the characteristics of vector
magnetic potential, Derive A for surface current?
b) The vector magnetic potential A due to a direct current in a conductor in free space is
given by a A= (x
2
+y
2
) a
z
Wb/m
2
. Determine the magnetic field produced by the current
element at (1, 2, 3) (8M+8M)

3. a) Explain how the concept of displacement current was introduced by Maxwell to account
for the production of magnetic fields in the empty space.
b) In free space the magnetic field of an EM wave is given by H = 0.2 ec
0
cos(et 25x)
a
z
A/m. Find the electric field E and displacement current density D (8M+8M)

4. a) Define uniform plane wave. Prove that uniform plane wave does not have field
components in the direction of propagation.
b) If c
r
= 9, =
0
for a medium in which a wave with a frequency of f = 0.3GHz is
propagating , determine the propagation constant and intrinsic impedance of the medium
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5. a) Show that in a good conductor, the skin depth is always much shorter than the
wavelength.
b) Write short notes on
i) total internal reflection
ii) surface impedance (8M+8M)
6. a) Explain the factors on which cutoff frequency of a parallel plate waveguide depend.
b) A hallow rectangular waveguide operates at 10 GHz. If the cutoff frequency of TM
21
mode is 6 GHz, find its phase velocity, wavelength and phase constant. (8M+8M)

7. a) Explain about the propagation constant in transmission lines.
b) Write short notes on distortion less line.
c) A lossy cable which has R =2.25O/m, L =1.0 H/m, C = 1pF/m and G = 0 operates at f
= 0.5GHz. Find out the attenuation constant of the line. (4M+4M+8M)

8. a) Define reflection coefficient and derive the expression for the input impedance in terms
of reflection coefficient.
b) A transmission line of length 0.40 has a characteristics impedance of 50O and is
terminated in a load impedance of (100 + j90)O. Find the i) voltage reflection coefficient
and ii) voltage standing wave ratio. (8M+8M)












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II B. Tech II Semester, Supplementary Examinations, Nov/ Dec - 2011

ELECTRO MAGNETIC WAVES AND TRANSMISSION LINES
(Electronics and Communications Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks

1. a) State Coulombs law of force between any two point charges, and indicate the units of
the quantities in the force equation.
b) An infinite length of uniform line charge has p
L
= 10 PC/m and it lies along the Z axis.
Determine electric field E at (4,3,3) (8M+8M)

2. a) Explain the following terms:
i) Magnetic flux density
ii) Vector Magnetic potential
iii) Magnetic scalar potential
b) If the magnetic field is H = (0.01/0) a
x
A/m, What is the force on a charge of 1.0 pico
coulomb moving with a velocity of 10
6
a
x
m/s (8M+8M)

3. a) Obtain the integral form of Maxwells equations from Amperes circuital law.
b) An electric filed in a medium which is source free is given by E = 2.5 cos (10
8
t-z)a
x
v/m. Obtain B,H, and D. Assume c
r
=1,
r
= 1 and o = 0. (8M+8M)

4. a) Discuss about uniform plane waves in lossless dielectrics and establish the relationship
between electric and magnetic fields in the medium.
b) The wavelength of an x-directed plane wave in a loss less medium is 0.25m and the
velocity of propagation is 2.510
10
cm/s. The wave has z- directed electric filed with an
amplitude equal to 10 v/m. Find the frequency and permittivity of the medium. Assume
=
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5. a) Derive an expression for reflection when a wave is incident on a dielectric obliquely
with parallel polarization.
b) Define surface impedance and explain its significance. (8M+8M)

6. a) Obtain the frequency in terms of cut off frequency f
c
at which the attenuation constant
due to conductor losses for TM
n
mode is minimum for parallel plate waveguide.
b) A rectangular waveguide with dimensions 3x2 cm operates at 10 GHz. Find f
c
,
c,
,
g,

g,
V
p
of

TE
10
mode. (8M+8M)

7. a) What are different types of losses in transmission lines explain?
b) A transmission line in which no distortion is present has the following parameters, z
0
=
50O, u = 0.020m
-1
, u = 0.6v
0
.Determine R, L, G, C and wave length at 0.1GHz
(8M+8M)

8. a) Explain how the input impedance of transmission lines varies with the frequency with
sketches
b) Describe the characteristics of UHF lines.
c) Find the input impedance of 75O loss less transmission lines of length (0.1) if it is
terminated in open circuit. (4M+6M+6M)










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II B. Tech II Semester, Supplementary Examinations, Nov/ Dec - 2011

ELECTRO MAGNETIC WAVES AND TRANSMISSION LINES
(Electronics and Communications Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks

1. a) Define and distinguish between the terms electric filed, electric displacement and
electric flux density.
b) An infinite line charge p
L
= 10nc/m parallel to z axis is at x=2, y= 3 in free space find E
at (0,1,2) (8M+8M)

2. a) Obtain an expression for differential magnetic field strength dH due to differential
current element Idl at the origin in the positive Z-direction.
b) If the separation between two infinitely long current elements is 5m and the elements
carry 2 Amperes in opposite direction, find the magnetic field at 1m from one current
element. (8M+8M)

3. a) State the boundary conditions satisfied by electromagnetic fields E and H at any surface
of discontinuity. (8M+8M)
b) If two regions are defined by X
1
< 0, X
2
> 0 and characterized by
r1
=3.0 and
r2
= 5.0 If
the magnetic filed in region 1 is given by H
1
= 4.0 a
x
+ 1.5a
y
3.0 a
z
,a/m find H
2


4. a) Discuss about the propagation characteristics of EM waves in conducting medium.
b) An elliptically polarized wave has an electric field of E = sin (et z) a
x
+ 2sin
(et-z+75
0
) a
y
v/m. Find the power per unit area conveyed by the wave in free space.
(8M+8M)

5. a) State and prove pointing theorem.
b) An EM wave in free space is incident normally on a dielectric whose
r
=5.0 Find the
reflection and transmission coefficients. (8M+8M)


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6. a) What are the field components for TM waves? Derive them and draw the sketches for
TM
10
mode.
b) Find the broad wall dimension of a rectangular waveguide when the cutoff frequency for
TE
10
mode is 6 GHz. (8M+8M)

7. a) Explain how the input impedance varies with frequency with sketches.
b) What is loading? Explain different types of loading in transmission lines. (8M+8M)

8. a) Explain the principle of impedance matching with quarter wave transformer.
b) A 75O line is terminated by a load of (60+j80)O. Find the maximum and minimum
impedances on the line.
c) Mention the application of Schmitt chart. (8M+6M+2M)


















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