Exercises - Antenna & Propagation, Assig. 1 Fundamentals
Exercises - Antenna & Propagation, Assig. 1 Fundamentals
Problem 1.1 :
If a transmitter produces 50 W of power, express the transmit power in units of a) dBm, b) dBW.
Problem 1.2 :
If 50 watts are transmitted by a unity gain antenna at 900 MHz carrier frequency, find the received power (assuming unity gain receiver antenna) in [dBm] and [W] at a free space distance of: a) 100 m from antenna, b) 10 km from antenna.
Problem 1.3 :
Assume an air-filled metallic rectangular waveguide of cross-section 22.86 mm x 10.16 mm. Calculate a) the monomode frequency range, b) the guided wavelength at 10 GHz, c) group velocity and phase velocity at 10 GHz.
Problem 1.4 :
A hypothetical isotropic antenna is radiating in free space. At a distance of 100 m from the antenna, the total electric field is measured to be 5 V/m. a) Find the power density at this location. b) Determine the total power radiated by the antenna.
Problem 1.5 :
A dipole of length 3/2 is resonant at f = 150 MHz. Calculate its mechanical length a) in air, b) in water (rel = 81).
Problem 1.6 :
A charge Q is placed at distance h over an extended, perfectly conducting plate. a) Name the boundary conditions of this problem. b) How can the electric field in the halfspace of the charge be calculated? c) How can the charge distribution and total charge on the plate be determined?
Problem 1.7 :
Calculate for the fields A, A (in Cartesian coordinates) a) div curl A b) curl grad A
Problem 1.8 :
Calculate the surface resistance and skin depth of tin ( = 8.7 x 106 S/m) and silver ( = 61 x 106 S/m) at frequencies 100 MHz and 10 GHz.