UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

Major Test No.: 1

Semester Course

EHF3701

High Frequency Electronics

Examiner: Mr. W.D Govender Moderator: Mr. W.D Govender

External Moderator: Mr. M.Z. Gaffoor Marks: 65
Duration: 90 Minutes Weight of Assessment: 35%
INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL STUDENTS:
1. Honor Pledge: I have neither given nor received aid on the examination.
2. This is a closed book examination.
3. Plagiarism is the act of taking words, ideas and thoughts of others and
presenting it as your own. It is a form of theft which involves a number of
dishonest academic activities.
4. Write neatly and legibly using black ink.
5. This paper consists of 4 questions. Your answer to each question attempted
should commence on a new page, be spaced out adequately and be
appropriately numbered.
6. Answer all questions.
7. Read the questions carefully.
8. Pay careful attention to the allocated marks.

Welcome to the School of Engineering.

QUESTION 1 – Multiple Choice Questions

1.1. A 5km long line has a characteristic impedance of 75Ω. If the length of the same
line is now 10km, what is the new characteristic impedance of the line? [1]
A. 400Ω
B. 150Ω
C. 75Ω
D. 400Ω

1.2. Select if the statement is true or false: On the N-port network, the scattering
matrix relates the voltage waves incident on the ports to those reflected from the
ports. [1]
A. True
B. False

1.3. Which of the following techniques can be used for impedance matching? [1]
A. Matching with lumped elements (L networks)
B. Single stub and double-stub tuning.
C. Quarter wave transformer
D. All of the above

1.4. Which of the following is not possible in a circular waveguide? [1]

A. TE10
B. TE01
C. TE11
D. TE12

1.5. Which of the following modes can exist in a rectangular wave guide? [1]
A. TM10
B. TE10
C. TM00
D. TM01

1.6. The VSWR can have any value between. [1]

A. 0 and 1
B. – 1 and + 1
C. 0 and ∞
D. 1 and ∞

1.7. A transmission line has a characteristic impedance of 50Ω and a resistance of

0.1Ω/m. If the line is distortion-less, what is the attenuation constant (in Np/m)? [1]
A. 500
B. 5
C. 0.014
D. 0.002

[7]
QUESTION 2

2.1. A 10 cm length of a K-band copper waveguide is filled with a dielectric material with
𝜖𝑟 = 2.55 and tanδ = 0.0015. If the operating frequency is 15 GHz, determine:
2.1.1. The total loss through the guide [6]
2.1.2. The phase delay from the input to the output of the guide. [1]
(Parameters: 𝑎 = 1.07𝑐𝑚, = 0.43𝑐𝑚 and 𝜎 = 5.8 × 107 )

[7]

QUESTION 3

3.1. Show that the input impedance Z of the parallel RLC circuit in Figure 1 satisfies the
condition that Z(−ω) = Z∗(ω). [4]

Figure 1

3.2. Determine the scattering parameters of the 3 dB attenuator circuit shown in

Figure 2. [6]

Figure 2

3.3. Find the ABCD matrix for the circuit in Figure 3 by direct calculation using the
definition of the ABCD matrix, and compare with the ABCD matrix of the
appropriate cascade of canonical circuits from Table 5. [7]

Figure 3

3.4. At reference plane A, in Figure 4, let the reference impedance be 50 Ω. Find the
power wave amplitudes, and compute the power delivered to the load. Assume the
transmission line is lossless. [8]
 Figure 4
[25]

QUESTION 4

4.1. Design a single-section quarter-wave matching transformer to match a 10 Ω load [6]

to a 50 Ω transmission line at f0 = 3 GHz. Determine the percentage bandwidth for
which the SWR ≤ 1.5.

4.2. Design a three-section binomial transformer to match a 50 Ω load to a 100 Ω line

and calculate the bandwidth for 𝑚 = 0.05. [10]

4.3. Design a three-section Chebyshev transformer to match a 100Ω load to a 50Ω line
and calculate the bandwidth for 𝑚 = 0.05. [10]

[26]

END OF TEST!
Total: [65]
 Formula Sheet

Ф=
Table 1: Summary of Results for Plane Wave Propagation in Various Media

Table 2: Summary of Results for Circular Waveguide

Table 3: Summary of Results for Rectangular Waveguide

Table 4: Summary of Results for Parallel Plate Waveguide

Table 5: ABCD Parameters
Table 6: Binomial Transformer Design

Table 7: Chebyshev Transformer Design