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ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
Question Bank
U19EC520 - TRANSMISSION LINES AND WAVEGUIDES
Q.No. Questions KL CO
Attainment
UNIT- 1 Part A
1. What are the secondary constants of a line? Why the line parameters K1 CO1
are called distributed elements?
2. What is the condition a transmission line to be satisfied to become K1 CO1
distortion less line?
3. What is a infinite line? Write down the significance of this line? K1 CO1
4. Draw the equivalent circuit of a two wire transmission line. K1 CO1

5. A Lossless line has a shunt capacitance of 69 pF and a series K3 CO1

inductance of 0.387μH. Calculate the characteristic impedance?
6. What are primary line constants? What is its significance? K1 CO1
7. Compute the Attenuation and phase shift constant of a wave K2 CO1
propagating along the line whose propagation constant is
1.048 x 10-4∟88.8o
8. How would you relate the units Decibel and Neper? K1 CO1
9. Define Characteristic impedance of a transmission line. K1 CO1
10. Define Propagation constant of a transmission line K1 CO1
11. What is wavelength of a line? Give its expression. K1 CO1
12. List the different types of distortions that occur in transmission line? K1 CO1
13. How frequency distortion occurs in a line? K1 CO1
14. How to avoid the frequency distortion that occurs in the line? K1 CO1
15. What is delay distortion? How would you minimize this distortion? K1 CO1
16. What is a distortion less line? What is the condition for a distortion K1 CO1
less line?

17. What is Loading? What are the types of loading? K1 CO1

18. Define reflection coefficient. When reflection occurs in a line? K1 CO1
19. Define the term insertion loss K1 CO1

20. When a transmission line will deliver maximum power to the load? K1 CO1
Part B
1 Develop the expressions for voltage & current at any point on line K3 CO1
which is at a distance ‘s’ from the receiving end in terms of receiving
 end voltage & current
2 A generator of 1V, 1 kHz frequency, supplies power to a 100 km K3 CO1
open wire line terminated in 100 Ω resistance. The line parameter are
R= 20.8 Ω/km, L=0.00367H/km, G=0.8×10-6 mho/km.
C=0.00835μF/km. Determine the following
i) The Primary and Secondary Line constants.
ii) The Velocity and Wavelength. iii)The Received power at Load.
3 Starting from fundamentals deduce an expression for the input K4 CO1
impedance of a two wire transmission line with arbitrary load
conditions.
4 Derive the condition for distortion less transmission line. K3 CO1
5 At 8 MHz the characteristic impedance of a transmission line is (40- K3 CO1
j2)Ω and the propagation constant is (0.01+j0.18) per meter.
Calculate the primary constants of the line
6 Derive the expressions for Characteristic impedance and propagation K3 CO1
constant in terms of primary line constants.
7 With the help of necessary phasor diagrams explain the concept of K2 CO1
reflection that occur when it is not terminated with Zo.
8 Explain in detail about loading in telephone cable. Derive Campell’s K3 CO1
equation.
9 Explain the theory of open and short circuited lines along with K2 CO1
voltage and current distribution diagrams
10 A generator of 1V, 1 kHz frequency, supplies power to a 100 km K3 CO1
open wire line terminated in 100 Ω resistance. The line parameter are
R= 20.8 Ω/km, L=0.00367H/km, G=0.8×10-6 mho/km.
C=0.00835μF/km. Determine the following
Find the following

i) The reflection co-efficient

ii) The input impedance of the line
iii) Input current and received current
iv) The load voltage
v) Power delivered to the load
vi) Efficiency of transmission.

UNIT-II Part A
1 Explain the reasons for an open line not frequently employed for K2 CO2
impedance matching.
2 List the applications of the smith chart. K1 CO2
3 Explain the significance of λ/4 lines. K2 CO2
4 A 50Ω line transmission line is terminated with load impedance of K3 CO2
 ZR= 90+j60.Calculate the reflection coefficient.
5 How do you relate the transmission line parameters SWR and K1 CO2
Reflection coefficient?
6 Determine the impedance of a quarter wave transformer to match a K3 CO2
load of 300Ω to a source resistance of 500Ω and the source frequency
is 200MHz.
7 Determine the reflection co-efficient of a line when ZL=200 Ω and K3 CO2
Zo = 692∟-12oΩ.
8 Compare λ/4 line with λ/2 line. K4 CO2
9 Recall the assumptions for the analysis of the performance of the K1 CO2
radio frequency line.
10 Write the expressions for inductance L and capacitance of a open K1 CO2
wire line and coaxial line.
11 Write the expressions for α and β for the dissipation less line. K1 CO2
12 What are standing waves? Mention the nodes and antinodes on a K1 CO2
standing wave pattern?
13 Define SWR (Standing Wave Ratio).mention its range. K1 CO2
14 Define Reflection co-efficient. mention its range. K1 CO2
15 Write the input impedance of open and short circuited lines operating K1 CO2
at RF.
16 Why is a quarter wave line called as impendence inverter? K1 CO2
17 What are the applications of the quarter wave matching section ? K1 CO2
18 What do you mean by Stub? How it can be used for impendence K1 CO2
matching?
19 What are the difficulties in single stub matching? K1 CO2
20 What is double stub matching? Mention its advantages. K1 CO2
PART B
1 Develop the expressions for Voltage & Current at any point on the K3 CO2
transmission line at Radio frequencies which is at a distance ‘s’ from
the receiving end in terms of receiving end voltage & current
2 For a transmission line with a characteristics impedance Zo=75 Ω K3 CO2
and a load impedance ZL= 45-j100Ω .Determine SWR, the distance a
shorted stub must be placed from the load to match the load to the
line, and the length of the stub using smith chart.
3 An air filled two wire line has a characteristic impedance of 50Ω and K3 CO2
is operated at f=3GHz.The load impedance is 100+j40Ω.Determine
the following using smith chart
a)The normalized load impedance.
b)The line impedance at 2.5cm from the load.
c)VSWR
4 Derive the expression that permit easy measurement of power flow K3 CO2
on a line of negligible losses.
5 With the necessary diagrams prove that the sections of RF K2 CO2
transmission lines terminated with open or short circuit can be used
as impedance matching devices.
6 Explain the following. K2 CO2
i)Reflection on a line not terminated in Zo
ii)open and short circuited RF transmission lines
7 A UHF lossless transmission line working at 1 GHz is connected to K3 CO2
an unmatched line producing a reflection coefficient of 0.5∟300.
Determine the location and length of the stub to match the line
analytically.
8 Explain in detail about power and impedance measurement on a line. K2 CO2
9 Explain in detail about single stub matching. K2 CO2

10 Explain the following with necessary diagrams and expressions K2 CO2

i) Standing waves
ii) Standing wave ratio
iii) Measurement of SWR.