EC 2204

1.

The length of a microstrip trace line connecting

two components on a chip is 50 cm. A sinusoidal
signal of frequency 1 GHz is supplied to the trace
at one end. Assuming the velocity of propagation
of the signal is 2e8 m/s,

a)

The transmission line parameters of a line are

R = 0.2 / m, L = 0.3 H / m,G = 0 / m,C = 15 pF / m

. At an operating frequency of 1 GHz,

a)

3.

300 transmission line is connected to a circuit

with an input impedance of 75 + j35 .
A

a)

Find the VSWR of the line

b) Maximum impedance seen on the line =

c)
7.

Minimum impedance seen on the line =

You are required to design a system that will detect broken transmission lines. The transmission
lines run underwater over distances of 5000 km. It
is very expensive to go along the transmission line
looking for the exact region that is broken. The
requirements are that your system should be able
to predict the position of the breakage of the line,
so that service personnel can be sent to that exact
location to fix it.

a)

A RG-59U coaxial cable has a loss of 10 dB per

100 ft of length. A 10 V-3A signal is generated using a function generator and connected to one end
of the 50 ft long cable. On the other side, the cable
is impedance matched to a set top box unit.

b) What kind of a source would you choose ? Would

you choose a square waveform or a sinusoidal
waveform or a Gaussian waveform or an impulse
function or a series of impulses? Why ?

A transmission line with characteristic impedance

Z 0 = 50 j5 and propagation constant

ance of

a)

100 + j50 .

Reflection coecient of the line at the load end =

b) Reflection coecient of the line 5m from the load

=

50 BNC cable line, the reflection coeffi

cient is measured at the load end to be 0.730 .
On a

If the propagation constant of the line is

2089 / m ,
a)

c)

Find the power delivered to the load.

= 0.2 + j2.5 / m is connected to a load imped-

5.

6.

b) Calculate the characteristic impedance of the

transmission line.

a)
4.

What is the propagation constant of the transmission line?

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Calculate the time taken by the signal to reach the

other end of the trace.

b) What is the phase dierence between the signal at

the two ends of the trace?
2.

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The impedance seen on the transmission line at a

distance of 4m from the load =

What would be the background technical idea on

which you would design such a system?

List the components you would need to create

such a system and report the approximate cost.

d) What name would you give to your system? Is

there a name already given by the community to
these kinds of devices?
e)

Did you know that at IIT Madras, such a device

was developed on the same principles and was
actually commercialized very recently? Find the
name of the company that bought the technology
from IIT Madras to use it.