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Code No: 117FE R13

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD


B. Tech IV Year I Semester Examinations, November/December - 2016
MICROWAVE ENGINEERING
(Electronics and Communication Engineering)
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 75
Note: This question paper contains two parts A and B. Part A is compulsory which carries
25 marks. Answer all questions in Part A. Part B consists of 5 Units. Answer any one
full question from each unit. Each question carries 10 marks and may have a, b, c as
sub questions.

PART- A
(25 Marks)
1.a) Calculate the group and phase velocities for an angle of incidence of 330. [2]
b) Explain how the excitation of modes is done in rectangular waveguide? [3]
c) What is Q Factor? [2]
d) Write short notes on Waveguide Irises. [3]
e) What are the limitations of conventional vacuum tubes at microwave frequencies? [2]
f) What is the principle of working of Backward Wave Oscillator? [3]
g) What are the disadvantages of strapping? [2]
h) A magnetron has a cathode radius of 2.5 mm and an anode radius of 5 mm. What is the
cut-off potential if a 0.27-Wb/m2 magnetic field is applied? [3]
i) What is Q of a Cavity Resonator? [2]
j) Why the S-parameters are used in microwaves? [3]

PART-B
(50 Marks)
2.a) Discuss the significance and advantage of dominant mode in rectangular waveguide.
b) A rectangular waveguide with a width of 4 cm and a height of 2 cm is used to propagate
an electromagnetic wave in the TE10 mode. Determine the wave impedance, phase
velocity, and group velocity of the waveguide for the wavelength of 6 cm. [5+5]
OR
3.a) Distinguish between TE and TM modes of the propagation in rectangular waveguide.
b) A wave of frequency 6GHz is propagated in a parallel plane waveguide separated by
3cm. Calculate i) the cut-off wavelength for the dominant mode. ii) Wavelength in the
waveguide. iii) the group and phase velocities. iv) Characteristic wave impedance. [6+4]

4.a) A 20mV signal is fed to the series arm of a lossless Magic Tee junction. Calculate the
power delivered through each port when other ports are terminated with a matched load.
b) Explain coupling probes and coupling loops. [4+6]
OR
5.a) Explain the working of a two-hole directional coupler with a neat diagram and derive the
expression for the coupling and directivity of a two-hole directional coupler.
b) For a directional coupler, the incident power is 550 mW. Calculate the power in the main
and auxiliary arm. The coupling factor is 30 dB. [6+4]

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6. Explain in detail bunching process and obtain expression for bunching parameter in a two
cavity klystron. [10]
OR
7.a) The parameters of a two-cavity klystron are given by Vb = 900 V, f = 3.2 GHz, and
d = 10-3 m. Determine electron velocity, transit angle, and beam coupling coefficient.
b) Explain the principle of working of Travelling Wave Tube. [3+7]

8.a) Derive the Hartree anode Voltage equation for linear magnetron.
b) A normal circular magnetron has the following parameters: Inner radius 0.15 m, outer
radius 0.45 m, Magnetic flux density 1.6 milli weber/ . (i) Determine Hull cut-off
voltage (ii) Determine the Hull cut-off magnetic flux density if the beam voltage
is 4000 V. [6+4]
OR
9.a) Explain Gunn Effect using two-valley theory? Also explain several modes of operation
and applications of Gunn diodes.
b) Give the classification of solid state microwave devices. [6+4]

10.a) Find the S matrix for a matched isolator having an insertion loss of 0.5dB and isolation of
25dB.
b) Explain the S-matrix representation of a multiport microwave network and its
significance. [4+6]
OR
11.a) Describe the blocks of microwave bench and their features.
b) Calculate the VSWR of a transmission system operating at 15 GHz.TE10 modes is
propagating through the waveguide of dimensions 4.0 and 2.1 cm respectively. The
distance between two successive minima is 1.5 mm. [7+3]

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