DepartmentofElectricalEngineeringandComputerScience

EEL6482ElectromagneticTheory
Homework/ProjectSetNo.4

Problem20.

ForastandardXbandrectangularwaveguide,thewaveguidedimensionisa=0.9in
(22.86mm)andb=0.4in(10.16mm).Assumethewaveguideoperatesatitsdominant
modeTE10.Thewaveguideisairfilled.
(1) Findthefrequencyrangesothatonlythedominantmodecanpropagate;
(2) Determineitslengthfor2s group delay at 10GHz;
(3) Weusethiswaveguidetosendasignal using dominant mode with
E y (2 cos 2f 1t cos 2f 2 t ) cos 2f 3t
at z = 0 passing through 1000 meter long.
Assume f1 100 MHz, f 2 400 MHz, and f 3 10 GHz. Find the expression of the
signal at the output of the waveguide (z = 1000 m).

Problem21.

FortheXbandwaveguidediscussedinlastproblem
(1) Find the analytical expression for dominant modes cutoff frequency, guide
wavelength, phase velocity, group velocity, characteristic impedance if the waveguide
is filled with lossless polystyrene ( r =2.56 , nonmagnetic ).
(2) Whenweconnectanemptywaveguide(airfilled)withalosslesspolystyrenefilled
waveguide,wecandesignabinomialtransformer(waveguidesectionsfullyfilled
withappropriatedielectrics)likewhatwedidformultilayerslabs.Thedimensions
keepthesame.Ifweneedthemaximumallowablereflectioncoefficienttobeless
than0.005,findtheorder,dielectricconstantandlengthofeachwaveguidesection.
(3) Ifthewaveguideismadeofcopper( =5.76 107 S /m andlosstangentfora
lossypolystyreneis 3 104 ,findtheattenuationconstant(consideringboth
conductoranddielectriclosses).

Problem22.
Thefollowingfigureshowsthecrosssectionofawaveguide.Allthewallsareperfect
magneticconductor(PMC).FortheTMmodesinthewaveguide,
(1) writedowntheHelmholtzequationthatEzmustsatisfy;
(2) writedowntheboundaryconditionsforEz;
(3) solvetheequationfrom(1)togetherwithboundaryconditionsin(2)tofindkxand
ky;
(4) findtheexpressionforthepropagationconstantkz;
(5) findtheexpressionforEz;
(6) findtheotherfieldcomponents;
(7) findtheexpressionofguidewavelength;
(8) findtheexpressionofcutofffrequency;
y PMC

PMC
PMC
b
PMC

x
a
z

(9) findtheexpressionof
phasevelocity;
(10)findtheexpressionofgroupvelocity;
(11)sketchthefieldpatternforTE12andTM21mode.
Problem23.

An air-filled circular waveguide of radius a has a perfect magnetic conductor baffle

placed along its length at =0 extending from =0 to a, as shown in the figure. For TE
modes and TM modes,
(1) Solve Helmholtz equations together with boundary conditions, find the expressions
for EzandHz;
(2) Find the cutoff frequencies for TE and TM modes;
(3) Find the guide wavelength for TE and TM modes;
(4) What are the three lowest TE modes and three lowest TM modes? Which mode is the
dominant mode?
(5) When radius a is fixed at 2cm, find the frequency range so that only the dominant
mode can propagate.

Hint: You need to find the zeros of J 1 / 2 ( x) 0 , J 3 / 2 ( x) 0 , J 5 / 2 ( x ) 0 ,
J 1 / 2 ( x) 0 , J 3 / 2 ( x) 0 , J 5 / 2 ( x ) 0 etc. using fsolve and compare.

Problem24.

Forperfectmagneticconductorgroundeddielectricwaveguideasshowninthefigure
below,
(1) FindthecharacteristicequationforTEmodesusingbothfieldanalysisandtransverse
resonancemethod;
x
0, 0

d r0, 0

Perfect Magnetic Conductor

(2) Findthecharacteristicequation
forTMmodesusingbothfieldanalysisandtransverseresonancemethod;
(3) FindthecutofffrequencyforTEmodes;
(4) FindthecutofffrequencyforTMmodes;
(5) FindallthefieldcomponentsforTEmodes;
(6) FindallthefieldcomponentsforTMmodes;
(7) Whenr=2.55, plot the dispersion diagram for the first four modes. You need to plot
re versus (d/0).
(8) When r=2.55 and (d/0)=0.3, plot the Ey distribution for TE0 mode and
Hy distribution for TM0 mode.

Problem 25.

Forthenonuniformparallelplatedielectricwaveguideasshowninthefollowingfigure,
thedielectricconstantdistributioninsidetheslabisgivenby
r 2.6 0.1( 2 x / d ) 2
WriteMatlabprogramstodothefollowing:
(1) Findthecutoff(d/values for TE0, TE1, TE2, TM0, TM1 and TM2 modes
numerically;
(2) Plot re versus (d/from cutoff value to 2.0) for the above 6 modes;

0 0 x

0 r(x) 0
d z

0 0

(3) When (d/= 1.2,

plot Ey(x), Hz(x) and Hx(x) versus x (from -5 to 5for the first 3 TE modes and
Hy(x), Ez(x) and Ex(x) versus x (from -5 to 5for the first 3 TM modes

Problem26.

Usetheeffectivedielectricconstantmethodtoanalyzethemodewithelectricfield
directionshownbelowforridgewaveguide.Hereallthedielectricmaterialsareassumed
tobenonmagnetic.r1=6.6, r2=2.56, r3=2.10, a=2b, b=c, and a=0.80. Find re. You are
required to use both approaches of EDC method to solve the problem and compare your
results of different approaches.
E
0
b r10

c r20
a

r3