Microwave Integrated Circuits

Assignment - 5
1) For a parallel resonant circuit, the input impedance at resonance would be ________
a. Minimum
b. Maximum
c. Zero
d. Imaginary
Ans. b. Maximum

2) The fractional bandwidth of a series resonant circuit is _____

a. 1/ωRC
b. 1/RC
c. ωRC
d. RC
Ans. c. ωRC

3) A series LC circuit connected in shunt with the load will act like _______
a. bandstop filter
b. bandpass filter
c. low pass filter
d. high pass filter
Ans. a. bandstop filter

4) The values of L and C of a constant k-section low pass filter are 11μH and 2 nF respectively. The
value of the cut off frequency ωC is ___________ (use the values of L and C given in the question
directly in the formula of ωC)
a. 26.52 Mrad/s
b. 6.74 Mrad/s
c. 13.48 Mrad/s
d. 15.76 Mrad/s
Ans. c. 13.48 Mrad/s

5) The ½ pi section cascaded at the first and last stage of the composite filter have a value of m equal
to _________ generally to provide a nearly constant impedance match.
a. 0.5
b. 0.4
c. 0.6
d. Can't say
Ans. c. 0.6
6) A resonant circuit has an external Q factor of 2 and an unloaded Q factor of 4. The loaded Q factor
is __________
a. 6
b. 1.333
c. 3
d. 2.82
Ans. b. 1.333

7) An m derived T-section introduces an infinite attenuation pole at 2.05 MHz, while the cut of
frequency is 2 MHz. the value of m is _________
a. 0.21
b. 0.42
c. 0.11
d. 0.63
Ans. a. 0.21

8) A transmission line filter has periodic response ________

a. True
b. False
Ans. a. True

9. A lumped element filter provides steeper attenuation slope as compared to the transmission line
filter __________
a. True
b. False
Ans. b. False

10. Using Kuroda's identity, a shunt capacitor can be replaced by _____________

a. series capacitor
b. series inductor
c. shunt capacitor
d. shunt inductor
Ans. b. series inductor