Millimeter-Wave Technology

Assignment II (10×1 + 5×2)

 Choose the most appropriate answer.
 All symbols have their usual meaning.
Each of following questions carries 1 mark.

1. Loss tangent is defined as the ratio of

a) conductor loss / dielectric loss
b) lossless reaction / lossy reaction
c) dielectric loss / radiation loss
d) imaginary part of total displacement current / real part of total displacement current.
Please go through week 2 presentation slide 4 and related lecture/ discussions for
( / /   ) (imaginary)
better understanding tan  
( / ) (real )
2. The effect of surface roughness is more prominent for
a) attenuation constant
b) phase constant
c) effective dielectric constant
d) none of the above
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better understanding
3. Which is the radiating mode in case of a coplanar waveguide (CPW) structures?
a) Odd.
b) Even
c) Both
d) None
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better understanding
4. Which of the following statement is/are correct about the substrate wave modes?
a) phase velocity is equal to the speed of light.
b) phase velocity is greater than the speed of light
c) phase velocity is smaller than the speed of light
d) none of the above
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5. The cut-off wave number for a TEM wave propagation is
a) Finite number and greater than zero
b) Infinite
c) Equal to one
d) Equal to zero
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better understanding
6. The guiding mode for which voltage and current can be defined is
a) TEM
b) Both TE and TM
c) Hybrid modes
d) None of the above
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better understanding
7. For a TEM wave propagating in the z-direction, which of the following is not a correct
expression for calculating the impedance
E
a) Z  x
Hy

b) Z 


c) Z 

V
d) Z
I

Please go through week 2 presentation slide 10 for answer Z 

8. Which of the following combination of surface wave modes doesn’t have any cut-off
frequency?
a) TE0 and TM1
b) TE0 and TM0
c) TE1 and TM1
d) TE1 and TM0
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9. The connector which is usually not used due to high loss above 1 GHz is
a) SMA
b) APC-7
c) TNC
d) N-type
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better understanding
10. In rectangular waveguide with dimension a × b which is the correct relation between a
and b for maximum power handling capacity avoiding higher order modes?
a) a = b
b) a=2b
c) b = a/2
d) b = 1.5a
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for better understanding
 Each of following questions carries 2 marks.

11. Choose the correct order of cut-off frequencies of a rectangular waveguide with a = 2.5b,
(where a is the broad wall and b is the narrow wall dimension respectively).
a) TE10<TE31<TM11
b) TM11<TE01<TM31
c) TE31<TE41<TM21
d) TM11<TE30<TE21
Please go through week 2 presentation slide 12 and 13 for answer
12. An on-chip antenna is to be designed on a grounded silicon wafer as substrate with
thickness of 350 μm and a permittivity = 11.9. Calculate the approximate frequency in GHz
above which significant amount of power is lost to higher order surface wave modes.
a) 60 GHz
b) 56 GHz
c) 54 GHz
d) 50 GHz
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better understanding.
(𝟐𝒏−𝟏)𝒄
𝒇𝒕 ≅ 𝟒𝒅 𝜺 −𝟏
√ 𝒓

where c = 3×108 m/s, n = 1, 𝜺𝒓 = 𝟏𝟏. 𝟗 and d = 350 μm gives ft= 60 GHz

13. The cut off frequency for TE11 mode in a co-axial line with inner radius 0.8 mm and outer
radius 2.7 mm filled with a dielectric with permittivity 2.2 is
a) 18 GHz.
b) 18.1 GHz.
c) 18.3 GHz.
d) 18.4 GHz.
c
Please go through week 2 presentation slide 33 for answer f c 
 ( a  b)  r

14. Given that the loss of a rectangular waveguide per unit length is 0.2 dB/m at 40 GHz. A
100 W RF source is connected to a 0.5m long of the waveguide. Considering zero reflection
loss, calculate the power available at the other end of the guide.
a) 97.7 W
b) 95.5 W
c) 95.4
d) 79.4 W
Please go through week 2 presentation slide 3 and related lecture/ discussions for
better understanding. Consider the relation P  x   Poe2 x . Now, α = 0.2 dB/m i.e.,
0.2/8.686 Np/m, put x = 0.5 m.
15. The internal dimensions of an air-filled rectangular waveguide is 3.1 mm × 1.55 mm.
Then, the effective bandwidth of the rectangular waveguide is
a) 50-75 GHz
b) 60-90 GHz
c) 60-110 GHz
d) 75-110 GHz
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better understanding