EE527 Microwave Engineering

Dr. Ghaith E Mansour

Chapter Three - Problems

1- Antenna with impedance of 40+j30Ω is to be matched to 100Ω lossless line with a short-
circuited shunt stub. Find the length and the position of the stub.

answer: d=0.036λ and L=0.375λ.

2- A 50Ω lossless line to be matched to 40-j60Ω load with a series single short-circuited stub,
calculate the stub length, its distance from the load, and the necessary stub reactance.

answer: L=0.35λ, d=0.33λ, x= -j1.3.

3- A microstrip antenna printed on Taconic substrate with dielectric constant εr= 3.5. If the
input impedance is 200Ω at the operating frequency of 2.4GHz, design a quarter wavelength
transformer to match it to 50Ω line.

answer: Z1 = 100Ω, L=16.7mm.

4- A lossless short-circuited transmission line with Z0 = 50Ω. Using the Smith chart, find the
length of the line in order to have an input impedance of j60Ω.

answer: L=0.14λ.

Figure 1.: A short-circuited lossless line.

EE527 Microwave Engineering
Dr. Ghaith E Mansour

5- A lossless open-circuited transmission line with Z0 = 50Ω. Using the Smith chart, find the
length of the line in order to have an input impedance of -j25Ω.

answer: L=0.09λ.

Figure 2.: An open-circuited lossless line.