UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

Assignment 2

Semester Course

EHF3701

High Frequency Electronics

Examiner: Mr. W.D Govender

Marks: 35
Weight of Assessment: 5%
INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL STUDENTS:
1. Please write neatly and legibly.
2. There are 35 questions, each question is worth 1 mark.
3. There is only one correct answer for each question.
4. There is no negative marking.
5. Please submit your file in PDF format

Welcome to the School of Engineering.

1. What does the quality factor-Q of a resonant circuit signify?
a. Magnetic energy stored in the circuit
b. Loss in the resonant circuit
c. Electric energy stored in the circuit
d. Gain in the resonant circuit

2. What is the relation between unloaded Q and external Q?

a. External Q > unloaded Q
b. Unloaded Q > external Q
c. External Q = unloaded Q
d. None of the above

3. Consider the scenario: A parallel RLC circuit is excited with an 8V source, 50 Hz and
the circuit has an inductor of 1mH, capacitor of 1µF and a resistor of 50Ω. Which of
the following will be the power loss that occurs in the circuit?
a. 6.4mW
b. 3.2mW
c. 12.8mV
d. None of the above

4. Which of the following is the quality factor of a short circuited λ/2 transmission line?
a. β/2α
b. Z0/ZL
c. β/α
d. β/2α

5. A coaxial cable is air filled with air as dielectric with inner and outer radius equal to
1 mm and 4 mm. If the surface resistivity is 1.26 × 10−2 Ω, what is the attenuation
due to conductor loss?
a. 0.15
b. 0.021
c. 0.015
d. 0.21

6. The equivalent resistance of a short circuited λ/4 transmission line is independent of

the characteristic impedance of the transmission line.
a. True
b. False

7. Which mode/s of resonance does a rectangular cavity support?

a. TEM, TM mode of resonance
b. TM mode of resonance
c. TE mode of resonance
d. TE, TM modes of resonance
8. A rectangular cavity resonator filled with a dielectric of 2.14 and designed to operate
at a frequency of 3.45 GHz, determine the wave number.
a. 157.08𝑚−1
b. 113.1𝑚−1
c. 201.85𝑚−1
d. 91.2 𝑚−1

9. In order to obtain the resonant frequency of a rectangular waveguide, which

equation does the closed cavity have to satisfy?
a. Helmholtz equation
b. Ampere’s law
c. Gaussian equation
d. None of the above

10. Given that a dielectric resonator has a dielectric constant of 49, determine the
reflection coefficient of the dielectric resonator.
a. 0.5
b. 0.1
c. 0.75
d. 0.7

11. The direction of propagation is in z direction outside the dielectric in the resonator.
a. True
b. False

12. The resonant frequency of a dielectric resonator cannot be mechanically tuned.

a. True
b. False

13. Which of the following is the necessary condition for oscillation in a Colpitts
oscillator?
𝐶2 𝑔𝑚
a. =
𝐶1 𝐺𝑖
𝐶1 𝑔𝑚
b. 𝐶2
= 𝐺𝑖
𝐶2
c. 𝐶1
= 𝑔𝑚 × 𝐺𝑖
d. None of the above

14. Which of the following is the necessary condition for oscillation in a Hartley
oscillator?
𝐿1
a. = 𝑔𝑚 × 𝐺𝑖
𝐿2
𝐿2 𝑔
b. 𝐿1
= 𝐺𝑚
𝑖
𝐿1 𝑔𝑚
c. 𝐿2
= 𝐺
𝑖
d. None of the above
15. Given that a Colpitts oscillator in the feedback section has an inductance of 4 mH
and capacitors of 12 nC and 4 nC. Determine the resonant frequency of the Colpitts
oscillator.
a. 50.4 kHz
b. 35.1 kHz
c. 45.9 kHz
d. None of the above.

16. Which of the following is the condition that must be satisfied to achieve steady
state oscillation?
a. 𝛤𝑖𝑛 = 𝛤𝐿
b. 𝛤𝑖𝑛 = −𝛤𝐿
c. −𝛤𝑖𝑛 = 𝛤𝐿
d. None of the above

17. To achieve stable oscillation, 𝑍𝑖𝑛 + 𝑍𝐿 = 0 is the only necessary and sufficient
condition to be satisfied by the microwave oscillator.
a. True
b. False

18. In a transistor amplifier, if the input impedance is 57-j3.1 Ω, then the terminating
impedance required to create enough instability is:
a. 19-j3.1 Ω
b. -57-j3.1 Ω
c. 57-j3.1 Ω
d. -19+j3.1 Ω

19. Which of the following is an example of a frequency multiplier?

a. Transistor
b. Capacitor
c. Resistor
d. Inductor
20. Given that a frequency multiplier has a multiplication factor of 10, determine the
increase in noise level due to frequency multiplication.
a. 10 dB
b. 20 dB
c. 25 dB
d. 15 dB
21. Determine the conversion gain if the input power for a frequency doubler is 9.1
mW and the output measured after the frequency doubling process is 18 mW.
a. 4.5 dB
b. 8.4 dB
c. 9.8 dB
d. 2.9 dB
22. The IS-54 digital cellular telephone system uses a receive frequency band of 869-
894 MHz, with a first IF frequency range of 87 MHz, determine which of the
following is one possible range of the local oscillator frequency.
a. 956 to 981 MHz
b. 750 to 784 MHz
c. 869 to 894 MHz
d. None of the above

23. Which of the following is the voltage reflection coefficient seen looking towards the
load for a two-port network?
𝑍𝑠 −𝑍0
a. 𝑍𝑠 −𝑍0
𝑍𝑠 −𝑍0
b. 𝑍𝑠 +𝑍0
𝑍𝑠
c. 𝑍𝑠 −𝑍0
𝑍0
d. 𝑍𝑠 −𝑍0

24. The gain of an amplifier is independent of the operating frequency.

a. True
b. False

25. If this condition is met, then the transistor can be impedance matched for any load.
a. Infinite gain
b. Infinite input impedance
c. Unconditional stability
d. Conditional stability

26. By performing the K-∆ test for a given transistor, the values of K and ∆ were found
to be equal to 0.383 and 0.336 respectively. The transistor with these parameters
has unconditional stability.
a. True
b. False

27. Unconditionally stable devices can always be lossless matched for maximum gain.
a. True
b. False

28. The transducer gain for a transistor in terms of S parameters for a transistor, is given
by?
|𝑆21 |
a. |𝑆12 |
|𝑆12 |
b. |𝑆21 |
|𝑆22 |
c. |𝑆11 |
|𝑆11 |
d. |𝑆22 |
29. Given that S21 is 2.39 in the S matrix of a transistor, which of the following is the
gain of the transistor?
a. 8.3 dB
b. 3.44 dB
c. 7.6 dB
d. None of the above

30. Which of the following indicates why high gain is not achievable at microwave
frequencies using BJT amplifiers?
a. Device construction
b. Complex architecture
c. The ports are matched at high frequencies
d. None of the above

31. Which from the following is the coupler that is mostly used in balanced amplifiers
to achieve the required performance?
a. Branch line coupler
b. Wilkinson coupler
c. Lange coupler
d. Waveguide coupler

32. All the FET stages in differential amplifier are connected in series to one another.
a. True
b. False

33. Which of the following uses balanced input and output signal lines with opposite
polarity at each port?
a. Differential amplifier
b. Distributed amplifier
c. Balanced amplifier
d. None of the above

34. How does increasing the operating frequency affect the gain of a power amplifier?
a. Increases the gain
b. Decreases the gain exponentially
c. Increases the gain exponentially
d. Decreases the gain

35. Which of the following amplifiers are described as linear circuits, where the
transistor is biased to conduct over the entire range of the input signal cycle?
a. Class A Amplifiers
b. Class B Amplifiers
c. Class AB Amplifiers
d. Class C Amplifiers
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