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FOUR YEAR B.TECH. DEGREE EXANIINATION _ APRIL, 2016.

SIXTH SEMESTER EXAMINATION

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION trNGINEERING

MICROWAVE trNGINEERING (MWE)
(scHEME - 2013)
Time: 3 Hours Max' Mark's : 70

Question No. 1 is compulsory and it must be answered first in sequence

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Answer any FOUR frorh the rema.ining.

15 marks each.
Question No. 1 carries 10 marks and remaining questions carry
(10x1=10)

1. (a) \Yhy are rectangular wave guides preferred over circular wave guides.
(b) What is hYbrid ring.
(c) What are non reciprocal devices? Give two examples'
(d) What is an Isolator'
(e) The return loss'for a load. is 16 dB. Calculate the SWR in the system with
the load connected.
(0 What are the applications of Klystron amplifier'
(g) Distinguish between TWTA and Klystron amplifier'
(h) what is the rnuin purpose of slotted section with line carriage?
(i) A drift velocity of electrons is 2 x 10? cmisec, through the active region of
length 10 x 1-0-a cm. Calculate the natural frequency of the diode.

6) What is meant bY'beam loading?

Z. (a) Derive the relevant equations for propagation of TE waves in rectangular

(8)
wave guid.es.
(b) A rectangular wave guide of cross section 5 cm x 2 cm is uscd to
propagate TMrr mode at 10 GHz. Determine the cut off wavelength and
the characteristic imPedance 0)
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3. (a) The input powe'r to the sum arm of an ideal matched magic-T is 1 W.
Find the output powers from the other arms. (7)
(b) What is the application of microwave attenuation? With neat diagrams,
briefly explain the different kinds of attenuators. (8)

4. (a) A Reflex Klystron operates at the peak mode of n = 2 with

9o=280 V, 1o - 22mA 'and Y, =30V. Determine (i) the input power
(ii) the output power (iii) the efficiency. (7)
(b) Draw the Reflex Klystron osciilator and explain with necessary
equations. (8)

(a) With a neat block diagram briefly explain the working of helix travelling
wave tube. (8)
(b) A helix travelling wave tube is operated with a beam current of 300 mA,
beam voltage of 5 KW and characteristic impedance of 200 ohm. What
Iength of the helix wiil be selected to give a output power gain of 50 dB at
10 GHz. (7)

6. (a) For a PIN diocle equivalent ciycuit with Cp = 0.3 PF Ci = 0.2PF

R, = 0.3 ohm and t" = 0, show that (WC; ns)' << 1 and calculate the
admittance of the diode at 5 GHz. (7)
(b) What is transferred electron effect? With the help of two valley model
along with the emphasis of drift velocity, expiain the negative resistance
property of a GUNN diode. (8)

7. (a) With a neat block diagram explain the power radio method for measuring
attenuation in a microwave signal. (8)
(b) ' A microwat e signal is modulated by a rectangular pulse of width 1 ps.
If the average power is 200 W and the puise repetition rate is 500 pulses
per second. Calculate the value of peak power. (7)

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