ASSIGNMENT : 2

SUB: Microwave Integrated Circuits

Q.1 Explain Scattering matrix representation and its properties.

Q.2 Derive the relationship between ABCD parameters and S-parameters.

Q.3 Explain the working of strip line.

Q.4 Explain the wirking of microstrip line.

Q.5 Find the width for a 50Ω copper stripline conductor with b=0.32cm and εr=2.20.
If the dielectric loss tangent is 0.001 and the operating freq. is 10GHz .Calculate the
attenuation in dB/λ. Assume a conductor thickness of t=0.01mm.

Q.6 Design a power divider of 5GHz on a substrateRT-Duroid, εr=2.22 ,height is 1.6

inch at the output port power ratio is 3:1 . System impedance is 50Ω.

Q.7 Design a Bandpass filter with following specification passband response

maximally lower & upper 3dB cutoff freq. 95MHz & 105 MHz attenuation = 30dB at
120MHz. Source and load impedance are 50Ω.

Q.8 Calculate the width and length of a microstrip line for a 60Ω characteristic
impedance and a 90° phase shift at2.5 GHz . The substrate thickness is d=0.127cm
with εr=2.20.

Q.9 A two port network is known to have the following scattering matrix:

[S] =

Determine if the network is reciprocal and lossless.If port two is terminated

with a matched load, what is the return loss seen at port 1 ? If port two is
terminated with a short circuit, what is the return loss seen at port 1?

Q.10 Explain the losses in microstrip lines.

 ASSIGNMENT : 3

SUB: Microwave Integrated Circuits

Q.1 Design a field displacement isolator in X –band waveguide to operate at 11GHz.

The ferrite has 4πMs = 3000G and εr=13. Ferrite loss can be ignored.

Q.2 Design a 20dB single section coupled line coupler in stripline with a ground
plane spacing of 0.32cm, a dielectric constant of 2.2, a characteristic impedance of
50Ω,and a center frequency of 3GHz. Plot the coupling and directivity from 1 to
5GHz. Include the effect of losses by assuming a loss tangent of 0.05 for the
dielectric material and copper conductors of 2 m thickness.

Q.3 Design a single section Quater wave matching T/F to match 10Ω load toa 50
line at fo=50MHz .Determine the fractional B.W. for which the SWR is less then or
equal to 1.5

Q.5 Explain the Quater wave transform and determine the fractional B.W. for single
section T/F.

Q.6 Explain lumped element and design inductor and capacitor.

Q.7 Explain the thin and thick technology for microwave integrated circuit.

Q.8 Design a 3dB branch line coupler at centre frequency

5GHz(Stripline),3GHz(Microstrip) System impedance50Ω where εr=3.2 and
b=0.762mm.

Q.9 Design a 20dB single section backward wave coupler in stripline with 1.58mm
ground plane spacing εr=2.56,Zo=50Ω. Centre freq. 3GHz plot response from 1GHz
to 5GHz.

Q.10 Derive the expression for designing of branch line coupler.

 ASSIGNMENT : 4

Microwave Integrated Circuits

Q.1 Explain the variational method Derive the expression for this method.

Q.2 Explain the ferrite isolator.

Q.3 Derive the expression for single section backward wave coupler.

Q.4 Explain the procedure for designing of multisection coupler.

Q.5 Design a 3 section 25 dB coupler with binomially response, a system impedance

of 50Ω, center freq. 10GHz . Realize the coupler in stripline having εr=2.56 ground
plane spacing 3mm . Draw layout.

Q.6 Design a three stub branch line coupler.

Q.7 For a load impedance ZL=60-j80Ω,design two single stub shunt tuning networks
to match this load to a 55Ω line. Assuming that the load is matched at 2 GHz , and
that the load consists of a resistor and capacitor in series, plot the reflection
coefficient magnitude from 1 GHz to 3GHz for each solution.

Q.8 Explain the power divider for unequal power division.

Q.9 Design a maximally flat LPF with ωc=50 MHz & attenuation is 30 dB at 100MHz .
The source and load impedance are 50 Ω.

Q.10 Design the lumped element resistor.