BHARATH INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

Department of ECE
Question Bank
BEC503 Transmisssion Lines Networks and Waveguides
UNIT-I : FILTER
PART-A
1. Define neper and decibel.
2. Define current and voltage ratio for symmetric network.
3. What is meant by low pass and high pass filter?
4. Write down the characteristics impedence of symmetric network?
5. Define constant K filter.
6. What is meant by ladder network?
7. List out the disadvantages of constant protoptype filter.
8. Write down the low pass filter characteristics equation ?
9. Define infinite frequency of attenuation.
10.Define band pass and band elimination filter.
PART B
1. Derive an expression for characteristics impedence of symmetrical
networks
2. Derive the properties of symmetrical network.
3. Derive an expression for characteristics impedence for constant k low
pass filter and hign pass filter and also derive its elements.
4. Derive an expression for m derived T network.
5. Derive an expression for band pass filter and aso derive its series and
shunt arms.
UNIT II: TRANSMISSION LINE PARAMETERS
PART A
1. What are the primary and secondary constants of a transmission line?
2. Write the condition for a distortionless line.
3. What is phase or delay distortion.
4. What is an infinite line?
5. Define reflection co-efficient.
6. Define reflection loss.
7. Define wavelength and velocity of wave.
8. How can distortion be reduced in atransmission line?
9. Name the types of waveform distortions.
10.Define delay distortion.

PART B
1. Derive an expression for general solution of a transmission line.
2. Define input imepedancenad transfer impedence and derive its equation.

3. Define distortion line . Explain the types of distortion in a line and also
explain the condition for distortionless line.
4. Derive an expression for open circuit and short circuited line.
5. Derive the series and shunt elements for T network and network of a
line.
UNIT III : THE LINE AT RADIO FREQUENCY
PART A
1. Write down the condition for dissipation less line?
2. Define SWR.
3. What are constant S circles
4. State the expression for inductance L of a open wire and co-axial line.
5. Give the names of circles on smith chart.
6. Mention the two applications of smith chart.
7. List the advantages of smith chart.
8. What are the limitations of single stub matching?
9. What are nodes and antinodes?
10.What is the use of eigth wave line?
PART-B
1. Derive an input impedence of a dissipationless line and also derive its
open and short circuit impedence.
2. Explain one eigth wave line and quarter wave line.
3. Define stub matching, derive an expression for single stub matching on a
line through length of the stub.
4. Derive from first principles , the resistance and reactance circles
converging through the centre of the smith chart.
5. Explain the diagram, the method of deriving constant S circle and constant
circle used for impedence determination.
UNIT-IV-GUIDED WAVE SBETWEEN PARALLEL PLANES
PART A
1. What are guided waves?
2. What is TE wave?
3. What is TM wave?
4. Give the dominant mode fir TE and TM waves.
5. Define attenuation factor.
6. Define wave impedence.
7. What is cut of frequency
8. Mention the characteristics of TEM wave.
9. What is TEM wave?
10.Wrire down the expression foe cut off wavelength of the wave which is
propagated in between two parallel plates.
PART-B
1. Starting from the maxwellsequation , explain how a wave propagate in
between two infilnite parallel plates.

2. Derive the EMF expression for TM waves guided by a parallel conducting

plane.
3. Derive the EMF expression for TE waves guided by a parallel conducting
plane.
4. Derive the EMF expression for TEM waves guided by a parallel conducting
plane.
5. Derive an expression for the attenuation constant for TM and TE waves
guided by a parallel conducting plane.
UNIT V: WAVEGUIDES
PART-A
1. What is waveduide?
2. Mention the application of waveguide.
3. Why the rectangular waveguide preferred over circular waveguide?
4. Why is circular or rectangular form used as waveguide?
5. Mention the dominant mode for TM waves.
6. Define characteristics impedence in waveguide.
7. Why TEM is not possible in rectangular guide?
8. What is evanescent mode?
9. What are degenerate modes in rectangular guide?
10.Mention the application of circular waveguide.
PART-B
1. Derive the EMF expression for TM waves in a rectangular waveguide.
2. Derive the EMF expression for TE waves in a rectangular waveguide.
3. Derive the expression for wave impedenceforTM and TE waves in a
rectangular waveguide.
4. Derive the EMF expression for TM and TE waves in a circular waveguide.
5. Describe the features of a rectangular cavirty resonator and obtain the
correspongingfirld components for TE and TM waves.