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ENGINEERING
MODULE II
Microwave Transmission Lines
By Sachin Ruikar
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Syllabus
Review of transmission line theory, transmission
line equations, reflection coefficient and
transmission coefficient, standing waves and
standing wave ratio, line impedance and
admittance, Smith chart and impedance
matching, microwave coaxial line
Various Types Of
Transmission Line
Various Types Of
Transmission Line
Co-axial cable
Consists of a solid conducting rod surrounded by the two conductors. This line has
good isolation of the electrical energy and therfore has low Electromagnetic
Interference (EMI).
Parallel wire transmission line
Consists of two parallel conducting rods. In this case the electrical energy is
distributed between and around the rods. Theoretically the electric and magnetic
fields extend over infinite distance though their strength reduces as the distance from
the line. Obviously this line has higher EMI.
Microstrip line
Consists of a dielectric substrate having ground plane on one side and a thin metallic
strip on the other side. The majority of the fields are confined in the dielectric
substrate between the strip and the ground plane. Some fringing field exist above the
substrate which decay rapidly as a function of height. This line is usually found in
printed circuit boards at high frequencies.
Balanced and Un-balanced line
If the two conductors are symmetric around the ground, then the line is called the
balanced line, otherwise the line is an un-balanced line. Transmission lines (a), (c)
and (d) are un-balanced line, whereas the line (b) is a balanced line.
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Application
Typicaltypenumbers
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RadioTransmitters
CommunicationsReceivers
RG8/U
RG58/U
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CableTelevision
TVAntennafeedlines
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RG59/U
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RG62/U
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The distributed parameters can be defined per unit length of the line.
R = Resistance of both conductors together for unit length of the line (ohms/m)
L = Inductance (self and mutual) for both conductors together for unit length of the line (Henery/m)
C = Capacitance between two conductors for unit length of the line (Farad/m)
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Resistance( R):
Transmission lines are made up of the conducting wires. These are not
pure conductors and have some resistance per unit length (km or mile) depending
on type of conductor used. Hence, resistance does exist throughout the wire.
Inductance (L):
A wire carrying current gives rise to inductance. Since current is present in
the line, the conductor is surrounded and linked by magnetic flux and this
phenomenon demonstrates its effect in the distributed inductance all along the
lines.
Capacitance (C):
Capacitance is formed when two conducting wires are separated by a
dielectric material in between them. Transmission lines also have two current
carrying conductors and dielectric between them. The dielectric may be air (e.g.
open wire) or core material or dielectric substrate; thus, the distributed capacitance
exists throughout the wire.
Conductance (G):
The dielectric or insulator of the transmission line may not be perfect.
Because of leaky capacitance, a leakage current flows and leakage conductance
(G) exists between the conductor throughout its length.
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( R JL)l
1
Total
shunt
impedance
=
Z
2
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ohms
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Determination of Zo in terms of
primary constant
Zo
Z12
Z1 Z 2
4
Z 1 ( R JL)l
Putting
in above equation gives,
Z0
and Z2 =
1
(G JL)l
( R JL) 2 l 2 ( R JL)
4
(G JC )
Zo
( R JL)
(G JC )
Z
Y
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Determination of Zo in terms
of primary constant
Charecteristics impedance in terms of
magnitude & phase
1
2
1
tan
R 2 2 L2
R
Zo
Zo Zo
2
2 2
G
C tan 1 C
G
i.e.
L
1
1
Zo 4 2
.
.(tan
)
(tan
)
2 2
R
G
G C 2
2
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Determination of Zo in terms
of primary constant
when is small (low frequency)
Zo
R
G
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C
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Determination of propagation
constant ( )in terms of primary
For T network
Z1
Zo
1
2Z 2
Z2
( R JL)(G JC )l
l
e 1
Zo(G JC )l
2
2
Then
( R JL)(G JC ) 2
e 1 ( ( R JL)(G JC .).l
.l ...............(d )
2
l
l
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e l
can be expressed as
e 1 l l .........................................(e)
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Determination of propagation
constant ( )in terms of primary
By comparing equation (d) & (e) , we get
( R JL)(G JC ) ZY
But
J P P cos JP sin
Propagation constant can be written as in terms attenuation constant per unit
length & Phase constant per unit length.
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1
L
C
( R L )(G C ) . . tan
tan
2
R
G
4
Thus
4 ( R 2 2 L2 )(G 2 2 C 2 ) J .
2 2
OR
( R L )(G C )
2
( 2 2 ) ( R 2 2 L2 )(G 2 2 C 2 ) ...................( a )
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( R JL)(G JC )
( J ) ( R JL)(G JC )
2
2 2 ( RG 2 LC )..........................(b)
Adding equation (a) and (b) , we get,
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(R L )(G C ) (RG LC )
1
2 (R L )(G C ) (RG LC )
1
2
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R L,.and .G C
( R JL )
(G JC )
Zo
JC
R
45
C
( R JL)(G JC ) JCR CR 45
RC cos(45 0 ) J RC sin 45 0
RC
2
RC
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DISTORTIONS IN A
TRANSMISSION LINE
Types of Line Distortions
Frequency distortion
Phase (delay) distortion
Impedance distortion
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Lumped loading
Here, loading coils are introduced at uniform space (interval) on the
transmission line. The loaded line behaves as if inductance is uniformly
increased at all frequencies upto cut-off frequency. Beyond cut-off frequency,
the attenuation increases very sharply and the line behaves like a low-pass
filter.
Example: telephone cable
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Effects of loading:
Effect of proper loading (continuous or lumped loading), on the
secondary constants of the line may be summed up as below.
(1) Characteristic impedance (Z0) is increased and becomes
practically a pure resistance.
(2) The attenuation constant () is reduced and becomes practically
constant over the working frequency range.
(3) The phase constant () is increased and the velocity of
propagation is reduced to a value which is practically constant over
the working frequency range.
Thus, loading is very useful in telephone lines and is very extensively
used.
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TRANSMISSION LINE
EQUATIONS
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V ( Rx JLx ) I
I (Gx JCx )V
V
( R JL ) I
x
I
(G JC )V
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lim
x o
lim
x o
V
dV
( R JL ) I
x
dx
I
dI
(G JC )V
x
dx
d 2V
dI
(
R
L
)
dx 2
dx
BY Putting the value of dI/dx , we get
d 2V
2
(
R
L
)(
G
C
)
V
V
2
dx
d 2I
dV
(
G
C
)
dx 2
dx
By putting the value of dV/dx
d 2I
L )(
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TRANSMISSION
LINE
EQUATIONS
2
d V
2
V
2
dx
d 2I
2
I
2
dx
Thus both voltage & current are governed by
Linear Differential equation
The solution of the above equations can be written as
x
V V e
V e
I I e x I e x
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jt ( J ) x
v(t ) V e e
jt ( J ) x
V e e
i (t ) I e jt e ( J ) x I e jt e ( J ) x
BY separating the terms we get
v(t ) V e x e Jt Jx V ex e Jt Jx
i (t ) I e x e Jt Jx I ex e Jt Jx
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Physical Interpretation of
Voltage & Current Solution
V ( x) V e x V e x
V ( R JL) I
coefficient of e x :
V ( R JL) I
Since, ( R JL)(G JC )
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Physical Interpretation of
Voltage & Current Solution
V ( R JL)
R JL
Zo
G JC
and
V
( R JL)
R JL
Zo
G JC
V V e x V e x
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Zo
L
Z0
C
propagatio n Constant
( R JL )(G JC )
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Distortionless line
Distortionless line RC LG
from equations
2 ( RG J LC ) 2
( RG J LC ) J
RG
LC
LC
LC
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The voltage and current on the line are superposition of the two waves travelling
in the opposite directions.
Where l is the distance measured from the load towards the generator l=-x.
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Reflection coefficient (l )
V e l
V 2l
(l )
e
l
V e
V
(l ) represents the reflection coefficient at a
distance of ' l ' from load end
Larger value of reflection coefficient indicates
more reflection from load.
Substituti ng above equation in V(l ) & I(l )
V (l ) V e l [1 (l )]
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Impedance
Impedance seen at any distance l from the load in terms of the ' Reflection
Coefficient ' then is
1 (l )
V (l )
Z (l )
Zo
I (l )
1 (l )
Cross multiplying & simplifying, we get
Z (l ) Zo
Z (l ) Zo
Above equation gives reflection coefficient at a distance of
' l ' from load end. When l 0, we have Z(l ) Z R , hence we get
(l )
(0) L
Z R Zo
Z R Zo
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Reflection coefficient (l )
V e l V 2l
(l ) l e L e 2l
V e
V
The voltage & current at any location on the line
as give by the equation
V (l ) V e l [1 L e 2l ]
V l
I (l )
e [1 L e 2l ]
Zo
The input impedance at any point on the line is given by
[1 L e 2l ]
Z (l ) Zo
2l
[
1
e
]
L
Z (l ) Zo
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Z
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(
Z
Z
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e
R
O
R
O
Z
sinh
Zo
cosh
l
R
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In telecommunications,
standing wave ratio (SWR)
is the ratio of the amplitude
of a partial standing wave at
an antinode (maximum) to
the amplitude at an adjacent
node (minimum), in an
electrical transmission line.
Substituting for
and
we get
=0 (No reflection).
corresponds to L
small as possible.
=1 (FULL).
and L
should be as
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The return loss indicates the factory by which the reflected signal is down
compared to the incident signal.
For perfect match L 0 and the return loss is , whereas for the worst
case of L 1 the return loss is 0 db.
Higher the return loss better is the match.
For acceptable value of VSWR 2,
VSWR- 1 2 - 1 1
L
VSWR 1 2 1 3
Return loss (RL) - 20log(1/3) 9.54
The return loss should be higher than 9.54.
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V (l ) V e jl 1 L e j ( 2 l )
V
I (l )
Zo
e jl 1 L e j ( 2 l )
1
V (l )
Z (l )
Zo
I (l )
1
Z
Substituti ng L R
ZR
L e j ( 2 l )
L e j ( 2 l )
Zo
Zo
ZR
1
V (l )
ZR
Z (l )
Zo
I (l )
1 ZR
ZR
Zo j ( 2 l )
e
Zo
Zo j ( 2 l )
e
Zo
and e jl e - jl 2 j sin l
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Z (l ) max
1 L
Vmax
Zo
I min
1 L
Rmax
Noting that quantity inside the square brackets is the VSWR, we get
Rmax Zo
Similarly, the minimum impedance occurs at a location where the voltage
is minimum and the current is maximum,
Z (l ) min
1 L
Vmin
Zo
I max
1 L
Rmin
Rmin Zo /
The magnitude of the impedance at any point on the loss-less line is bounded by
and
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Zo
cosh
Z
sinh
l
L
for lossy
Zo
jZ
tan
l
L
a ) Shorted line Z L Z R 0
Zin JZo tan l
L 1
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c) Matched Load
Zin Zo
L 0
1
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Impedance Matching
A number of techniques can be used to eliminate reflections when
the characteristic impedance of the line and the load impedance are
mismatched.
Impedance matching techniques can be designed to be effective for
a specific frequency of operation (narrow band techniques) or for a
given frequency spectrum (broadband techniques).
A common method of impedance matching involves the insertion of
an impedance transformer between line and load
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