ELEC 3320 Final Exam

Fall 2009

(1 pt) Name:_______________________________
Indicate your program: (EE, WIRE, Other): ___________

(40 pts) Part 1: Simple writing instrument only!

1. (8 pts) Fill in the following grand Maxwells Equation table.
Differential form
Gausss Law

Integral form

Gausss Law
for Mag. Fields
Faradays Law

Amperes Circuit
Law

2. (10 pts) Fill in the following table:

Symbol
Units
Name
Pn(,)

---

Normalized power function, or normalized radiation

intensity

Prad

W
Maximum time-averaged power density
Pattern solid angle

D(,)

dB or dB or -

RL

Directivity
Return loss

IL

3. (2 pts) In standard rectangular waveguide, the ________ mode is the dominant, or lowest
order, mode of operation.

4. (3 pts) The term _____________________________ describes the cone of acceptance for

light incident at the end of a fiber.
5. (3 pts) _________________________ occurs in a circuit or electrical system when noise
degrade the operation of the circuit or system.

6. (3 pts) Give the symbol and the value for the intrinsic impedance of free space.

7. (4 pts) Suppose a 50 transmission line is terminated in 25 load. Calculate the reflection

coefficient and the VSWR.

8. (6 pts) A wave is given by: E(z,t) = 12 e-0.01z cos(2x109t - 20z + 45) ax V/m. Determine
the value (with units where appropriate) for the following:
a. the phase shift:

_________

b. the amplitude:

_________

c. the frequency:

_________

d. the attenuation constant:

_________

e. the polarization vector:

_________

f. the propagation velocity:

_________

ELEC 3320 Final Exam

Name:______________________________
Fall 2009
(part II: formula sheets provided box your answer and include appropriate units)
1. (20 pts) Suppose you have a pair of x-directed lines of 25 A current. The lines intersect the
y axis at y = -3.0 m and y = +3.0 m. Make a careful sketch of this situation. On this sketch, add
the point (0, 0, 4.0 m). Now find the magnetic field at this point.

ELEC 3320 Final Exam

Fall 2009

Name:______________________________

2. (20 pts) The fields propagating within a particular material are given as:
E = 120 cos(6x106t 0.080y) az V/m and H = 2.00cos(6x106t 0.080y) ax A/m.
Determine:
(a) r = ________________
(b) r = ________________
(c) Power passing normally through one square meter of the material = _________________

ELEC 3320 Final Exam

Fall 2009

Name:______________________________

3. (20 pts) Suppose a 6 GHz radar antenna of effective area 8.0 m2 transmits 1 kW. If the
antenna is directed towards a target 5 km away with a 4 m2 radar cross section,
(a) what is the round-trip travel time for the radar pulse?

__________________________

(b) What is the received power?

__________________________

(c) What is the maximum detectable range if the radar system has a minimum detectable power
of 2.0 pW?

ELEC 3320 Final Exam

Fall 2009

Name:______________________________

4. (20 pts) The scattering matrix for a non-ideal circulator in a 50 system is

0 0.2 0.8
[ S ] = 0.8 0 0.2 .
0.2 0.8 0
(a) Is this network reciprocal?
__________
(b) Is it lossless?

__________

(c) Calculate the return loss at port 1 if

port 2 is terminated in a short circuit
and port 3 is terminated in a matched load.

__________

ELEC 3320 Final Exam

Fall 2009

Name:______________________________

5: (20 pts) Design a lumped element matching network to match a 125 load to a 50
impedance line at an angular frequency of = 10 109 rad/sec. Neatly show your work on the
Smith Chart. Indicate the element values of your design on a neatly drawn schematic.