EECE 380 –Formulas Sheet Test 1 Drs.

Costantine/Khoury/Tawk
1 F H
1) Permittivity of free space:  0 
109 ; Permeability of free space: 0  4  107
36 m m
2  u c
2) Phase Constant:    ; Wavelength: g  ; Propagation Velocity: u p 
p

g u p f r  r
3)The instantaneous form of the traveling voltage: v ( z , t )  V0 e  z cos(t   z    )  V0 e  z cos(t   z    )
G' 
' '
4)For all TEM TLs: LC   ; 
C' 
5) Propagation Constant:  = +j  ( R '  j L' )(G '  jC ' )
R '  j L'
6) Characteristic Impedance: Z 0 
G '  jC '
L' 1 1
7)For a lossless TL:   j LC
' '
; Z0  ; up  
C' L 'C ' 

V Z  Z 0 zL  1
8) Reflection Coefficient at the load:   0
 L


V0 Z L  Z0 zL  1
V0 e  z
9) Reflection Coefficient at any point along the TL:   z  d    d   e 2 z  e 2 d
V0 e  z
Vmax 1  
10)VSWR  
Vmin 1  
Z L  jZ 0 tan   l  z L  j tan   l 
11) Input Impedance of a TL terminated by a load Z L: Z in  Z 0 = Z0
Z 0  jZ L tan   l  1  jz L tan   l 
12) Characteristic Impedance of a quarter wavelength (l = g / 4) transformer: Z s  Z 0 RL
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13) For a microstrip TL with a characteristic impedance Z0 and width w, on a substrate with a thickness
h and dielectric constant εr:

a) For Z 0   44  2 r  b) For Z 0   44  2 r 
w 2    1   0.52   w 8e p
s   q  1  ln  2q  1   r         
 r  
ln q 1 0.29 s
h    2 r   h e2 p  2
60 2   1 Z 0   r  1  0.12 
with q  with p  r   0.23  
Z  2 60   r  1  r 
0 r

 xy
 r  1   r  1 
10 
 eff    1   60  6   2  6  e  t 4 
2  2  s  Z0  ln   1 2 
w  eff  s s 
where s is the width-to-thickness ratio s  0.75
h  30.67 
0.05 with t   
   0.9   s 
x  0.56  r 
 r  3  c u 
up  ;  p  0
 s 4  3.7 104 s 2   eff f  eff
  0.05ln 1  1.7  10 s 
4 3
y  1  0.02 ln 
 s  0.43
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
  Z in g  
V 1 
14) For the complete TL circuit: V0   
 Z in  Z 0   e  e  j  l
j  l

 
2
V0
15) The instantaneous power flow in a TL: P  d , t  
i
1  cos  2t  2  d  2   
Z0  
2
V0
P d ,t    
r 2
1  cos  2t  2 d  2   2 r  
Z0  