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This document outlines a tutorial for EE3140: Waveguides and Antennas, covering various problems related to wave propagation in dielectric media, skin depth calculations, and the intrinsic impedance of lossy dielectrics. Specific tasks include calculating power transmission, skin depth, electric and magnetic fields, and deriving expressions from first principles. The tutorial also involves practical applications using given parameters for materials like aluminium and copper.

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This document outlines a tutorial for EE3140: Waveguides and Antennas, covering various problems related to wave propagation in dielectric media, skin depth calculations, and the intrinsic impedance of lossy dielectrics. Specific tasks include calculating power transmission, skin depth, electric and magnetic fields, and deriving expressions from first principles. The tutorial also involves practical applications using given parameters for materials like aluminium and copper.

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EE3140: Waveguides and Antennas Instructor: Aneesh.

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Tutorial 1: posted on 19th August 2025 Office: EE514, aneesh@[Link]

1. A plane wave traveling in free space is incident normally on a lossless dielectric medium having
relative permittivity ϵr = 4.0. Determine the fraction of the incident power that is transmitted into
the medium.

2. Find the skin depth δ and attenuation constant α at frequency f = 3 × 106 Hz in aluminium having
conductivity σ = 38 × 106 S/m and relative permeability µr = 1. Also find the complex propagation
constant γ and the phase (wave) velocity vp in the medium.

3. A plane wave in free space has electric field

E(x, t) = âz 24π cos(ωt − k0 x) V/m.

Consider a square of side 10cm lying in the plane x + y = 1. Find the total time-averaged power (in
mW) crossing the square.

4. A 1 bulb radiates isotropically; its radiated power (efficiency) is 25. Find the electric and magnetic
fields at r = 3 in free space.

5. Derive, from first principles, the expression for the intrinsic impedance of a lossy dielectric medium.
Assume a one-dimensional electromagnetic wave with field components Ex and Hy propagating in
the z-direction. Hint:
Ex
η= .
Hy
If the lossy dielectric has intrinsic impedance η = 200∠30◦ Ω at frequency ω. A plane wave propagates
in the medium with magnetic field

H(x, t) = 10 e−αx cos(ωt − 12 x) ây A/m .

Find:

(a) the electric field E(x, t),


(b) the attenuation constant α,
(c) the skin depth δ, and

6. Using the skin depth expression r


2
δ= , µ = µ0 ,
ωµσ
compute the skin depth for copper (σCu = 5.8 × 107 S/m) and aluminium (σAl = 3.5 × 107 S/m) at
f1 = 60 Hz and f2 = 1 × 106 Hz. Further, determine:

(a) The factor by which δ changes when frequency increases from f1 to f2 .


(b) The effect on δ if the conductivity of copper is doubled at f2 .

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