1. To avoid difficulties with strapping at high frequencies, what type of cavity structure is used in the magnetron ?

Slot

Hole and slot

Rising sun

Vane

Answer: Rising sun

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2. Gallium arsenide is preferred to silicon for use in Gunn diode because it has ?

lower noise at high frequencies

suitable empty energy band which silicon does not have

high ion mobility

better frequency stability

Answer: suitable empty energy band which silicon does not have

Explanation:


3. A diode with no junction that is widely used with a cavity resonator to form a microwave oscillator is a/an ?

IMPATT diode

GUNN diode

TRAPATT diode

TUNNEL diode

Answer: GUNN diode

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4. Which of the following uses transferred electron effect' for production of microwaves ?

Germanium

Silicon

Gallium arsenide

Metal-semiconductor junction

Answer: Gallium arsenide

Explanation:


5. In the Gunn diode, out of its various modes of operation, one mode is independent of domain transit time and hence can be used at high frequency and for very high output powers. Which is this mode ?

Transit time mode

Limited space charge accumulation mode

Quenched domain mode

Delay domain mode

Answer: Limited space charge accumulation mode

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6. The main purpose of inserting a microwave isolator in a microwave circuit is for ?

maintaining frequency stability of the source

offering minimum forward impedance

maintaining amplitude stability of output power

offering maximum power output from the source

Answer: maintaining frequency stability of the source

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7. A calorimetric measurement for average power of a signal gave a value of 400 W. The value was interpreted for peak power as 0.5 MW. Then the duty cycle of the signal is ?

40 per cent

0.08 per cent

80 per cent

8 per cent

Answer: 80 per cent

Explanation:


8. A 50 ohm coaxial line is connected to a 72 ohm load through a 60 ohm coaxial section of length 7.5 mm. What is the input VSWR on the line if it is fed by a 20 GHz source ?

1.0

1.25

1.44

1.33

Answer: 1.44

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9. A slotted line is used for the measurement of VSWR. The slot is cut at the centre, because ?

the field inside the waveguide will not be perturbed

to get a good impedance matching

maximum field will be induced to the penetrating probe

no field will be coupled to the probe

Answer: maximum field will be induced to the penetrating probe

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10. The underlying principle of working of a cavity wavemeter, tuned to measure frequency of microwaves in a system, is ?

resonance of a cavity with incoming microwave energy

selective absorption of microwave energy in solids

selective diffraction of microwaves around a cavity

selective scattering of microwave energy by a cavity

Answer: selective absorption of microwave energy in solids

Explanation: