Electronics and Communication Engineering
2017 · Paper 2
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Questions 52–54 of 65. Imported answers require review unless explicitly marked reviewed.
Question 52
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Consider a binary memoryless channel characterized by the transition probability diagram shown in the figure.

The channel is
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An electron (
) is moving in free space with velocity
m/s towards a stationary electron (
) far away. The closest distance that this moving electron gets to the stationary electron before the repulsive force diverts its path is __________
m. [Given, mass of electron
kg, charge of electron
C, and permittivity
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Standard air-filled rectangular waveguides of dimensions
cm and
cm are designed for radar applications. It is desired that these waveguides operate only in the dominant
mode with the operating frequency at least 25% above the cutoff frequency of the
mode but not higher than 95% of the next higher cutoff frequency. The range of the allowable operating frequency
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