• Text and references

  The main sources of lectures are the followings:

1. Field and Wave Electromagnetics, by D. K. Cheng, 2^nd edition, 1989 Addison-Wesley Publishing  (Chapters: 7,8,9,10)

2. Fields and Waves in Communication Electronics, by S. Ramo, J. R. Whinnery, and T. van Duzer, 2^nd edition, 1984 John Wiley & Sons Inc. (Chapters: 3,4,5,6,8)

3. Electromagnetic Waves, D. H. Staelin, A. W. Morgenthaler, J. A. King, 1994, Prentice Hall Inc (Chapters: 1,3,4,5,6,7)

In addition, the following books are strongly recommended:

4. Electromagnetic Waves and Antennas, by S. J. Orfanidis, an excellent online textbook at http://www.ece.rutgers.edu/~orfanidi/ewa, 2008, chapters 1,2,3,5,6,7,9,10,12

5. Microwave Engineering, by D. M. Pozar, 3rd ed., 2005, John Wiley & Sons

6. Engineering Electromagnetics, by U. S. Inan and A. S. Inan, 1999 Addison Wesley Longman Inc.

7. Electromagnetic Waves, by U. S. Inan and A. S. Inan, 2000 Prentice-Hall Inc.

8. Electromagnetic Waves and Radiating Systems, by E. C. Jordan and K. C. Balmain, 2^nd edition, 1968, Prentice-Hall, Inc. (Chapters: 4,5,6,7,8)

• Grading policy

  Mid-term exams: 40 - 50

  Final exam: 40 - 50

  Homework, quizzes, attendance: 10-15

  Quizzes: There will be a short quiz at the end of each lecture

  Attendance: If you are absent in 6 lectures, you fail the course with no exceptions. Students are not allowed in class 15 minutes after the lecture starts

   

• Tentative course outline

Introduction to Electromagnetic Waves and Their Applications

 

Maxwell’s Equations

à        Maxwell’s equations, Faraday's and Ampere's law

à        Phasor notation and Maxwell’s equations in frequency domain

à        Constitutive relations and media parameters

à        Boundary conditions

à        Wave equation, simple electromagnetic wave

à        Conservation of power and Poynting theorem

à        Lorentz gauge, retarded potentials, radiation field of a short dipole

à        (*) Relationship between field and circuit theory (KVL and KCL laws, inductors, capacitors, resistors)

 

Midterm Exam 1: Wed 93/8/7

 

 

Transmission Lines

à        Transmission line equations from field theory, TEM wave on transmission lines

à        Transmission line equations from lumped element equivalent circuit

à        Lossy transmission lines

à        Voltages, currents, characteristic impedance, reflection, transmission, standing waves

à        Impedance transformations, impedance matching, and Smith Chart

à        Propagation of pulses on transmission lines, zigzag or bounce diagrams, application of Laplace transform

à        Microstrip lines, coaxial lines, two wire lines: design equations

à        Scattering parameters, properties of the [S] matrix, two-port microwave networks

 

Midterm Exam 2: Wed 93/09/12

 

Plane Electromagnetic Waves

à        Plane waves in simple unbounded medium

à        Plane waves in lossy medium

à        Polarization of plane waves

à        Dispersion and wave velocities

à        What happens if mu and epsilon are negative? Metamaterials and DNG

à        Wave propagation in dispersive media, Drude model for metals and plasma, Lorentz model for dielectric media

à        Wave propagation in uniaxial medium, Faraday's rotation

 

 

Reflection and Refraction of Plane Waves

à        Normal incidence on conductors and dielectrics, anti-reflection coatings

à        Oblique incidence on conductors and dielectrics

à        Total transmission, Brewster angle, total reflection and critical angle, evanescent waves

à        Transmission line formalism

 

 

Introduction to Waveguides

à        Simplifying Maxwell’s equations for propagating modes in one direction

à        General properties of electromagnetic modes: TEM waves, TM waves, TE waves

à        Parallel plate waveguide

à        Rectangular waveguide

à        Circular waveguide

à    (*) Dielectric waveguides: propagation in dielectric slab and optical fibers

 

(*) If time permits (*)