Course Syllabus
Electromagnetic Fields and Waves II
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
1. Course Number and Name:
2. Credit Units/Contact Hours:
3. Course Coordinator:
Electromagnetic Fields and Waves II
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Sembiam R. Rengarajan
4. Text, References & Software
Recommended Text:
Harrington RF: Time-Harmonic Electromagnetic Fields, Wiley-IEEE Press, 2nd edition,
2001, ISBN: 047120806X
Software:
ADS
5. Specific Course Information
a. Course Description
Analysis of time-varying electromagnetic fields. Maxwell’s equations, waves in ideal and
lossy matter. Impedance concept, duality, equivalence principle, energy flow, reciprocity
theorem. Transmission lines, wave-guides, resonators, surface waves, antennas,
rectangular waveguides and cavities, circular waveguides and cavities, surface waves,
spherical wave propagation.
b. Prerequisite by Topic
Students must also be familiar with transmission line circuits, transient and steady state
solutions, phasors, reflection coefficient, Smith chart, matching circuits, wave
propagation in materials, vector analysis, electrostatics, magnetostatics, steady electric
currents, quasi-statics, and electromagnetic fields (ECE370).
c. Elective Course
6. Specific Goals for the Course
a. Specific Outcomes of Instructions – After completing this course the students should be able to:
1. Determine the polarization, phase velocity, propagation direction, and attenuation of
a plane wave propagating in a given medium.
2. Analyze the behavior of a plane wave incident at normal and oblique angles to a
plane interface between two semi-infinite media.
3. Analyze the behavior of a plane wave incident on plane multi-layered dielectric sheets.
4. Determine the radiation resistance, radiation pattern, and directivity of simple
antennas such as dipoles, loops, and slots in conducting planes.
5. Determine the characteristic impedance, propagation constant, attenuation and phase
velocity of two-conductor transmission lines.
6. Determine the modal behavior of waves propagating in rectangular, circular
cylindrical and radial waveguides and coaxial cables.
Determine the resonant frequencies and Q’s for modes in rectangular and circular
cylindrical resonators.
8. Determine modal behavior of planar and circular cylindrical surface wave
transmission systems.
9. Determine the radar cross section of large conducting plane sheets.
10. Design simple antennas, transmission lines, impedance matching sections,
rectangular and circular cylindrical waveguides and cavities, and surface wave
systems to given specifications.
7.
b. Relationship to Student Outcomes
This supports the achievement of the following student outcomes:
a. An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering to the
analysis of electrical engineering problems.
c. An ability to design systems which include hardware and/or software components
within realistic constraints such as cost, manufacturability, safety and environmental
concerns.
e. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve electrical engineering problems.
i. A recognition of the need for and an ability to engage in life-long learning.
k. An ability to use modern engineering techniques for analysis and design.
n. Knowledge of mathematics including differential equations, linear algebra, complex
variables and discrete math.
7. Topics Covered/Course Outline
1. Introduction, Maxwell’s Equations in Field and Circuital Form, Generalized Current
Concept, Energy and Power, Frequency Domain, Complex Power, A.C.
Characteristics of Matter, A.C. Behavior of Circuit Elements, Boundary Conditions
2. Wave Equations, Plane Waves, Standing Waves, Polarization, Lossy Media, Skin
Effects, Reflection of Waves Plane Boundary Normal Incidence, Oblique Incidence,
Transmission Line Concepts, Waveguide Concepts, Resonator Concepts, Radiation
and Antennas, Waves in General
3. Source Concept, Duality, Uniqueness, Image Principle, Equivalence Principle,
Induction Theorem, Reciprocity, Construction of Solutions
4. Rectangular Waveguides, Cavities, Plane Surface Waves
5. Circular Waveguides (metallic and dielectric), Cavities
6. Spherical waves
Prepared by:
Sembiam R. Rengarajan, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, October 2011
Ali Amini, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, March 2013