EE 3601 Transmission Lines
Catalog Description: (3 cr; prerequisite-EE2011, [Math 2243, Math 2373, or Math
2573], Phys 1302 or Phys 1402)
This course will describe the properties of transmission lines, antennas, and electrostatics,
magnetostatics, and electromagnetic waves in unbounded space and cavities, including
radiation theory.
Instructor: Randall Victora
Tel: 625-1825
Office Hours: Mon: 3:35-4:25, Tue. 1:30-2:30
Rm 6-157 EE/CSci Building
email: victora@ece.umn.edu
Teaching Assistants: Liang Tu
Tel: 626-1591
Office Hours: Wed. 3:30-4:30, Fri. 11:00-12:00
Rm. 6-147D EE/CSci Building
email: tuxxx038@umn.edu
The course will meet MWF 9:05-9:55 in EE/CSci 3-210.
Text: Fundamentals of Applied Electromagnetics, F.T. Ulaby, Fifth Edition
Course Outline:
1. Transmission Lines: time and frequency behavior (8 lectures)
2. Review of Vector Calculus (1 lecture)
3. Electrostatics including scaler potential and capacitance (5 lectures)
4. Magnetostatics including Biot-Savart Law and Inductance (7 lectures)
5. Maxwell’s Equations including boundary conditions (3 lecture)
6. Plane Wave Propagation (4 lectures)
7. Reflection of Plane Waves including oblique incidence(4 lectures)
8. Metallic Waveguide, including parallel plate modes (4 lectures)
9. Radiation, Transmission Loss, Radar (4 lectures)
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Chap. 5
Chap. 6
Chap. 7
Chap. 8
Chap. 9,10
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Grading:
Assignments:
Mid-Semester Exams: Wed. February 25, 2009
Wed. April 8, 2009
Final Examination: Sat. May 16, 2009 at 10:30
20%
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