Course Content

We cover much of the material in the text with the exception of Chapters 4 & 5.  Two additional chapters of another Inan and Inan text (Engineering Electromagnetics) will be made available by PDF download.

The idea behind this strategy is to get the maximum amount of electromagnetics in your hands in one semester.  With the increasing need for engineers to understand wave-based data transmission systems, e.g. satellite links, wireless networks, fiber optics and the like; we begin the course with the full set of Maxwell's Equations in free space and derive the Wave Equation from them. By the end of the year the goal is to design a radiolink system end to end including cost, technical quality and safety.

Although the material will be taught in lecture style, learning will occur primarily in the workshops and by doing the homework.  Consequently, a portion of your grade will depend on these activities.  Collaborative learning is implemented into the workshops, and you will be expected to participate regularly and in a positive vein.  In other words, attendance will be taken and group participation will be expected. Groups will be assigned at the beginning of the term.

Course Topics

Vector Calculus

Maxwell's Equations

The Wave Equation

Phasors

Time Harmonic Fields

Plane Wave Propagation in Lossless Media

Wave Polarization

Group / Phase Velocity

Poynting Vector

Plane Wave Propagation in Lossy Media

Plane Wave Propagation in High Loss Media

Normal Incidence on Dielectric and Conducting Boundaries

Transmission Lines

Wave Characteristics for Transmission Lines

Transmission Line Parameters

Bounce Diagrams

Smith Chart / Impedence Matching

Elementary Dipoles

Antenna Patterns / Directivity

Linear Antennas

Antenna Parameters

Radio System Analysis