| Catalog Description: | Principles of electromagnetic fields, propagation, and transmission; Maxwell's equations; classical solutions using boundary conditions; microwave transmission line principles and applications; waveguides; fiber optics; introduction to antennas. Computer-aided analysis and design. Three hours lecture and one laboratory weekly. Prerequisite: Mathematics 110B; Physics 51; Engineering 130, 150. (Every Fall) |
| Textbooks: | John D.
Kraus and Daniel A. Fleisch, Electromagnetics - With Applications, 5th
Edition, WCB / McGraw-Hill, 1999.
Ernest Kim, A Laboratory Manual for Communication Transmission Principles, 1999. (on web) |
| References: | Liang Chi
Shen and Jin Au Kong, Applied Electromagnetism, 3nd Ed., PWS, Boston,
1995.
Howard W. Johnson and Martin Graham, High Speed Digital Design: A Handbook of Black Magic, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1993. |
| Instructor: | Ernie Kim, P.E., Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering |
| Goals: | This course is designed to provide an understanding of the principles of electromagnetic transmission systems and the underlying theories of electric and magnetic fields. The theory is also applied to high speed, RF, optical and other waveguides, and microwave electronic circuits and assemblies. |
| Prerequisites by Topic: | 1. Elementary
electricity and magnetism
2. Differential equations 3. Vector calculus |
| Topics: | 1.
Dimensions, Units, and Vector Analysis (3 classes)
2. Electric and Magnetic Fields (7 classes) 3. Transmission Lines and Impedance Matching (5 sessions) 4. Wave Propagation, Attenuation, Polarization, Reflection, Refraction, and Diffraction (6 classes) 5. Antennas and Radiation (9 classes) 6. Dielectric and Magnetic Materials (2 classes) 7. Waveguides, Resonators, and Fiber Optics (4 classes) 8. Electromagnetic Effects in High-Speed Digital Systems (2 classes) 9. Exams (2 classes) |
| Laboratory Topics: | 1. Transmission
Line Characteristics (1 week)
2. Design Of Single Stub Matching Network (2 weeks) 3. Introduction To HP ADS (2 weeks) 4. Designing Matching Networks with ADS (2 weeks) 5. Investigating Wave Propagation and Attenuation using ADS (1 week) 6. Waveguide Design Using ADS (2 weeks) 7. Antenna Design (3 weeks) |
| Estimated ABET Category Content: | Engineering
Science: 3.0 credits or 75%
Engineering Design: 1.0 credits or 25% |
| Prepared By: | Ernie Kim [Rev. 1.0] | Date: | 8 May 2000 |