EE136 - Engineering Electromagnetics

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136. Engineering Electromagnetics.
Course will cover electromagnetic wave propagation, transmission lines, 
waveguides, and antennas. 
Prerequisite(s): course 135. 
May be repeated for credit. J. Fang

Explanation of Prerequisite: 
EE135: Fundamental electromagnetic principle and techniques needed for
       this class.


Required skills to pass the course:
1. Understand wave equations and electromagnetic wave propagation in
   free space, lossy and lossless dielectrics, and good conductors.
2. Understand and able to apply Poynting Vector and Poynting theorem.
3. Ability to compute reflection and transmission at normal and
   oblique incidence.  Ability to find total reflection and critical
   angles.
4. Understand transmission line parameters, equations, input
   impedance, standing wave ratios.
5. Familiarity with different transmission line configurations.
6. Ability to solve transmission line equations under different terminations.
7. Understand and be able to apply the Smith Chart.
8. Ability to compute transients on transmission lines due to step and
   rectangular pulse excitations.
9. Know and be able to find different modes of field solutions in
   rectangular waveguides.  Understand and be able to find major
   properties of wave propagation in rectangular waveguides.
10. Know and be able to find different modes of field solutions in
   waveguide resonators. Understand and be able to find major
   properties of rectangular waveguides.
11. Understand major antenna characteristics.
12. Ability to compute characteristics of dipole, half-wave, quarter-wave, and
   small loop antennas.
13. Know the principle of antenna arrays.  Be able to compute
   characteristics of array antennas.

Core topics:
1. Wave propagation in free space, lossy and lossless dielectrics,
   and in good conductors
2. Wave reflection and transmission
3. Transmission line theory
4. Transmission line transients
5. Rectangular waveguides and resonators
6. Basic antenna theory
7. Antenna arrays

Optional topics:
1. Circular waveguides and resonators
2. Radar

Text: 
Matthew Sadiku, "Elements of Electromagnetics", third edition, Oxford
 University Press, 2001.

Prepared by Jiayuan Fang, 11/02