EE136: Engineering Electromagnetics

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Course will cover electromagnetic wave propagation, transmission lines, waveguides, and
antennas. Prerequisite(s): course 135 and 135L. Enrollment restricted to School of
Engineering and Division of Physical and Biological Sciences majors or permission of
instructor. 5 credits. M. Isaacson, The Staff.

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; Revised by Mike Isaacson, 6/09