Introduction to electromagnetic theory and engineering
applications. Transmission line transient and steady state
analysis, electrostatics, steady currents and ohmic media,
magnetostatics, time-varying currents, Maxwell’s equations,
plane waves, field and wave interaction with materials, and
boundaries.
Athena Title
Electromagnetics
Prerequisite
(ECSE 2170-2170L or ECSE 2170H or ENGR 2170-2170L or ENGR 2170E) and (MATH 2500 or MATH 2500E) and (MATH 2700 or MATH 2700E)
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, a successful student will be able to engage in problem solving and understand at an intermediate level transmission line behavior, basic static and time varying electric fields and magnetic fields, plane wave propagation in unbounded and bounded media, wave behavior in lossy materials, and necessary for electromagnetic wave understanding in the above contexts.
By the end of the course, a successful student will become aware of the broad technological/application impact of electromagnetics and implications of electromagnetics design.
Topical Outline
• Background and Motivation
Central Role of Electromagnetics in EE, Electromagnetic Waves, Lumped and Distributed Circuits, Maxwell’s Eqns.
• Transient Excitation of Transmission Lines
Heuristic Discussion of Transmission Line Behavior and Circuit Models, Transmission Line Equations and Wave Solution
Reflections at Discontinuities, Transient Response of Lossless
Line with Resistive Termination
Transient Response of Reactive Terminations
Time Domain Reflectometry, Transmission Line Parameters
• Steady State Waves on Transmission Lines
Current and Voltage Wave Solutions, Open and Short-Circuited Lines
Lines Terminated with Arbitrary Impedance, Power Flow on Transmission Lines
Impedance Matching and the Smith Chart
• Electrostatics
Electric Charge Concepts, Coulomb’s Law and the Electric Field, Electrostatic Scalar Potential
Flux Density and Gauss’ Law
Metallic Conductors
Laplace and Poisson Equations, Dielectrics and Capacitance
Boundary Conditions and Energy Density
• Steady Electric Currents
Current Density and Conduction, Current Flow, Ohms Law, and Resistance
EMF and Kirchoff’s Voltage Law, Continuity Eqn. and Kirchoff’s Current Law, Joule’s Law
• Magnetostatics
Lorentz Equation and B, Biot-Savart Law and Applications
Ampere’s Circuital Law, Divergence of B, Magnetic Flux
Magnetic Forces and Torques, Magnetic Dipoles, Magnetic Field in Materials, B, H, and M - Boundary Conditions
• Time Varying Fields and Maxwell’s Equations
Faraday’s Law, Motional EMF, Inductance and Energy in Magnetic Fields
Displacement Current and Maxwell’s Equations in Point and Integral Form
• Plane Waves in Unbounded and Bounded Media
General Plane TEM Waves, Time Harmonic TEM Waves, Polarization
Plane Wave Propagation in Lossy Media
Power Flow in General Media
TEM Waves and Transmission Lines
Reflection of Plane Waves at Normal Incidence
Multiple Reflections – Antireflection and Matching
