EE 30358 Electromagnetic Fields and Waves: II

Spring semester, 2012

Lectures: Tuesdays, Thursdays, 11:00 - 12:15 (DBRT 119)

Instructor: Dr. Debdeep Jena

TA: Ashraf Khan (khan.10@nd.edu)

Office Hours: Thu 2-4 pm, or by appointment (Fitz 271, Instructor’s office).

Course description (of part II of this course)

EMag waves: Reflection & Transmission
Transmission Lines
Waveguides
Antennas

Examinations and grading

Assignments: 50%

Midterms (2): 10% each

Final: 30%

Syllabus/Text/References

The required text for the class is -

Electromagnetic Fields and Waves

Magdy F. Iskander

Waveland Press, Inc., ISBN:157766115X

Remarks: You have used this text in part I of this class, so I expect you to have a copy.

Recommended reading -

Div Grad Curl and all that

H. M. Schey

Norton, NY, ISBN: 0393969975

Remarks: Great relaxed reading of vector calculus.

Some other suggested references are -

Introduction to Electrodynamics

D. J. Griffiths,

Prentice Hall, 3rd edition, ISBN:013805326X

Field and Wave Electromagnetics

David K. Cheng,

Prentice Hall, 2nd Edition, ISBN:0201128195

Extra Information

No.	Topic
1.	Supporting slides ( pdf )
2.	Mathematica Illustrations
3.	Smith Chart (download and print if you need it)
4.	Is ‘invisibility’ around the corner? - Pendry’s 2006 paper commentary Veselago’s original Paper An exciting prospect for developing an ‘invisibility – cloak’ using meta-materials has been proposed very recently.
5.	Materials with refractive index less than 1, speeds faster than the speed of light!
6.	Magnetic Monopoles?
7.	The electromagnetic spectrum: Plain Twisted Delightful
8.	Agilent Java Simulators: Transmission Lines: Reflection/VSWR, Smith Charts/VSWR

Assignments

Problems in the assignment are designed for you to solve on your own. Many of the problems are carefully designed to emphasize the concepts rather than crunching numbers. Discussion of problems amongst yourself and with the instructor is encouraged. However, the solutions have to be your own. Deadlines are strictly enforced. Turn in your assignment solutions by 5pm of the due date in the instructor’s mailbox at 275 Fitzpatrick. I will assign one assignment per week. Please print out the problem sheet and attach it on top of your solution with your name and email address. Please do not turn in your scratch papers – write up the final solution neatly and BOX your final answers wherever appropriate.

No.	Topic	Date posted	Date Due	Avg. Score
1.	Recap of EMag I, Transmission & Reflection of plane EMag waves	01/24/2012	02/01/2012	93.0/100
2.	Transmission & Reflection of plane EMAg waves @ Multiple Interfaces	02/01/2012	02/10/2012	90.0/100
3.	Reflection & Refraction of EMAg waves @ Oblique Incidence Angles	02/10/2012	02/17/2012	99.2/100
4.	Transmission Lines: Basics, Transients, & Pulse Propagation	02/23/2012	03/02/2012	87.7/100
5.	Transmission Lines: TDRs, ac signals, VSWR, and Stub Tuners	03/05/2012	03/20/2012	91.5/100
6.	Transmission Lines: Stub Tuner Matching and VSWR	03/23/2012	04/02/2012	95.0/100
7.	Waveguides: Basics	04/05/2012	04/13/2012	*./100
8.	Waveguides: Applications, and Antennas: Basics	04/14/2012	04/23/2012	*./100
9.	Antennas: Design and Applications	04/23/2012	05/03/2012	*./100
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Practice Exams

2010 MidTerm I MidTerm II Final

2011 Midterm 1 Midterm 2 Final

Exams

No.	Exam	Solutions	Average Score
1)	Midterm 1	Solutions (pdf)	17.4/20
2)	Midterm 2	Solutions (pdf)	16.7/20
3)	Final Exam	Solutions (pdf)	*./30

This page is maintained by: Debdeep Jena ( djena [at] nd.edu )

Last updated: Saturday, April 14, 2012