| | Standard Course Syllabus | Course Supervisor | Date of Approval |
| | Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Lee, JF | 3/05 |
| | 517 | Electromagnetics Laboratory |
| | 2. | CATALOG DESCRIPTION |
| | Transmission line parameters; attenuation, magnitude and phase of voltage and current on lines; reflected waves; waveguide |
| | characteristics and techniques; antenna patterns and impedances; optical devices. |
| | Quarters of Offering | Credits | | Level | Class Meeting |
| | Su, Wi, Sp Qtrs. | 2 | U | 1 cl, 1 3-hr lab. |
| | Course Prerequisites |
| | Prereq: 312. |
| | 3. | PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC |
| | Electrostatics, Maxwell's equations, plane waves, transmission line theory |
| | Courses that require this as a direct prerequisite |
| | none |
| | 4. | Text(s) and Other Course Materials | Author(s) | Publisher |
| | No text |
| | References (supplemental reading) |
| | none |
| | 5. | COURSE OBJECTIVES |
| | 1. Students learn to apply the theory from their electromagnetic course to analyze the experiments. (Criterion 3(a)) |
| | 2. Students learn modern electromagnetic and microwave measurement techniques. (Criteria 3(a),(k)) |
| | 3. The students learn the proper way to prepare laboratory reports. (Criterion 3(g)) |
| | 6. | TOPICS AND (# OF LECTURES) |
| | Electrostatic field calculating and mapping (1) |
| | Pulses on lines (1) |
| | Basic experiments in optics (1) |
| | Slotted coaxial line (1) |
| | Tesla coil as a quarter-wavelength resonator (1) |
| | Line balancing (1) |
| | Radio-wave propagation (1) |
| | Antenna measurements (1) |
| | 7. | CLASS MEETING PATTERN | (For example, "3cl." means 3 48-min classes per week.) |
| | 1 cl, 1 3-hr lab. |
| | Thursday, August 14, 2008 09:17 AM |
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