| | Standard Course Syllabus | Course Supervisor | Date of Approval |
| | Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Lee, J-F | 3/05 |
| | 719 | Electromagnetic Field Theory I |
| | 2. | CATALOG DESCRIPTION |
| | Maxwell’s equations; constitutive relations; boundary conditions; wave equation; plane wave solutions in planar |
| | multilayered media; Doppler shift; vector potentials and fields of simple sources. |
| | Quarters of Offering | Credits | | Level | Class Meeting |
| | Au Qtr. | 3 | U G | 3 cl. |
| | Course Prerequisites |
| | Prereq: 312. |
| | 3. | PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC |
| | Vector algebra and calculus; knowledge of basic electromagnetics |
| | Courses that require this as a direct prerequisite |
| | 810, 812, 814 |
| | 4. | Text(s) and Other Course Materials | Author(s) | Publisher |
| | No text |
| | References (supplemental reading) |
| | [1] R.F. Harrington, "Time-Harmonic Electromagnetic Fields," McGraw-Hill, 1961. |
| | [2] C. A. Balanis, "Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics," Wiley, 1989. |
| | [3] J.A. Kong, "Electromagnetic Wave Theory," 2nd Edition, Wiley, 1990. |
| | 5. | COURSE OBJECTIVES |
| | 1. Student will learn some fundamental laws of electrodynamics (based on Maxwell's equations). (Criterion 3(a)) |
| | 2. Students will learn electrical properties of materials, solutions of the wave equation as plane waves in source free regions. |
| | (Criterion 3(a)) |
| | 3. Student will learn about wave polarization, and reflection/transmission of plane waves at planar multi-layered media. |
| | (Criterion 3(a)) |
| | 4. Students will learn vector potentials for source ratiation in unbounded space. (Criterion 3(a)) |
| | 6. | TOPICS AND (# OF LECTURES) |
| | Maxwell's equations (3) |
| | Boundary, edge, tip and radiation conditions (3) |
| | Interaction of plane waves with planar layered media (10) |
| | Plane wave spectral representation for fields (3) |
| | Vector potential and the fields produced by simple sources (5) |
| | 7. | CLASS MEETING PATTERN | (For example, "3cl." means 3 48-min classes per week.) |
| | 3 cl. |
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