COURSE SYLLABUS
ECE 810

Electromagnetic Field Theory II

Winter 2008

 

 

Summary:  Electromagnetic field theorems with applications; separable guided wave and scattering boundary value problems; one-dimensional Green's functions with applications; multi-conductor transmission lines.

Place: CL 0139

Class Time: 4:30-5:18 AM, MWF (tentative)

Suggested reading:

Balanis, Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics (Wiley).

Collin, Field Theory of Guided Waves (IEEE Press)

Harrington, Time-Harmonic Electromagnetic Fields (IEEE Press)

Chew, Waves and Fields in Inhomogeneous Media (IEEE Press)

Prerequisite: ECE719 (or permission of instructor).

 

Instructor: Fernando L. Teixeira

Office: DL 312

Office hours: MWF 2:30-3:30 at DL 312 or by appointment.

e-mail: teixeira@ece.osu.edu

 

 

Outline:

Electromagnetic Field Theorems and Applications

Power Conservation Theorem

Antenna Equivalent Circuit Theorem

Momentum Conservation Theorem

Image, Duality, and Uniqueness Theorems

Field Equivalence Theorems

Reciprocity Theorem and Some Generalizations

Applications

 

Source-Free Potentials and Fields in Presence of Boundaries

General TE and TM decomposition

TE and TM Potentials in Terms of Cylindrical Waves

Properties of Cylindrical Waves

 TE and TM Potentials in Terms of Spherical Waves

Properties of Spherical Waves

Source Free Guided Wave Modal Fields in Closed and Open Structures

Cavity modal Fields

Waveguide and Cavity Perturbations including Loss

Plane Wave Scattering by Canonical Geometries

Far Field of Antennas near Grounded Substrates and Canonical Geometries in Terms of Plane Wave Scattering Solutions and Reciprocity.

Introduction to Vector Wave Functions, with Applications to Antenna Near Field Techniques.

 

Analysis of Source Excited One Dimensional Electromagnetic Problems via Green’s Functions

Sturm-Liouville Operator

Green’s Identity

One Dimensional Green’s Function and its Adjoint

Applications to Transmission Lines and Radiation/Scattering Problems.

Matrix Green’s Operator and Coupled Transmission Lines. Cross-talk.

External Coupling to Transmission Lines. Application to EMC.

 

Grading policy: Project Report (25%), Project Presentation (25%), Exams and Homework (50%). Exam dates to be determined.