Overview

Prerequisites

• MA1116

Learning Outcomes

·       Familiarity with basic wave propagation, complex numbers, phasors, coordinate systems and transforms.

·       Compute voltage and current waves on transmission lines; determine circuit parameters, loss, phase velocity.

·       Compute the input impedance of a terminated finite transmission line, SWR and use the Smith chart for basic transmission line calculations.

·       Compute fields and potential for discrete and continuous charge distributions directly or using Gauss’s Law when applicable.

·       Find the capacitance of a structure, the energy density and energy stored; dielectric effects.

·       Find the resistance of a structure, current density; apply boundary conditions and the method of images.

·       Understand the magnetic field of a loop, relationship to a dipole and permanent magnets.

·       Understand the concept of permeability, magnetization and hysteresis; types of magnetic materials.

·       Use the Biot-Savart law to compute magnetic fields for basic cases, and apply Faraday’s law of induction (i.e., know how currents are induced by conductor motion and time-varying magnetic flux).

·       Understand plane wave propagation in unbounded media and the effect of losses, skin effect, polarization, reflection and transmission from boundaries.