ECE 329 - Fields and Waves I

Fall2021

Calendar

Lecture	Date	Topic	Readings	Optional
1	9/13, Mo	Fields and waves in nature and engineering — the big picture Vector fields and Lorentz force	Note	CalcReview Paper MP0 MP1
2	9/15, We	Static electric fields — Coulomb’s and Gauss’s laws	Note	MP2 3 Charges Anim 2 Charges Anim Dipole Field
3	9/17, Fr	Gauss’s law and static charge densities	Note	MP3
4	9/18, Sa	Divergence and curl	Note	MP4
5	9/22, We	Curl-free fields and electrostatic potential	Note	MP5
6	9/24, Fr	Circulation and boundary conditions	Note	MP6
7	9/27, Mo	Poisson's and Laplace's equations	Note	MP7 EXCEL: Poisson Solver
8	9/29, We	Conductors, dielectrics, and polarization	Note
9	10/8, Fr	Static fields in dielectric media	Note	MP9
10	10/9, Sa	Capacitance and conductance	Note	MP10
11	10/11, Mo	Lorentz-Drude models for conductivity and susceptibility and polarization current	Note	MP11
12	10/13, We	Magnetic force and fields and Ampere’s law	Note	MP12
	10/15, Fr	Exam 1
13	10/18, Mo	Current sheet, solenoid, vector potential and current loops	Note
14	10/20, We	Faraday’s law and induced emf	Note	MP14 Earth's Magnetic Field
15	10/25, Mo	Inductance — solenoid, shorted coax	Note	MP15
16	10/27, We	Charge conservation, continuity eqn, displacement current, Maxwell’s equations	Note	MP16 Currents in Wires Fields around Wires
17	10/29, Fr	Magnetization current, Maxwell’s equations in material media	Note
18	11/1, Mo	Wave equation and plane TEM waves in source-free media	Note	MP18
19	11/3, We	d’Alembert wave solutions, radiation from current sheets	Note	MP19
20	11/5, Fr	Poynting theorem and monochromatic waves	Note	MP20
21	11/8, Mo	Monochromatic waves and phasor notation	Note	MP21
22	11/10, We	Phasor form of Maxwell’s equations and damped waves in conducting media	Note	MP22
23	11/12,Fr	Imperfect dielectrics, good conductors	Note	MP23
	11/15, Mo	Exam 2
24	11/17, We	Signal transmission, circular polarization	Note	MP24
25	11/19, Fr	Wave reflection and transmission	Note	MP25 Partial and Total Reflection Anim
26	11/22, Mo	Standing waves, radiation pressure	Note	MP26
27	11/24, We	Guided TEM waves on TL systems	Note	MP27
28	11/26, Fr	Distributed circuits and bounce diagrams	Note	MP28 Bouncing Sine Anim
29	11/29, Mo	Bounce diagram examples	Note	MP29
30	12/1, We	Multi-line circuits	Note	MP30 Two Lines Anim
31	12/3,Fr	Periodic oscillations in lossless TL ckts	Note	MP31 Open Open Anim Open Short Anim
32	12/6, Mo	Input impedance and microwave resonators	Note	MP32
33	12/8, We	TL circuits with half- and quarter-wave transformers	Note	MP33
34	12/10, Fr	Line impedance, generalized reflection coefficient, Smith Chart	Note	MP34 AARL Smith Chart Smith Chart Tool Smith Chart
	12/13, Mo	Exam 3
35	12/15, We	Smith Chart examples	Note	MP35
36	12/17, Fr	Smith Chart and VSWR	Note	MP36
37	12/20, Mo	Smith Chart and impedance matching	Note	MP37
38	12/22, We	Distribution networks	Note	MP38
39	12/24, Fr	Lossy lines	Note	MP39
		Final Exam