Meetings:
Tuesday & Thursday, 10:50 a.m. to 12:05 p.m., AL A126
Instructor:
Dr. Frank K. Tittel, AL B208
Email: fkt@rice.edu
Office Hours: Thursdays, 3:00-5:00 p.m., or by appointment
Text:
Fields & Waves Electromagnetics, 2nd edition, D.K. Cheng (Addison-Wesley, 1989).
Structure:
Two weekly lectures, ~7 problem sets, final classroom presentation and report on
an EM topic of your choice.
Grading:
Problem sets: 40% (no late homework)
Classroom presentation: 40% and report of 3 pages (20%)
No final
The homework that you submit must be your own product, yet you are encouraged to discuss the problems with others. You may help one another by providing guidance in the method or approach to solving the problems. However, you may not copy homework solutions from another student, nor from previous classes. The homework is not pledged.
This course will focus on various electrical engineering aspects and devices based on electromagnetic field theory. We will develop engineering models based on fundamental electromagnetic theory and determine device characteristics using both analytical and numerical techniques. We will consider basic concepts of waveguides, resonators, optical fibers, a survey of antennas, and a discussion of radar, lidar, and remote sensing principles. The course covers material in Chapters 7 and 8 as introduction to Chapters 10 and 11 of the text Field and Wave Electromagnetics, D.K. Cheng (Addison-Wesley, 1989).
Outline
Waveguides:
Rectangular waveguides; modes & properties; traveling wave view.
Impedance, dispersion, and loss.
Circular (hollow) waveguides.
Dielectric waveguides; optical fibers.
Cavity Resonators:
Resonance Condition
Modes; cavity loss and Q.
Optical resonators.
Antennas:
Retarded vector potential; elemental (Hertzian) dipole.
Antenna patterns & parameters; model types.
Arrays.
Reciprocity & receiving antennas.
Aperture radiators.
Fields and Waves in Communication Electronics, S. Ramo, J.R. Whinnery, and T. Van Duzer, Third Edition (Wiley, 1993).
Electronagmetic Fields and Waves, M.S. Iskander (Prentice Hall, 1992).
Electromagnetics, J.D. Kraus (MacGraw-Hill, 1984).
Electromagnetic Fields and Energy, H.A. Haus and J.R. Melcher (Prentice Hall, 1989).
Engineering Electromagnetic Fields and Waves, C.T.A. Johnk (Wiley, 1988).
Electromagnetic Concepts and Applications, R.E. DuBroff, S.V. Marshall, and G.G. Skitek, Fourth Edition (Prentice Hall, 1996).
Applied Electromagnetism, L.C. Shen and J.A. Kong, Third Edition (PWS, 1995).