Units: 4 (3 Lecture/1 Discussion)
Prerequisites: MAT 21D; (PHY 9C or PHY 9HD); (ENG 17 or ENG 17V)
Catalog Description: Basics of static electric and magnetic fields and fields in materials. Work and scalar potential. Maxwell’s equations in integral and differential form. Plane waves in lossless media. Lossless transmission lines. GE credit: SE
ABET Student Outcomes:
Students who have completed this course should have achieved:
a) Student Outcome 1: an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
Expanded Course Description:
I. Maxwell’s Equation in Integral Form
A. Source equations for static fields (Coulomb’s amd Biot-Savart’s Laws)
B. Full Maxwell’s equations, integral form – Heuristic er, mr
C. Equivalence of Gauss/Coulomb’s and Ampere’s/Biot-Savart’s Laws
D. Simple examples of fields using Gauss and Ampere’s Laws
E. Faraday’s law, induction
II. Maxwell’s Equations in Differential Form-Waves in Lossless Media
A. Gauss laws for electric and magnetic fields
B. Ampere’s Law and Faraday’s Law
C. Continuity equation, displacement current
D. Wave equation in source free lossless media
E. Plane waves propagating along an axis – wave impedance
III. Materials
A. Conductors and conduction current
B. Dielectric materials – polarization
C. Linear magnetic materials – magnetization
D. Classification of materials
E. Boundary conditions for the fields
F. Power and Poynting vector – energy densities
IV. Static Electric and Magnetic Fields
A. Maxwell’s equations for statics
B. Electrostatic potential – Laplace’s equation
C. Capacitance – electric energy storage
D. Self-inductance – magnetic energy storage
E. Simple boundary value problems (transmission line geometrics)
V. Lossless Transmission Lines
A. Transmission line equations with lumped circuit parameters
B. Wave equation for transmission lines
C. Current and voltage waves – characteristic impedance
D. Reflection at unmatched loads – Crank diagram
E. Input impedance
F. Quarter wavelength matching
