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ECE 3342 - Electromagnetic Theory II

Designation

 

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Catalog description

ECE3342. Electromagnetic Theory II (3:3:0). Prerequisite: ECE 3341 and MATH 3351. For majors only or departmental consent. General solutions for Maxwell’s equations. Traveling waves in scalar media. Boundary conditions and constraints imposed by bounding surfaces.

 

Prerequisite(s)

 

ECE 3341 and 2.25 adjusted cumulative GPA.

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

 

Inan & Inan, Electromagnetic waves, Prentice Hall 2000

 

Course learning outcomes

Upon completion of this course, the students should be able to analyze time varying fields problems, plane waves in lossless and lossy media, waves interacting with planar boundaries, guided waves, and antennas.

 

Topics covered

Time varying fields and Maxwells equations - 6 hours

Waves in unbounded lossless media - 6 hours

Waves in unbounded lossy media - 6 hours

Waves interacting with planar boundaries - 6 hours

Guided waves - 6 hours

Introduction to antennas - 4 hours

Special topics in electromagnetics - 4 hours

Test and reviews - 4 hours

 

Class/laboratory schedule

Class meets 15 weeks, 3 times per week for 50 minutes or 2 times per week for 80 minutes.

 

Contributions to professional component

The course acquaints students with rigorous analysis of the characteristics of electromagnetic waves in a wide variety of practical environments.

 

Relationship of course to program outcomes

 

This course addresses EE and CMPE Program Outcomes a, e, and k.

 

Prepared by

H. Krompholz, April 28, 2008