EE117, Spring 2008
Electromagnetic Fields and Waves

MWF 1:00-2:00 p.m. in 289 Cory Hall
Final Exam Gp 5

Discussion Session:
Monday 1:00–2:00 pm, 237 Cory Hall Tuesday 3:00–4:00 pm 237 Cory Hall (Tentative)

Prerequisite:
EE 40, Mathematics 53, 54, and knowledge of phasor analysis helpful. If you are in doubt, please see instructor.

Text:
Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Fundamentals of Applied Electromagnetics, Fifth Edition, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2007 (ISBN: 0132371383).
Referred to as Text in detailed course outline.

Course Details:
Review of static electric and magnetic fields; Maxwell’s equations; transmission lines ; propagation and reflection of plane waves; introduction to guided waves, microwave (and optical) networks, and radiation and antennas and basic wireless principles.

Class Syllabus
Academic Dishonesty Policy

Teaching Assistants:
Erin Summers
Erinbot@gmail.com

Course Administrative Assistant:
Rosemary Alonso
(510) 642-2386
rosemary@eecs.berkeley.edu

Announcements:

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Schedule/Lecture Notes:

• Lecture 1: Wave Concepts


• Lecture 2: Phasor Concepts


• Lecture 3: Transmission Line Equations, Pulses of Infinite Lines


• Lecture 4: Pulse Propagation with Reflections


• Lecture 5: Sinvsoidal Steady State


• Lecture 6: Sinvsoidal St St, Power Shorted and Open lines


• Lecture 7: Introduction to Smith Chart Analysis


• Lecture 8: Double Stub Tuner


• Lecture 9: Scattering Matricies


• Lecture 10: The Capacitively Loaded Line


• Lecture 11: Scattering Parameters and Amplifier Gain


• Lecture 12: The Scalar and Magnetic Vector Potentials (Lorentz Guage)


• Lecture 13: The Electric Dipole Potentials


• Lecture 14: The Magnetic Dipole Potential


• Lecture 15: Friis Formula for Basic Antenna Power Calculations

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Mini Labs:

• Mini Lab 1: Pulse propagation and dispersion


• Mini Lab 2: Slotted line and SWR meter


• Mini Lab 3: Smith chart and single-stub tuning


• Mini Lab 4: Magnetic measurements and Faraday's law

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Homework:

• Problem Set 1
  Solutions


• Problem Set 2
  Solutions


• Problem Set 3
  Solutions


• Problem Set 4
  Solutions


• Problem Set 5
  Solutions


• Problem Set 6
  Solutions


• Problem Set 7
  Comments on Problem Set 7

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Midterm/Final:

• Homework 12%


• Midterm 25%


• Final 40%


• Minilabs 13%


• Participation 10%

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References:

• S. Ramo, J.R. Whinnery, and T. Van Duzer, Fields and Waves in Communication Electronics, third edition, J. Wiley and Sons, 2000 (ISBN: 0471585513). Earlier editions are fine, however, translation of page numbers, sections, and problem numbers need to be considered). Referred to as RWVD in detailed course outline.


• McGrawHill, 1999 (ISBN: 0072356634). (Some of the problems will be used, in particular for wireless). Referred to as KF in detailed course outline.


• EECS 117 Laboratory Manual, Available online at the class website