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Andreas C. Cangellaris (Section D, 260 EL; Office Hours: Th 12:30-2:00 pm, 357EL)
G. Logan Liu (Section X, 245 EL; Office Hours: W 4:00 - 5:30 pm, 3104 MNTL)

Zuhaib Sheikh
Leon Ting
TA Office Hours: Th 2:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 330L EL

(Formerly ECE 350) Time-harmonic analysis of transmission lines; impedance matching; general plane wave solution of Maxwell's equations; reflection and transmission of plane waves at material interfaces; dielectric and metallic waveguides; electromagnetic resonators; electromagnetic radiation and diffraction; antennas. Credit is not given toward graduate degrees in Electrical Engineering. Prerequisite: ECE 329.

Homework Solutions

• Sample 1A
• Sample 1B
• Sample 1C

• Sample 2A
• Sample 2B
• Sample 2C

• Course Syllabus

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• Notes on Smith Chart

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• A note on time-average power in terms of phasors
• Examples of transmission line theory, stub tuning, etc in the real world in MEMS technology
• Use of decibels (dB) for quantifying attenuation
• Use of decibels (dB) for quantifying attenuation

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• Notes on Analogy between Plane Waves and Transmission Lines
• Brief Review of Polarization
• Problems on Smith Chart
• Problems on Plane Waves in Media
• Problems on Plane Wave Reflection at Normal Incidence
• Plane Wave Propagation at Arbitrary Directions
• Problems on Plane Wave Reflection at Oblique Incidence
• Problems on Parallel Plate Waveguides
• Problems on Rectangular Waveguides
• Problems on Antennas
• Problems on Antenna Arrays
• Sample problem on parallel plate waveguide
• Sample problem on rectangular waveguide
• The Microwave Oven, an Application of Wave Guide Cavities
• Radio Link Between Two Antennas

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• Notes1 from Lecture 1 and 2
• Notes2 from Lecture 4
• Notes3 from Lecture 5 (Smith Chart)

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