ECE 329 Class Calendar

 

August 2022
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1 Vector fields and Lorentz force

MP0

MP1

Paper: Taflove 2010

 

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2 Coulomb's and Gauss's laws

MP2

Anim: 3 charges

Anim: 2 charges

Anim: Dipole field

 

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3 Gauss's law and static charge densities

MP3

 

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4 Divergence and curl

MP4

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5 Curl-free fields and electrostatic potential

MP5

       

 

September 2022
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6 Circulation and boundary conditions

MP6

 

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LABOR DAY

 

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7 Poisson's and Laplace's equations

EXCEL: Poisson Solver

MP7

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8 Conductors, dielectrics, polarization

MP8

 

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9 Fields in dielectric media

MP9

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10 Capacitance and conductance

MP10

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11 Conductivity, susceptibility, polarization current

MP11

Paper: Electrets

 

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NO CLASS

 

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EXAM 1

 

21

12 Magnetic force and Ampere's law

MP12

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13 Current sheet, solenoid, vector potential and current loops

MP13

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14 Faraday's law and induced emf

Video: Earth's Magnetic Field

MP14

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15 Inductance --- solenoid, shorted coax

MP15

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16 Charge conservation, continuity eqn, displacement current, Maxwell's equations

MP16

Paper: Currents in wires

Paper: Fields around wires

 

   

 

October 2022
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17 Magnetization current, Maxwell's equations in material media

MP17

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18 Wave equation and plane TEM waves in source-free media

MP18

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19 d'Alembert wave solutions, radiation from current sheets

MP19

 

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20 Wave energy and Poynting theorem

MP20

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21 Monochromatic wave solutions and phasor notation

MP21

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22 Phasor form of Maxwell's equations and damped waves in conducting media

MP22

 

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NO CLASS

 

18

EXAM 2

 

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23 Impefect dielectrics, good conductors

MP23

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24 Signal transmission, circular polarization

MP24

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25 Wave reflections, standing waves

Anim: Partial and total reflections

MP25

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26 Standing waves, radiation pressure

MP26

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27 Guided TEM waves in TL systems

MP27

 

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28 Introduction to distributed circuits

Anim: Bouncing Sine

MP28

           

 

November 2022
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29 Bounce diagrams

Anim: Unit Step

Anim: Double Pulse

MP29

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30 Multi-line circuits

MP30

Anim: Two Lines

 

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31 Periodic oscillations in losless TL ckts

Anim: Open Open

Anim: Open Short

MP31

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9

32 Input impedance and microwave resonators

MP32

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11

33 TL circuits with half- and quarter-wave transformers

MP33

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NO CLASS

 

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EXAM 3

 

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34 Line impedance, generalized reflection coefficient, Smith Chart

MP34

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35 Smith Chart examples

MP35

 

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36 Smith Chart and VSWR

MP36

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37 Smith Chart and impedance matching

MP37

       

 

December 2022
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38 Distribution networks

MP38

 

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39 Lossy lines

MP39

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REVIEW

 

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READING DAY

 

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FINAL EXAM

(regular: 7pm-10pm)

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FINAL EXAM

(conflict: 7pm-10pm))

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