ECE357 Course Schedule 2015 (subject to change)

Lecture
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

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20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38

Lecture content
Course introduction, transmission lines
Transmission line equations
Transmission line equation in phasor domain, basic quantities, lossless transmission lines
Transmission line parameters, attenuation, low-loss line
Wave characteristics of finite transmission lines
Transmission lines as circuit elements
Tranmission lines with resistive / arbitrary terminations, SWR
Multiple reflections, introduction to Smith chart
Smith chart
VSWR circles, basic operations
Quarter-wave transformer, single-stub matching
Double-stub matching
Transients on transmission lines
Bounce diagrams
Review of vector operations
Maxwell's equations - fundamentals, integral form
Maxwell's equations - differential form, boundary conditions
Time-harmonic fields: phasors, wave equation
Reading week - no lectures
Reading week - no lectures
Reading week - no lectures
Time harmonic fields: source-free fields, the electromagnetic spectrum
Plane waves in lossless media, polarization
Polarization
Plane waves in lossy media
Dispersion
Power flow concepts, power densities
Power flow concepts, power densities
Reflection and transmission at a dielectric/conducting boundary (normal incidence)
Reflection and transmission at a dielectric/conducting boundary (oblique incidence)
Reflection and transmission at a dielectric/conducting boundary (oblique incidence), multiple reflections
Guided waves, TE, TM waves
TE, TM, TEM modes; parallel-plate waveguide
TE, TM modes, parallel plate waveguide
Parallel plate waveguide: dominant mode, propagating / evanescent waves
Parallel plate waveguide: energy transport velocity, attenuation
Rectangular waveguide I
Rectangular waveguide II
Good Friday - no lecture
Rectangular waveguide III
Antennas and radiating systems, elementary dipoles
Antenna patterns and parameters

Ulaby section(s)
Week of
9-1
6-Jan-2015
9-3 to 9-3.1
7-Jan-2015
9-3.1
9-Jan-2015
9-3.1, 9-3.2
13-Jan-2015
9-4
14-Jan-2015
9-4.1
16-Jan-2015
9-4.2 to 9-4.4
20-Jan-2015
9-4.4, 9-6
21-Jan-2015
9-6
23-Jan-2015
9-6, 9-6.1
27-Jan-2015
9-7.1, 9-7.2
28-Jan-2015
9-7.3
30-Jan-2015
9-5, 9-5.1
3-Feb-2015
9-5.1, 9-5.2, 9-5.4
4-Feb-2015
2-6, 2-7, 2-8, 3-4, 6-2
6-Feb-2015
7-2, 7-3
10-Feb-2015
7-3, 7-5
11-Feb-2015
7-7
13-Feb-2015
17-Feb-2015
18-Feb-2015
20-Feb-2015
7-7
24-Feb-2015
8-1, 8-2.1, 8-2.2
25-Feb-2015
8-2.3
27-Feb-2015
8-3
3-Mar-2015
8-3, 8-4
4-Mar-2015
8-5
6-Mar-2015
8-5
10-Mar-2015
8-6, 8-8
11-Mar-2015
8-7, 8-9
13-Mar-2015
8-7, 8-9, 8-10
17-Mar-2015
10-1, 10-2
18-Mar-2015
10-2, 10-3.1
20-Mar-2015
10-1, 10-2, 10-3.1
24-Mar-2015
10-3.1, 10-3.2
25-Mar-2015
10-3.3, 10-3.4
27-Mar-2015
10-4
31-Mar-2015
10-4
1-Apr-2015
3-Apr-2015
10-4
7-Apr-2015
11-1, 11-2
8-Apr-2015
11-3
10-Apr-2015