NAME: ______________________

Student number:________________
FORMULA SHEET

(here J = Jc)

0 = 8.85X10-12 F/m
0 = 4X10-7 H/m

D=E
B=H

(
(

Complex Poynting vector:

; ug = d/dk

{ }

and time-averaged power density Pavg =

( )

In materials:

| |

| |

= 2f ; k = 2/ ; up = /k = f =

where :

loss tangent = tan d = /() = tan2 where is the phase angle of the wave impedance.
(good dielectric for loss tangent <0.01 and good conductor for >100)
For good dielectrics:
For good conductors:

; Skin depth s= 1/

For
(
)
then the wave is linearly polarized if =0 or 180o and
elliptically polarized otherwise (special case is circular for =90o ).
Right hand pol for <0 and left hand for >0. (Rotation follow right hand rule towards
propagation direction)
Reflections at the interface from medium 1 to medium 2, angle of incidence i :

Snells laws: nj sin j = constant (for j=i,r,t)

n=

( )

( )

Thin films at normal incidence:

Anti-Reflection coating:
and d = (2m+1)2/4

(m=0,1,2,...)
Anti-Reflection shell: d = m2/2 (m=1,2,3,...)

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NAME: ______________________
Sheet resistance: Rs =

Student number:________________

and Rtot = Rs L/W

Rectangular waveguides (width = a, height = b, with a>b): fc = ( )

( )

( ) then
|

( )

is the

amplitude of magnetic field intensity of the Hz field of the mode

TEM waveguides:
Transmission lines:

V(z) = Vi0e-z + Vr0ez

| |

Reflection from a load ZL:

= Vr0/Vi0 and

(in general =Vr/Vi)

|

Total V(z) = Vi (z)(1+(z)) : I(z) = (Vi(z)/Z0)(1-(z)) ;

Pavg = ()Re(VI*)

| |

| |

and the average power delivered to an impedance Z is: ()Re(Z)I2

For lossless lines: Z(z)=V(z)/I(z) = Z0(1+(z))/(1-(z)) and

Z(-d) =

Special loads (short circuit and open circuit): ZSC(-d) = jZ0tan(d) ZOC(-d) = -jZ0cot(d)
For an emf generator with internal impedance Zg at the input of a line of length d, terminated by
ZL the voltage at the input of the line (Vg) is related to the emf (E0) and the forward voltage wave
amplitude (Vi0) by (where Zin is Z(-d)):

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