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ECE 360 Schedule
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Electrostatics |
4-Jan |
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Introduction |
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6-Jan |
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"Vectors, Vector Operators" |
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HW1 (due 1/14) |
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Problems in Chapter 4 |
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8-Jan |
"4-1, 4-2" |
"Vectors, Maxwell Equations" |
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11-Jan |
"4-3, 4-4" |
Gauss's Law |
Notes |
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Coaxial cable example |
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13-Jan |
"4-5, 4-6, 4-7" |
"Electric Potential, material properties" |
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15-Jan |
4-8 |
Dielectric Materials |
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HW2 (due 1/21) |
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18-Jan |
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Holiday - no class |
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20-Jan |
"4-9, 4-10, 4-11" |
"Capacitance and Energy, boundary conditions" |
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HW3 (due 2/1) |
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22-Jan |
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examples |
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Magnetostatics |
25-Jan |
"5-2, 5-4" |
Ampere's Law |
Notes |
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27-Jan |
5-8 |
"Ampere's Law, Magnetic Vector Potential" |
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HW4 (due 2/4) |
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29-Jan |
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Class Cancelled |
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Time-Varying Fields |
1-Feb |
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"Inductance, Faraday's Law intro" |
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3-Feb |
"6-1, 6-2, 6-4" |
"Faraday's Law, Inductor Law" |
Notes |
HW5 (due 2/11) |
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5-Feb |
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8-Feb |
6-7 through 6-11 |
Dispacement current - Boundary Conditions |
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Plane Waves |
10-Feb |
"7-1, 7-2" |
"Phasors, Plane Wave Solution" |
Notes |
HW6 (due 2/18) |
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traveling wave |
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12-Feb |
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15-Feb |
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Holiday - no class |
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16-Feb |
7-2 |
Plane waves |
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plane wave movie |
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17-Feb |
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Review for Exam 1 |
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Exam 1 (Feb. 18 - 23) |
Exam appendix |
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19-Feb |
7-3 |
Polarization |
Linear polarization |
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elliptical polarization |
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left hand cicular |
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right hand cicular |
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22-Feb |
7-4 |
Lossy Media |
in class problem |
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24-Feb |
7-6 |
Power Flow |
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HW7 (due 3/4) |
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26-Feb |
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Notes |
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1-Mar |
8-1 |
Normal Incidence |
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3-Mar |
"8-2, 8-3, 8-4" |
Oblique Incidence |
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HW8 (due 3/11) |
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5-Mar |
"8-2, 8-3" |
Snell's Law |
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8-Mar |
"8-4, 8-5" |
Reflection and transmission |
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10-Mar |
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Cont |
in class problem |
HW9 (due 3/18) |
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12-Mar |
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Cont |
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Antennas |
15-Mar |
9-1 |
Hertzian Dipole |
Notes |
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17-Mar |
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Reflection and transmission |
in class problem |
HW10 (due 3/25) |
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19-Mar |
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22-Mar |
9-2 |
Antenna Parameters |
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24-Mar |
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Review |
Exam 2 appendix |
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Exam 2 (Mar. 25 - 30) |
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29-Mar |
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cont |
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31-Mar |
9-5 |
Friis Transmission Formula |
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HW11 (due 4/8) |
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2-Apr |
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Examples |
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5-Apr |
9-9 |
Antenna Arrays |
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7-Apr |
9-10 |
Antenna Arrays |
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9-Apr |
9-11 |
Antenna Arrays |
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12-Apr |
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Plotting array factor |
Matlab Code |
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"Final Wed. April 21, 11 am -2 pm" |
Final Appendix |
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Final Review Topics |
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Static Field Simulator |
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