ECE 450 - Lines, Fields, and Waves

Summer 2009 | Fall 2009 | Spring 2010 | Summer 2010
Section Type Times Days Location Instructor
D DIS 1100 - 1150 M W F   260 Everitt Lab  Andreas Cangellaris
X DIS 1200 - 1250 M W F   245 Everitt Lab  Erhan Kudeki

Web Page http://courses.ece.uiuc.edu/ece450
Official Description General plane wave solution of Maxwell's equations; reflection and transmission of plane waves; transmission lines; impedance matching; waveguides and cavities; radiation. Credit is not given toward graduate degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Prerequisite: ECE 329.
Hours 3 hours.
Subject Area Electromagnetics, Optics and Remote Sensing
Course Prerequisites Credit in ECE 329
Course Directors Andreas C Cangellaris
Description General plane wave solution of Maxwell's equations; reflection and transmission of plane waves; transmission lines; impedance matching; waveguides and cavities; and radiation.
Notes Credit is not given toward graduate degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Credit 3 hours
Goals To provide seniors in Electrical Engineering the fundamental knowledge of how the basic electromagnetic systems work.
Topics
  • General plane wave solution of Maxwell’s equations
  • Reflection and transmission of plane waves
  • Transmission lines
  • Impedance matching
  • Waveguides and cavities
  • Radiation
  • Uniform plane waves
  • Transmission line fields and parameters
  • Waveguides
  • Antennas and arrays
Computer Usage (1) Students are encouraged to enroll simultaneously in an ECE 349 course for computational electromagnetics. (2) PC programs are available in the text for computer-based exercises.
Course Prerequisites ECE 329.
Topical Prerequisities
  • Phasors and vector calculus
  • Circuit analysis
  • Basic electromagnetics
Texts N. N. Rao, Elements of Engineering Electromagnetics, 5th ed., Prentice-Hall, 1999.
ABET Category Engineering Science: 2 credits or 67%
Engineering Design: 1 credit or 33%