EE117, Fall 2007
Electromagnetic Fields and Waves

Monday, Wednnesday and Friday: 10:00 - 11:00 am
534 Davis Hall

Discussion Session:
Monday 1–2, 237 Cory Hall
Tuesday 3– 4 237 Cory Hall

Prerequisite:
EE 40, Mathematics 53, 54, and knowledge of phasor analysis helpful. If you are in doubt, please see instructor.

Text:
Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Fundamentals of Applied Electromagnetics, Fifth Edition, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2007 (ISBN: 0132371383).
Referred to as Text in detailed course outline.

Course Details:
Review of static electric and magnetic fields; Maxwell’s equations; transmission lines ; propagation and reflection of plane waves; introduction to guided waves, microwave (and optical) networks, and radiation and antennas and basic wireless principles.

Class Syllabus
Academic Dishonesty Policy

Professor Michael A. Lieberman
467 Cory Hall
Phone: (510) 643-6632
lieber@eecs@eecs.berkeley.edu
Office Hours:
467 Cory Hall
Thursday: 4:00 - 5:00pm

Teaching Assistants:

TBA

Course Administrative Assistant:
Rosemary Alonso
(510) 642-2386
rosemary@eecs.berkeley.edu

Announcements:

Welcome to EE117

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Schedule/Lecture Notes:

• Lecture 1: Wave Equations


• Lecture 2: Phasors


• Lecture 3: Maxwell Capacitor


• Lecture 4: L-C-Transmission Lines


• Lecture 5: Coaxial Fields


• Lecture 6: Feedback Picture For St State


• Lecture 7: Double Stub Tuning


• Lecture 8: Scattering Parameters


• Lecture 9: Maxwell's Equations and the Vector and Scalar Potentials


• Lecture 10: Power Theorems with Application To Plane Waves and the Dipole Radiator


• Lecture 11: Transmission Line Analog For Angular Wave Incidence at a Boundary


• Lecture 12: Skin Depth, Surface Loss and Propagation Loss


• Lecture 13: Guiding of Radiation by Multiple Reflections


• Lecture 14: Elliptical Polarization Find Orientation of Ellipse


• Lecture 15: Friis Formula, Diffraction Discrete Arrays

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Mini Labs:

• Lab 1: Pulse propagation and dispersion.
  
• Lab 2: Slotted line and SWR meter.


• Lab 3: Smith chart and single-stub tuning.


• Lab 4: Magnetic measurements and Faraday's law.


• Lab 5: Electrostatics analog.


• Lab 6: Basic Optics.


• Lab 7: Radiation and Antennas.

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Homework:

• Problem Set 1 [PDF][Solutions]


• Problem Set 2 [PDF][Solutions]


• Problem Set 3 [PDF][Solutions]


• Problem Set 4 [PDF][Solutions]


• Problem Set 5 [PDF][Solutions]

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Midterm/Final:

• Homework 15%


• Midterm 30%


• Final 40%


• Minilabs 15%




Midterm Solutions: October 19, 2007 [PDF]

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References:

• S. Ramo, J.R. Whinnery, and T. Van Duzer, Fields and Waves in Communication Electronics, third edition, J. Wiley and Sons, 2000 (ISBN: 0471585513). Earlier editions are fine, however, translation of page numbers, sections, and problem numbers need to be considered). Referred to as RWVD in detailed course outline.


• McGrawHill, 1999 (ISBN: 0072356634). (Some of the problems will be used, in particular for wireless). Referred to as KF in detailed course outline.


• EECS 117 Laboratory Manual, Available online at the class website