McMaster University Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECE 3FK4 - Detailed Course Outline

 

 
 

Date

Description

Jan. 8

Introduction to EE3FK4

Jan 9

Review of Electrostatics: Coulomb’s law, electric potential, Principle of Superposition, Electric Flux

Jan 11

Review of Electrostatics: Gauss’s law, Dielectric Properties of Matter, Dielectric Constant, Electric Potential

Jan 15

Review of Electrostatics: Dielectric constant, Electric potential, Boundary Conditions

Jan 16

Continuation of lecture 3

Jan 18

Static Electric Fields: Poisson and Laplace equations and their applications in the solutions of static electric fields, Uniqueness theorem, Capacitance

Jan 22

Static Magnetic Fields: Biot-Savart Law, Ampere’s law of force, Applications

Jan 23

Continuation of lecture 5

Jan 25

Static Magnetic Fields: Gauss’s law of electromagnetism, magnetic vector potential, boundary conditions

Jan 29

Continuation of lecture 6, Quiz 1

Jan 30

Static Magnetic Fields: Flux linkage, inductance, magnetic energy

Feb 1

School Closed

Feb 5

Maxwell’s Equations: Faraday’s Law, Ampere’s law and Displacement Current

Feb 6

Continuation of Lecture 8

Feb 8

Maxwell’s Equations: Maxwell’s Equations, General Boundary Conditions , Retarded Potentials, Time Harmonic Fields

Feb 12

Continuation of Lecture 9

Feb 13

Plane Waves: wave equation, wave impedance, examples

Feb 15

TEM Waves: definition of a TEM wave, wave impedance, propagation constant

Feb 19

Midterm Recess

Feb 20

Midterm Recess

Feb 22

Midterm Recess

Feb 26

Review Session

Feb 27

TEM Waves: Reflection and Transmission of TEM Waves

Feb 29

Continuation of Lecture 12

March 4

TEM Waves: Reflection and Transmission at Interfaces

March 5

Continutation of Lecture 13

March 7

Continuation of Lecture 13

March 11

Quiz 2

March 12

TEM Transmission Lines: TL parameters, Characteristic impedance,

March 14

Continuation of Lecture 14

March 18

TEM Transmission Lines: Input Impedance, Reflection Coefficient

March 19

TEM Transmission Lines: Power reflection and transmission

March 21

No Class: Good Friday

March 25

Waveguides: governing differential equations, Modes

March 26

Guest Lecturer: Dr. Wagiuh Ishak

March 28

Waveguides: Cut off frequency, propagation parameters

April 1

Quiz 3

April 2

Class Cancelled

April 4

Waveguides: Power Transmission and Losses 

April 8

Advanced Subjects

April 9

Advanced Subjects

 

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