1. ELECTROMAGNETİC WAVE THEORY
INTERNATIONAL BURCH UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT of
ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
ELECTROMAGNETİC WAVE THEORY
Spring Term
Prof: Moamer Hasanovic
Assist: Emina Alickovic

2. Timetable and office hours
Class Schedule: Thursday 11:00-13:45
Tutorials: Thursday 14:00-15:45
Office Hour: Open Door Policy

3. Course Objectives
To teach fundamental concepts of electromagnetic wave propagation in various environments including guided waves and free space propagation.
The instructor and participants will discuss antennas, waveguides and other devices that use electromagnetic waves to transfer information.
Finally, specific simulation tools used to model and simulate electromagnetic devices will be introduced and practiced.

4. Textbooks
D. K. Cheng, “Field and Wave Electromagnetics”, Addison-Wesley, 1989, ISBN:
D. M. Pozar, “Microwave Engineering”, Wiley, 2004, ISBN: C.
W. L. Stutzman, G. A. Thiele, “Antenna Theory and Design”, John Wiley & Sons, 1998, ISBN:
D. J. Grifiths, “Introduction to Electrodynamics”, Prentice Hall, 1999, ISBN: X
F. T. Ulaby, “Fundamentals of Applied Electromagnetics”, Pearson, 2006, ISBN:
H. A. Haus, J. R. Melcher, “Electromagnetic Fields and Energy”, Prentice Hall, 1989, ISBN: X

5. Brief Contents Course overview Plane electromagnetic waves.
Introduction to microwave engineering. Concept of physical and electrical length. Microwave frequencies and microwave applications. Software used in microwave engineering.
Introduction to transmission line theory
S-matrix and s-parameters. Return loss and insertion loss. Concept of dBs.
Open and short ended transmission line. Quarterwave transformer. Visualization of quarterwave transformer concept. Introduction to Ansoft designer.

6. Brief Contents
Planar transmission line technology. Switching from electrical to physical parameters. Transmission line tool in Ansoft designer. Practical uses of microstrip and stripline. Fabrication of planar transmission lines and circuits
Introduction to Smith chart. Practical exercises on Smith chart
Practical exercises in Ansoft designer
Impedance matching using discrete elements. Impedance matching using distributed elements. Single stub tuning
Waveguides and cavities. Concept of TEM electromagnetic waves. Rectangular waveguide. Cutoff frequencies. Resonant cavities
ntroduction to antennas and radiation. Classification of antennas. How antennas radiate. Antenna parameters. Antennas in communication links

7. Grading Homework 20% Quizzes 20% Midterm 25% Final Exam 25%
Instructor’s Discretion %