Electro Magnetic Fields and Transmission Lines - EC25C06

[ 3rd Semester - ECE - Electronics and Communication Engineering Department ]

Under Class: | 3rd Semester [ECE Dept Anna University 2025 Regulation] |

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EC25C06:

Electromagnetic Fields and Transmission Lines

 

Course objective:

Covers static electric and magnetic field laws, Maxwell’s equations, and electromagnetic wave propagation across media, transmission lines, and waveguides.

 

Coordinate Systems

Fundamentals of scalars and vectors, Coordinate systems.

 

Electrostatics:

Coulomb’s Law, Gauss’s Law, Electric Scalar Potential, Electric Boundary Conditions, Capacitance, Electrostatic Potential Energy.

 

Magnetostatic:

Ampere Circuital law- Biot–Savart Law, Magnetic Forces and Torques, Maxwell’s Magnetostatic Equations, Vector Magnetic Potential, Magnetic Boundary Conditions, Inductance, Magnetic Energy.


Maxwell’s equations:

Equation of continuity, Maxwell’s equations for time varying fields, boundary conditions. Wave equation, EM waves in conducting medium and dielectric medium , Uniform plane wave equation.

 

Transmission Lines

Transmission Lines, types, two-wire line-Equivalent circuit , characteristic impedance, propagation constant, input impedance, VSWR, reflection and transmission coefficients, return loss, quarter-wave transformer -impedance matching using smith chart.

 

Waveguide

Parallel plate, TEM-TM-TE-Cut off frequency, rectangular waveguide, parameters related to waveguides.

Suggested activities: GATE Questions, Assignments, and Project-based learning

Weightage: Continuous Assessment: 40%, End Semester Examinations: 60%.

Assessment Methodology: Assignment (20%), Software activity (20%), Quiz (20%),

Internal Examinations (40%).

 

References:

1. D.K. Cheng, Field and wave electromagnetics, 2nd ed., Pearson (India), 2002.

2. M.N.O.Sadiku and S.V. Kulkarni, Principles of electromagnetics, 6th ed., Oxford(Asian Edition), 2015.

3. Edward C. Jordan & Keith G. Balmain,Electromagnetic waves and Radiating Systems, Second Edition, Prentice-Hall Electrical Engineering Series, 2012.

4. W.H. Hayt and J.A. Buck, Engineering electromagnetics, 7th ed., McGraw-Hill (India), 2006 3. B.M. Notaros, Electromagnetics, Pearson: New Jersey, 2011.

5. B.M. Notaros, Electromagnetics, Pearson: New Jersey, 2011.