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Course Contents

1. Overview of Static Electric and Magnetic Fields, Steady Electric Currents;

2. Time Varying Electromagnetic Fields, Maxwell's Equations, Boundary Conditions;

3. Plane Electromagnetic Waves, Propagation in Free Space and in Matter;

4. Reflection and Refraction of Waves at Conducting and Dielectric Boundary;

5. Transmission Lines: TEM waves, Transmission Line Equations, Wave Propagation along Finite Transmission Lines, Transients on Lines, The Smith Chart;

6. Waveguides, Waves in Guided Media, Parallel Plate Waveguide, Rectangular Wave guide, Cavity Resonators;

7. Basic Theory of Antennas and Radiation Characteristics, Elementary Types of Antennas.

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