EEE 314: Waves Propagation

      EEE 314: WAVES PROPAGATION 

FALL 2024

Instructor:	Dr. Ahmed Farghal, Ph.D. Office:  E-mail: ahmedfarghal7080@gmail.com Facebook: Click here Scheduled Office Hours: TBD. Open Door Policy: When my door is open, you are welcome to come in.
Course Organization:	Lecture: Tuesdays, 11:00 pm – 01:00 pm, @ Lecture Hall 2. 2 hours of tutorial per week Teaching Assistant: Eng.
Midterm Exam:	TBD.
Final Exam:	TBD.

Required Textbook:

1. “Engineering Electromagnetics”, William H. Hayt, and John A. Buck, McGraw-Hill, 8th Edition, 2012. 
2. David M. Pozar,  Microwave Engineering, 4th Edition, Wiley, 2012.

Optional Reading:

Course Topics:

• Plane wave propagation in free space & in lossy media. 
• Wave polarization - Poynting vector - Phase and group velocities - Reflection and transmission of plane waves. 
• TEM transmission lines (TL) - TL equivalent circuit- TL circuit theory - Lossy TLs. 
• Smith chart - Matching techniques. 
• Rectangular and circular waveguides - Cavity resonators - Surface guiding and dielectric waveguides. 
• Analysis of microstrip and strip lines.

Handouts: Fall 2024

The handouts are available as Adobe PDF files through the links below.   

• Lecture 1: EM Wave Propagation I.
• Lecture 2: EM Wave Propagation II.
• Lecture 3: EM Wave Propagation III.
• Lecture 4: Oblique Incidence I.
• Lecture 5: Oblique Incidence II.
• Lecture 6: Transmission-Line Theory-I. (Video)
• Lecture 7: Transmission-Line Theory-II. (Video) (Video2)
• Smith Chart
• Lecture 8: Smith Chart. (Video1) (Video2)
• Lecture 9: Transmission-Line Matching. (Video)
• Lecture 10: Rectangular Waveguides-I. (Video)
• Lecture 11: Rectangular Waveguides-II.
• Lecture 12: Waveguide Cavities, Stripline, and Microstrip.

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