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ECE 350X Lecture Notes by W.C. Chew

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These are some notes written for ECE350 which is now called ECE450 now. It may still be useful to ECE450 students.

ENTIRE NOTES IN PDF FORMAT.
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1. Elements of Complex Algebra
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2. Review of Vector Analysis
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3. Wave Equation from Maxwell's Equations
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4. Using Phasor Techniques to Solve Maxwell's Equations
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5. Fundamentals of Transmission Lines
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6. Terminated Uniform Lossless Transmission Lines
Standing Wave on a Lossless Transmission Line
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7. The Smith Chart
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8. Examples on Using the Smith Chart
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9. Complex Power on a Transmission Line
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10. Impedance Matching on a Transmission Line
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11. Lossy Transmission Lines
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12. Transients on a Transmission Line
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13. Properties of Fields in a Transmission Line
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14. Skin Depth and Plane Wave in a Lossy Medium
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Doppler Effect
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15. Group and Phase Velocities
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16. Real Poynting Theorem
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17. Complex Poynting Theorem
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18. Wave Polarization
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19a. Reflection and Transmission of a Simple Plane Wave Off an Interface
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19. Representation of a Plane Wave
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20. Reflection and Refraction of Plane Waves
Perpendicular Case
Parallel Case
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21. Infinite Parallel Plane (Plate) Waveguide
I. TM Case
II. Cutoff Frequency
III. Phase and Group Velocity
IV. TE Case
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22. Hollow Waveguides
I. Rectangular Waveguides
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23. Cavity Resonator
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Supplementary Notes--The Q of a Cavity
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24. Dielectric Waveguides (Slab)
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Anisotropic Media
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25. Vector Potential--Introduction to Antennas & Radiations
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26. The Fields of a Hertzian Dipole
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27. Radiation Field Approximation
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28. Radiation Field Pattern Plots
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