Class Notes
Online Text: Transient Signals on Transmission Lines by Peterson & Durgin.
 
Tuesday
Thursday
1/11
snow day

1/13
Introduction to T-Lines, (Peterson, Durgin Ch 1)
T-Line Equations, (Peterson, Durgin Ch 2)
1/18
Reflections on T-Lines, (Peterson, Durgin Ch 3)
1/20
Reflection Examples and Equivalent Circuits, Termination Schemes
(Peterson, Durgin Ch 4)
1/25
Cascaded Lines and Fan-Outs
(Peterson, Durgin Ch 5)
1/27
Charged Lines
(Peterson, Durgin Ch 6, 8)
Tline Pulse/DC Movies
collect Homework 1

2/1
Short Pulses on Lines

(Peterson, Durgin Ch 7)

2/3
Crosstalk
(Peterson, Durgin Ch 10)
collect Homework 2
2/8
Review of Phasors, Sinusoidal T-lines

Notes 13
Short- and Open-Circuit
Loads on Sinusoidal Lines
Notes 14
2/10
Sinusoidal Lines with Arbitrary Loads
Notes 15
Sinusoidal T-line movies
collect Homework 3

2/15
Lossy Transmission Lines
Notes 16


2/17
Review of Vector Algebra and Vector Calculus
Vectors, Coordinate Systems, Vector Integrals
collect Homework 4

2/22
Electric Fields and Coulomb's Law

Electric Fields

2/24
Gauss's Law for Electric Field
Gauss's Law Integral Form
collect Homework 5

3/1
Divergence Theorem/Differential Gauss's Law
Gauss's Law in Differential Form


3/3
Quiz 1
3/8
Scalar Electric Potential
Voltage and Gradient


3/10
Laplace's Equation
Notes on Laplace's Eqn

collect Homework 6

3/15
Capacitance
Capacitance and Energy
How a DLP Chip Works
Capacitance in Series/Parallel

3/17
Boundary Conditions
Dielectrics and Conductors
Metals and Current

Current and Metal Notes
collect Homework 7

Spring Break, 3/21-3/25
3/29
Biot-Savart Relationship

Intro to Magnetostatics

3/31
Ampere's Law
Notes on Ampere's Law

4/5
Magnetic Materials
Notes on Magnetic Materials

4/7
Self-Inductance

Inductance and Magnetic Energy

collect Homework 9
4/12
Faraday's Law of Induction
Faraday's Law

4/14
Quiz 2

4/19
Full Maxwell's Equations (Classical and Axiomatic)

Notes on Maxwell's Equations
Maxwell's Equations
4/21
Plane Waves and Polarization
plane wave example, 3D Plane Waves
4/2
catchup

4/28
catchup

5/3
Final Examination, 2:50pm to 5:40pm (Tu)

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