Module
No.
Unit No. Contents Hrs.
1 Basic Laws of Electromagnetic 09
1.1 Qualitative interpretation of Gradient, Divergence and Curl; Coulomb’s Law & Electric
Field Intensity, Derivation of electric field intensity due to point, line and surface charges;
Electric flux density, Gauss’s Law and divergence theorem; Relationship between
Electric field & Potential.
1.2 Current and current Density, Continuity equation; Electric boundary conditions;
Poisson’s and Laplace's equation.
1.3 Biot-Savart’s Law, Ampere‘s Circuital Law, magnetic field intensity of infinite current
element; Magnetic flux density, Concept of magnetic scalar and vectors potentials;
Magnetic boundary conditions. (Refer Chapters 1, 2 and 3)
2 Maxwell’s Equations 06
2.1 Faraday’s law, concept of transformer and motional electromotive forces; Displacement
current, Ampere’s Law for time-varying fields, Maxwell’s equations in differential and
integral form; Concept of time varying potentials, Lorentz gauge conditions.
2.2 Concept of phasors and time harmonic fields. (Refer Chapter 4)
3 Electromagnetic Waves 06
3.1 Derivation of electromagnetic wave equation, General representation of EM waves.
3.2 Wave Propagation in Free Space, Lossy and Lossless Dielectrics and in Good
Conductors, Skin Effect, Wave Polarization, Poynting’s Theorem; Introduction to
microwaves as an EM wave application. (Refer Chapters 5 and 6)
4 Transmission Lines 06
4.1 Transmission line parameters, Transmission line equations; Input impedance, reflection
coefficient, standing wave ratio and power.
4.2 Smith Chart, Applications of Smith Chart in finding VSWR, reflection coefficient,
admittance calculations and impedance calculations over length of line. Applications of
Microstrip Lines. (Refer Chapters 7 and 8)
5 Introduction to Antennas 08
5.1 Introduction to antennas and radiation mechanism; Basic antenna parameters : Radiation
pattern, radiation power density, radiation intensity, HPBW, FNBW, directivity, Antenna
radiation efficiency, Gain, bandwidth, polarization, input impedance, effective length,
near and far field regions; FRIIS transmission equation.5.2 Far-field radiating fields, radiation resistance and directivity of an infinitesimal dipole;
Comparison between small dipole, finite length dipole and a half wavelength dipole;
Introduction to antenna arrays; linear array of two isotropic point sources, principle of
pattern multiplication; Qualitative introduction to horn antennas, reflector antennas and
microstrip antennas. (Refer Chapters 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15)
6 Introduction to EMI/EMC 04
Definition of EMI/EMC, introduction to sources and characteristics of EMI, EMI control
techniques like grounding, shielding and filtering. EMC requirements for electronic
systems, a review of MIL-standards, FCC and CISPR requirements. (Refer chapter 16)
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