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1 Vector fields and Lorentz force
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2 Coulomb's and Gauss's laws

Animations: 3 charges , 2 charges , Dipole field

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3 Gauss's law and static charge densities
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4 Divergence and curl
September 2009
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5 Curl-free fields and electrostatic potential
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6 Circulation and boundary conditions
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NO CLASS Labor Day
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7 Poisson's and Laplace's equations

Poisson solver

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8 Conductors, dielectrics, polarization
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9 Static fields in dielectric media
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10 Capacitance and conductance
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11 Conductivity, susceptibility, polarization current
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12 Magnetic force and Ampere's law
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13 Current sheet, solenoid, vector potential and current loops
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14 Faraday's law and induced emf
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15 Inductance --- solenoid, shorted coax
October 2009
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16 Charge conservation, continuity eqn, displacement current, Maxwell's equations
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17 Magnetization current, Maxwell's equations in material media
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18 Wave equation and plane TEM waves in source-free media
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19 d'Alembert wave solutions, radiation from current sheets
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20 Wave energy and Poynting theorem
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21 Monochromatic wave solutions and phasor notation
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22 Phasor form of Maxwell's equations and damped waves in conducting media
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23 Impefect dielectrics, good conductors
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24 Signal transmission, circular polarization
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EXAM 2
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25 Wave reflections, standing waves

Animation: Partial and total reflections

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26 Standing waves, radiation pressure
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27 Guided TEM waves in TL systems
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November 2009
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28 Introduction to distributed circuits

Animation: Bouncing Sine

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29 Bounce diagrams

Animations: UnitStep, DoublePulse

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30 Multi-line circuits

Animation: TwoLines

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31 Periodic oscillations in losless TL ckts

Animations: OpenOpenModes, OpenShortModes

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32 Input impedance and microwave resonators
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33 TL circuits with half- and quarter-wave transformers
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34 Line impedance, generalized reflection coefficient, Smith Chart
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35 Smith Chart examples

SmithChartTool

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December 2009
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37 Smith Chart and impedance matching

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38 Distribution networks
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39 Lossy lines
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Review
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Final Exam
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