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UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECE357H1 S Electromagnetic Fields, Course Outline Spring 2014


Name Professor M. Mojahedi
Office Room SF2001D
Email Address mojahedi@waves.utoronto.ca
Lecture Times
Tuesdays 4:00-5:00 PM GB303
Wednesdays 9:00-10:00 AM GB303
Fridays 2:00-3:00 PM GB248
Office Hours Every Friday 2-4, SF2001D

TUTORIAL SCHEDULE
TUT01: Thursday 3:00 pm-4:00 PM BA2145 (Starting J an. 16)
TUT02: Tuesday 5:00 pm-6:00 PM BAB024 (Starting J an. 14)


LABORATORY SCHEDULE (For more details see also the link to Lab Schedule 2014 in
the Content menu or see page 4 of this document)

Description Time Place
PRA 01: Starts on Friday,
February 14 and alternates
9:00 am-12:00 pm GB347
PRA 02: Starts on Friday,
February 7 and alternates
9:00 am-12:00 pm GB347
PRA 03: Starts on Monday,
February 10 and alternates
4:00 pm- 7:00 pm GB347
PRA 04: Starts on Monday,
February 24 and alternates
4:00 pm- 7:00 pm GB347

TEXTBOOK
Required
David K. Cheng, Field and Wave Electromagnetics, 2
nd
Ed., Addison-Wesley, 1992

Recommended
1) R. Feynman, R. Leighton, and M. Sands, The Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol. 2,
Addison-Wesley, 1970

COURSE MARKS
Laboratory Work 10 %
Test-1 Thursday February, 13 from 7:00 to 8:40, @GB404 20%
Test-2 Thursday March, 20 from 7:00 to 8:40, @GB404 20 %
Three Quizzes 10%
Final Exam 40 %

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COURSE WEBSITE
Accessed from portal.utoronto.ca (course is on Blackboard)

LABORATORY WORK (PRACTICAL)
There are 4 laboratory experiments scheduled for this course, each worth 2.5% of your total
mark. The materials related for these experiments can be found on the Portal. Laboratory
experiments are intended to be self-studies (this means I will not necessarily lecture on the
materials related to the laboratory exercises). Enough materials and guides have been provided
on the course website (see Laboratories link) and in the book that a student can perform these
experiments with relative ease. Laboratory is located at GB347. When there is a lab report to
be turned in, you should turn in the report at the most one week from the day that you performed
the laboratory exercise. The lab TA will tell you where to hand in your report.

If the date for one of your laboratory exercises coincides with an official holiday (e.g.
thanksgiving), you should attend one of the other sessions for the same exercise during the
period in which that particular exercises is running.

TEST-1 AND TEST-2
Two tests are scheduled for this course, Test-1 and Test-2, each worth 20% of your total mark.
The examinations period will be outside of our regularly scheduled lecture hour, during the
evening. The exact date, time, and location for the tests will be announced as soon as room
reservations are confirmed. You are allowed to bring one page (8.5 by 11) aid-sheet to the
exam, on which (both sides) you can write whatever you think you may need. If mathematical
formulas and identities are needed they will be provided with the test. You are allowed to bring
an approved calculator (non-programmable). You can write your answers in pen or pencil;
however, requests for remarking will not be accepted if your exam paper is in pencil.

QUIZZES
Three quizzes are scheduled for this course. Collectively thy make up 10% of your total
marks. Quizzes will be administrated during the lecture or tutorial sessions. They will be 10 to
15 minutes long. You should bring a piece of paper on which you will write your name and the
answer(s) to the questions(s). You are allowed to bring an approved calculator (non-
programmable). Quizzes are usually closed book, closed notes, and without an aid sheet,
unless I have informed you in advance. If mathematical formulas and identities are needed they
will be provided during the quiz time. You can write your answers in pen or pencil; however,
requests for remarking will not be accepted if your exam paper is in pencil.

FINAL EXAM:
Final exam is cumulative and makes up 40% of your total mark. You are allowed to bring two
page (8.5 by 11) aid-sheet, on which (both sides) you can write whatever you think you may
need. If mathematical formulas and identities are needed they will be provided with the test. You
are allowed to bring an approved calculator (non-programmable).

OFFICE LOCATION AND EMAIL POLICY
My office is located at SF2001D. My email address is Mojahedi@waves.utoronto.ca . Please be
judicious with your use of email. Use email for emergency or very important communications.
Email is not a good medium to communicate technical questions and mathematical
difficulties. You can always come to my office hours, TAs office hours, or make an
appointment to see me. If you have a technical question and want to communicate it via email,
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you must use Microsoft word with Equation Editor to write the mathematical expressions (no
simple text) or use other software such as LaText and convert the file to PDF.

All TAs will have their contact information available on the course website. I have also assigned
office hours to some of the TAs. They will post their office hours on the course website.

MISSING TESTS, QUIZZES, AND LABS
There are no makeup for missed tests & quizzes in this course. The following describes my
policy regarding legitimate cases of missing a test or quiz. By legitimate I mean situations
beyond your control due to which you missed a test or a quiz; for example, a serious illness. For
these legitimate cases you still need verifiable documents, for example a doctors note.

If you miss one test (Test-1 or Test-2) I will use your mark in the final exam to calculate a mark
for the missing test. If you miss both Test-1 and Test-2, I will use your mark in the final exam
minus 20% to calculate a mark for your Test-1 and Test-2.

If you miss one quiz I will use the average of the remaining two quizzes to calculate a mark for
the missing quiz. If you miss two quizzes, I will use the remaining quiz mark minus 15% to
calculate the marks for the two missing quizzes. If you miss all three quizzes you will receive
zero for missing quizzes.

If you miss a laboratory exercise you should go to one of the other laboratory sections which
runs the same experiment (during a two week period). Email me with information regarding the
lab section and experiment which you have missed (or you cannot attend), copy the email to your
lab TA & the TA of the lab section which you will attend to makeup the missed exercise. If for
some strange reason you cannot attend any of the other six lab sections to makeup the missed
experiment, I will use the average of the remaining three lab experiments to calculate a mark for
the missed lab exercise. If you missed two labs exercises and were not able to attend other six
sections to make up the missed exercise, I will use the average of the remaining two labs marks
minus 15% to calculate your marks for the missing labs. If you miss three or more laboratory
exercises you will receive zero for the missed lab exercises.

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PRACTICAL (LABORATORY) SCHEDULE




DATE
Monday, J anuary 6, 2014 X
Friday, J anuary 10, 2014 X
Monday, J anuary 13, 2014 X
Friday, J anuary 17, 2014 X
Monday, J anuary 20, 2014 X
Friday, J anuary 24, 2014 X
Monday, J anuary 27, 2014 X
Friday, J anuary 31, 2014 X
Monday, February 3, 2014 X
Friday, February 7, 2014 Lab-1
Monday, February 10, 2014 Lab-1
Friday, February 14, 2014 Lab-1
Monday, February 17, 2014
Friday, February 21, 2014
Monday, February 24, 2014 Lab-1
Friday, February 28, 2014 Lab-2
Monday, March 3, 2014 Lab-2
Friday, March 7, 2014 Lab-2
Monday, March 10, 2014 Lab-2
Friday, March 14, 2014 Lab-3
Monday, March 17, 2014 Lab-3
Friday, March 21, 2014 Lab-3
Monday, March 24, 2014 Lab-3
Friday, March 28, 2014 Lab-4
Monday, March 31, 2014 Lab-4
Friday, April 4, 2014 Lab-4
Monday, April 7, 2014 Lab-4
Friday, April 11, 2014
PRA 04
9:00 AM-12:00 PM 4:00 PM-7:00 AM 4:00 PM-7:00 PM 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Readi ng Week
PRA 01 PRA 02 PRA 03
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ECE357H1F Electromagnetic Fields
Detailed Lecture Schedule Spring 2014
(Subject to change)*

Lecture
#
Date
D/M
Lecture Content Textbook Sections
1. 7/1 Course introduction, overview, and motivation 9-1
2. 8/1 Introduction to transmission lines.
Distributed transmission-line circuit model.
General transmission-line equations in time.
9-3

3. 10/1 Wave characteristics on an infinite transmission
line. Time-harmonic transmission-line equations.
Propagation constant.
7-7.1
9-3.1
4. 14/1 Transmission line wave equation solutions.
Characteristic impedance.
9-3, 9-3.1
5. 15/1 Forward and backward traveling waves. Phase
velocity.
9-3.1 and class notes
6. 17/1 Transmission line examples (lossless, low-loss,
distortionless). Attenuation constant from power
relations.
9-3.1, 9-3.2, 9-3.3
7. 21/1 Wave characteristics on finite transmission lines.
Input impedance.
9-4
8. 22/1 Matched transmission line. Transmission line as
circuit elements (introduction).
9-4

9. 24/1 Transmission line as circuit elements (open, short,
quarter-wavelength, half-wavelength).
9-4.1
10. 28/1 Lines with resistive termination (reflection
coefficient, standing wave ratio).
9-4.2
11. 29/1 Maximum and minimum voltage locations along a
line.
9-4.2, 9-4.3

12. 31/1 Transmission-line circuits (reflection coefficient at
the source, multiple reflections).
9-4.4
13. 4/2 Transient on transmission lines. 9-5
14. 5/2 Reflection diagrams. Pulse excitation. 9-5.1, 9-5.2

15. 7/2 Smith chart for lossless lines (introduction and
derivation).
9-6
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Lecture
#
Date
D/M
Lecture Content Textbook Sections
16. 11/2 Smith chart applications (plotting Z
in
, Y
in
,
standing wave ratio).
9-6

17. 12/2 Electromagnetic fields (vector and scalar fields).
Coordinate systems, gradient, divergence
2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 2-7
18. 14/2 Divergence theorem, curl, Stokess theorem,
Helmholtzs theorem.
2-8, 2-9,
2-10, 2-11, 2-12

Reading Week
19. 25/2 Maxwells equations for time-varying fields
(differential and integral forms)
7-3

20. 26/2 Source-free wave equations: Instantaneous and
time-harmonic fields and wave equations
7-6.2, 7-7.2, 7-7.3

21. 28/2 Potential functions. Nonhomogeneous wave
equations for A and V.
7-4, 7-7.2, 7-6, 7-7.2
22. 4/3 Potential functions, Nonhomogeneous wave
equations for A and V (continue.)
7-4, 7-7.2, 7-6, 7-7.2
23. 5/3 Electromagnetic boundary conditions 7-5
24. 7/3 Transverse electromagnetic (TEM) waves. Plane
waves in lossless media.
8-1, 8-2, 8-2.2

25. 11/3 Transverse electromagnetic (TEM) in lossless
medium. Plane waves in lossless media (continue).

8-1, 8-2, 8-2.2

26. 12/3 Plane waves in lossy media (propagation constant,
low-loss dielectrics, good conductor).
8-3, 8-3.1, 8-3.2

27. 14/3 Plane waves in lossy media (propagation constant,
low-loss dielectrics, good conductor) (continued).
8-3, 8-3.1, 8-3.2

28. 18/3 Polarization of plane waves (linear, circular,
elliptical)
8-2.3
29. 19/3 Dispersion and dispersive terms 8-4 , and notes
30. 21/3 Dispersion and dispersive terms (continued) 8-4 , and notes
31. 25/3

Flow of electromagnetic power and the Poynting
vector. Instantaneous and average power densities.
8-5

32. 26/3 Normal incidence at a plane conducting boundary 8-6
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Lecture
#
Date
D/M
Lecture Content Textbook Sections
33. 28/3 Oblique incidence at a plane dielectric boundary:
Example of perpendicular (E) polarization
8-10, 8-10.1, 8-10.2
34. 1/4 Oblique incidence at a plane dielectric boundary:
Example of perpendicular (E) polarization
(continue)
8-10, 8-10.1, 8-10.2
35. 2/4 Transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic
(TM) modes
Class notes
36. 4/4 Transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic
(TM) modes
Class notes
37. 8/4 Review
38. 9/4 Review

*
I would like to emphasize that the above is a tentative schedule.

TAs NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION:

Farshid Bahrami
Email: farshid.bahrami@utoronto.ca

Ahmed Dorrah
Email: ahmed.dorrah@mail.utoronto.ca

Arnab Dewanjee
Email: arnab.dewanjee@utoronto.ca

Yuchu He
Email: yhe@waves.utoronto.ca