Description

For one- or two-semester courses in Electromagnetics. Widely acclaimed both in the U.S. and abroad, this authoritative text bridges the gap between circuits and new electromagnetics material. Ulaby begins coverage with transmission lines, leading students from familiar concepts into more advanced topics and applications. Maintaining its student-friendly approach, this revision aims to clarify certain concepts and incorporates feedback from instructors and students.

Table of Contents

Timeline and Technology Briefs

Preface to the 2006 Edition

Introduction: Waves and Phasors

Dimensions, Units, and Notation

The Nature of Electromagnetism

Traveling Waves

The Electromagnetic Spectrum

Review of Complex Numbers

Review of Phasors

Transmission Lines

General Considerations

Lumped-Element Model

Transmission-Line Equations

Wave Propagation on a Transmission Line

The Lossless Transmission Line

Input Impedance of the Lossless Line

Special Cases of the Lossless Line

Power Flow on a Lossless Transmission Line

The Smith Chart

Impedance Matching

Transients on Transmission Lines

3 Vector Analysis

Basic Laws of Vector Algebra

Orthogonal Coordinate Systems

Transformations between Coordinate Systems

Gradient of a Scalar Field

Divergence of a Vector Field

Curl of a Vector Field

Laplacian Operator

Problems

Electrostatics

Maxwell’s Equations

Charge and Current Distributions

Coulomb’s Law

Gauss’s Law

Electric Scalar Potential

Electrical Properties of Materials

Conductors

Dielectrics

Electric Boundary Conditions

Capacitance

Electrostatic Potential Energy

Image Method

Problems

Magnetostatics

Magnetic Forces and Torques

The Biot–Savart Law

Magnetic Force between Two Parallel Conductors

Maxwell’s Magnetostatic Equations

Vector Magnetic Potential

Magnetic Properties of Materials

Magnetic Boundary Conditions

Inductance

Magnetic Energy

Problems

Maxwell’s Equations for Time-Varying Fields

Faraday’s Law

Stationary Loop in a Time-Varying Magnetic Field

The Ideal Transformer

Moving Conductor in a Static Magnetic Field

The Electromagnetic Generator

Moving Conductor in a Time-Varying Magnetic Field

Displacement Current

Boundary Conditions for Electromagnetics

Charge–Current Continuity Relation

Free-Charge Dissipation in a Conductor

Electromagnetic Potentials

Problems

Plane-Wave Propagation

Time-Harmonic Fields

Plane-Wave Propagation in Lossless Media

Wave Polarization

Plane-Wave Propagation in Lossy Media

Current Flow in a Good Conductor

Electromagnetic Power Density

Problems

Reflection, Transmission, and Waveguides

Wave Reflection and Transmission at Normal Incidence

Snell’s Laws

Fiber Optics

Wave Reflection and Transmission at Oblique Incidence

Reflectivity and Transmissivity

Waveguides

General Relations for E and H

TM Modes in Rectangular Waveguide

TE Modes in Rectangular Waveguide

Propagation Velocities

Cavity Resonators

Problems

Radiation and Antennas

The Short Dipole

Antenna Radiation Characteristics

Half-Wave Dipole Antenna

Dipole of Arbitrary Length

Effective Area of a Receiving Antenna

Friis Transmission Formula

Radiation by Large-Aperture Antennas

Rectangular Aperture with Uniform Aperture Distribution

Antenna Arrays

N-Element Array with Uniform Phase Distribution

Electronic Scanning of Arrays

Problems

Satellite Communication Systems and Radar Sensors

Satellite Communication Systems

Satellite Transponders

Communication-Link Power Budget

Antenna Beams

Radar Sensors

Target Detection

Doppler Radar

Monopulse Radar

Problems

Appendices

A Symbols, Quantities, and Units

B Material Constants of Some Common Materials

C Mathematical Formulas

D Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems

Bibliography

Index