EC5302

ELECTROMAGNETIC
FIELDS AND WAVES
M.UMA
ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI.
OBJECTIVES

To gain conceptual and basic mathematical understanding of

electric and magnetic fields in free space and in materials.
To understand the coupling between electric and magnetic
fields through Faraday's law displacement current and
Maxwell's equations.
To understand wave propagation in lossless and in lossy
media.
To be able to solve problems based on the above concepts.
SYLLABUS
REFERENCE BOOKS
COURSE OUTCOMES

Understand basic laws and theorems applied in Electromagnetic waves

and propagation analysis
Analyze static and dynamic electric and magnetic field and associated
laws
Understand the EM wave propagation in a medium and through
boundaries
Understand Maxwells equations and apply to solve electromagnetic
problem
Explore the application of electromagnetic principles in system used in
day today life
Electromagnetics
Electromagnetics is essentially the study of interaction of fields that
are generated by time varying charge distributions and currents.

Electromagnetics is the branch of physics or electrical engineering in

which the electric and magnetic phenomena are studied

The study of the effects of electric charges at rest and in motion.

Electromagnetics is the branch of science concerned with the forces

that occur around electrically charged particles and the relation
between those forces.
ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM
Radio Frequency Bands
INTRODUCTION
The field lines for a positive The field lines for a negative
point charge point charge.
The field lines for two positive The field lines for one positive point
point charges. charge and one negative point charge
The Electromagnetic Model : Overview
Three essential steps for building an Electromagnetic theory:
 Defining the basic quantities of Electromagnetics
 Rules of operation of these quantities are specified.(vector
algebra, vector calculus, & partial differential equations)
 Fundamental postulates to deal with electromagnetic fields
(based on experimental observations.

Two basic quantities in Electromagnetic model:

 Source quantities
 Field quantities
SOURCE QUANTITIES
FIELD QUANTITIES