TEL 601E - Electromagnetic Waveguides

Course Objectives

1-Examination of properties of the electromagnetic waveguides which are used in telecommunications systems as a point to point communication channel, within a general framework.
2- To obtain various types of solutions of boundary value problems for electromagnetic waveguides using analytical and numerical methods.
3-To design microwave components using waveguides

Course Description

Introduction: Aim and scope of the course, basic concepts. Green’s functions representations. Uniform waveguides with conducting boundaries. Non-uniform waveguides. Dispersive and non-linear effects. Discontinuities in waveguides: mathematical models, numerical techniques and equivalent microwave network representations. Periodicaly loaded waveguides.