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Electromagnetic Fields and Waves
Engineering & Social Sciences Program
Madrid, Spain
Dates: early Sep 2025 - mid Dec 2025
Electromagnetic Fields and Waves
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Location: Madrid, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Engineering
Instruction in: English
Course Code: 18314
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 42
Prerequisites: Physics I and Physics II, 1st year
Differential Equations, 2nd year
Complex variable and transforms, 2nd year
Electromagnetism and Optics, 2nd year
Signals, systems and circuits, 2nd yea
DESCRIPTION
1. Introduction: review of the Maxwell Model. Harmonic time variation. Phasors. Pointyng's theorem.
2- Fundamentals and characteristics of waves. Wave equation. Plane waves and cylindrical waves. Transmission and reflection in different scenarios: standing waves.
3- Guided waves: - waveguides, transmission lines and Smith chart.
4- Radiated waves: - radiation integral, antenna parameters, link budget.
2- Fundamentals and characteristics of waves. Wave equation. Plane waves and cylindrical waves. Transmission and reflection in different scenarios: standing waves.
3- Guided waves: - waveguides, transmission lines and Smith chart.
4- Radiated waves: - radiation integral, antenna parameters, link budget.