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ECE 4: Electromagnetics

Maxwell's equations, waves in media, transmission lines, guided waves and antennas.

Maxwell's equations, waves in media, transmission lines, guided waves and antennas. Free courses and textbooks, a self-check for every unit, and a build you can rerun, confirmed by people. Course 4 of the Varsity Curriculum: Electrical & Computer Engineering.

Part of: Electrical & Computer Eng. · Proves for: UG

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Learn Multivariable Calculus (MIT 18.02SC)

Maths you need first (reused from the Mathematics or Data Science curriculum; optional here).

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2 milestones

  1. 1Do the course work in public
  2. 2Find the best point with gradients
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Physics 2: Electricity and Magnetism

Physics 2: Electricity and Magnetism (reused from the Physics curriculum; optional here).

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4 milestones

  1. 1Charges, fields and Gauss's law
  2. 2Potential, capacitance and current
  3. 3Magnetism, induction and Maxwell's equations
  4. 4Solve for the field of a capacitor in code
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Physics 8: Electrodynamics

Physics 8: Electrodynamics, for more depth (reused from the Physics curriculum; optional).

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3 milestones

  1. 1Electrostatics and boundary-value problems
  2. 2Radiation and fields in relativity
  3. 3Plot the radiation of an oscillating dipole
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ECE 4: Electromagnetics

Course 4: 3 units and a build.

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4 milestones

  1. 1Maxwell's equations, forces, plane waves and media
  2. 2Transmission lines, guided waves and resonators
  3. 3Radiation and antennas
  4. 4Simulate a pulse on a mismatched transmission line

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