“The book covers the fundamentals extremely well and will make an excellent undergraduate textbook.” — Manoj Shah, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
“I really like the unique approach of getting to Maxwell’s equations as early as possible. I plan to adopt.” — Tristan Tayag, Texas Christian University
“The Second Edition has been a great success. Students like it and I like it even more. Going straight to Maxwell’s equations is the right way to teach electromagnetics.” — Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Pennsylvania State University
“The new edition keeps all the good qualities of the previous edition while managing to cover many new subjects of topical interest.” — Elliot Leader, Imperial College, London
“There is no question: Iskander’s book is excellent.” — Kent Chamberlin, University of New Hampshire
“Dr. Iskander’s treatment of electromagnetic fields and waves in his second edition continues to be very clear and direct. The content, pedagogical style, and merit of the present text is self-evident in its thoughtful selection of topics, their sequence, and the pertinent applications. Difficult concepts are illustrated with scintillating examples and exercises.” — Sudarshan Nelatury, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend
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Electromagnetic Fields and Waves
Second Edition
The latest edition of Electromagnetic Fields and Waves retains an authoritative, balanced approach, in-depth coverage, extensive analysis, and use of computational techniques to provide a complete understanding of electromagnetics—important to all electrical engineering students.
An essential feature of this innovative text is the early introduction of Maxwell’s equations, together with the quantifying experimental observations made by the pioneers who discovered electromagnetics. This approach directly links the mathematical relations in Maxwell’s equations to real experiments and facilitates a fundamental understanding of wave propagation and use in modern practical applications, especially in today’s wireless world. New and expanded topics include the conceptual relationship between Coulomb’s law and Gauss’s law for calculating electric fields, the relationship between Biot-Savart’s and Ampere’s laws and their use in calculating magnetic fields from current sources, the development of Faraday’s law from experimental observations, and a comprehensive discussion and analysis of the displacement current term that unified the laws of electromagnetism. The text also includes sections on computational techniques in electromagnetics and applications in electrostatics, in transmission lines, and in wire antenna designs. The antennas chapter has been substantially broadened in scope; it now can be used as a stand-alone text in an introductory antennas course.
Advantageous pedagogical features appear in every chapter: examples that illustrate key topics and ask the reader to render a solution to a question or problem posed; an abundant number of detailed figures and diagrams, enabling a visual interpretation of the developed mathematical equations; and multiple review questions and problems designed to strengthen and accelerate the learning process. Helpful material is included in six appendices, including answers to selected problems. Unlike other introductory texts, Electromagnetic Fields and Waves does not bog readers down with equations and mathematical relations. Instead, it focuses on the fundamental understanding and exciting applications of electromagnetics.
An essential feature of this innovative text is the early introduction of Maxwell’s equations, together with the quantifying experimental observations made by the pioneers who discovered electromagnetics. This approach directly links the mathematical relations in Maxwell’s equations to real experiments and facilitates a fundamental understanding of wave propagation and use in modern practical applications, especially in today’s wireless world. New and expanded topics include the conceptual relationship between Coulomb’s law and Gauss’s law for calculating electric fields, the relationship between Biot-Savart’s and Ampere’s laws and their use in calculating magnetic fields from current sources, the development of Faraday’s law from experimental observations, and a comprehensive discussion and analysis of the displacement current term that unified the laws of electromagnetism. The text also includes sections on computational techniques in electromagnetics and applications in electrostatics, in transmission lines, and in wire antenna designs. The antennas chapter has been substantially broadened in scope; it now can be used as a stand-alone text in an introductory antennas course.
Advantageous pedagogical features appear in every chapter: examples that illustrate key topics and ask the reader to render a solution to a question or problem posed; an abundant number of detailed figures and diagrams, enabling a visual interpretation of the developed mathematical equations; and multiple review questions and problems designed to strengthen and accelerate the learning process. Helpful material is included in six appendices, including answers to selected problems. Unlike other introductory texts, Electromagnetic Fields and Waves does not bog readers down with equations and mathematical relations. Instead, it focuses on the fundamental understanding and exciting applications of electromagnetics.
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1. Vector Analysis and Maxwell's Equations in Integral Form
Introduction / Vector Algebra / Coordinate Systems / Vector Representation in the Various Coordinate Systems / Vector Coordinate Transformation / Flux Representation of Vector Fields / Electric and Magnetic Fields / Lorentz Force Equation / Vector Integration / Maxwell's Equations in Integral Gorm / Displacement Current / General Characteristics of Maxwell's Equations
2. Maxwell's Equations in Differential Form
Introduction / Vector Differentiation / Gradient of Scalar Function / Divergence of Vector Field / The Divergence Theorem / Differential Expressions of Maxwell's Divergence Relations / Curl of Vector Field / Stokes's Theorem / Ampere's and Faraday's Laws in Point (Differential) Form / Summary of Maxwell's Equations in Differential Forms / Continuity Equation and Maxwell's Displacement Current Term / Wave Equation in Source Free Region / Time Harmonic Fields and Their Phasor Representation / Uniform Plane Wave Propagation in Free Space / Polarization of Plane Waves
3. Maxwell's Equations and Plane Wave Propagation in Materials
Introduction / Characterization of Materials / Conductors and Conduction Currents / Dielectric Materials and Their Polarization / Gauss's Law for Electric Field in Materials / The Concept of Complex Permittivity / Magnetic Materials and Their Magnetization / Ampere's Law and Magnetization Current / Maxwell's Equations in Material Regions / Boundary Conditions / Summary of Boundary Condition for Electric and Magnetic Fields / Uniform Plane Wave Propagation in Conductive Medium / Plane Wave Propagation in a Lossy Dielectric Medium / Electromagnetic Power and Poynting Theorem
4. Static Electric and Magnetic Fields
Introduction / Maxwell's Equations for Static Fields / Electrostatic Fields / Evaluation of Electric Field E from Electrostatic Potential Φ / Capacitance / Electrostatic Energy Density / Laplace's and Poisson's Equations / Numerical Solution of Poisson's and Laplace's Equations—Finite Difference Method / Numerical Solution of Electostatic Problems—Method of Moments / Magnetostatic Fields and Magnetic Vector Potential / Magnetic Circuits / Self-Inductance and Mutual Inductance / Magnetic Energy
5. Normal Incidence Plane Wave Reflection and Transmission at Plane Boundaries
Introduction / Normal Incidence Plane Wave Reflection and Transmission at Plane Boundary between Two Conductive Media / Normal Incidence Plane Wave Reflection at Perfectly Conducting Plane / Reflection and Transmission at Multiple Interfaces / Reflection Coefficient and Total Field Impedance Solution Procedure / Graphical Solution Procedure Using the Smith Chart / Quarter- and Half-Wavelength Transformers
6. Oblique Incidence Plane Wave Reflection and Transmission
Plane Wave Propagation at Arbitrary Angle / Reflection by Perfect Conductor—Arbitrary Angle of Incidence / Reflection and Refraction at Plane Interface between Two Media: Oblique Incidence / Comparison between Reflection Coefficients ΓˆP and Γˆ^ for Parallel and Perpendicular Polarizations / Total Reflection at Critical Angle of Incidence / Electromagnetic Spectrum / Application to Optics
7. Transmission Lines
Characteristics of Wave Propagation in Transmission Lines / Distributed Circuit Representation of Transmission Lines / Lossless Line / Voltage Reflection Coefficient / Transients on Transmission Line / Reflection Diagram / Tandem Connection of Transmission Lines / Pulse Propagation on Transmission Lines / Time-Domain Reflectometer / Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis of Transmission lines / Reflections on Transmission Lines with Sinusoidal Excitation / Use of Smith Chart / Analytical Expression of Transmission-Line Impedance / Impedance Matching of Lossless Lines / Voltage Standing-Wave Ratio (VSWR) along Transmission Lines / Use of VSWR Measurement to Determine Unknown Impedances
8. Waveguides
Introduction / Guided Modes in Wave Guides / TM Modes in Rectangular Wave Guides / TE Modes in Rectangular Wave Guides / Field Configurations in Wave Guides / Excitation of Various Modes in Wave Guides / Energy Flow and Attenuation in Rectangular Wave Guides
9. Antennas
Introduction / Physical Aspects of Radiation / Radiation from Short Alternating Current Element / Basic Antenna Parameters / Radiation from a Small Loop Antenna / Linear Wire Antennas / Current Distribution on Wire Antennas: Hallen's Integral Equation / Antenna Arrays / Self- and Mutual Independence of Wire Antennas / Array with Parasitic Elements / Effect of Ground on Radiation Characteristics of Antennas / Basic Theory of Broadband Antennas / Frequency Independent Antennas / Antennas in Communications Links and Radar Applications
Appendix A: Vector Identities and Operations
Appendix B: Units, Multiples, and Submultiples
Appendix C: Trigonometric, Hyperbolic, and Logarithmic Relations
Appendix D: Free-Space, Atomic, and Material Constants
Appendix E: Cosine Ci(x) and Sine Si(x) Integrals
Appendix F: Answers to Selected Problems
Introduction / Vector Algebra / Coordinate Systems / Vector Representation in the Various Coordinate Systems / Vector Coordinate Transformation / Flux Representation of Vector Fields / Electric and Magnetic Fields / Lorentz Force Equation / Vector Integration / Maxwell's Equations in Integral Gorm / Displacement Current / General Characteristics of Maxwell's Equations
2. Maxwell's Equations in Differential Form
Introduction / Vector Differentiation / Gradient of Scalar Function / Divergence of Vector Field / The Divergence Theorem / Differential Expressions of Maxwell's Divergence Relations / Curl of Vector Field / Stokes's Theorem / Ampere's and Faraday's Laws in Point (Differential) Form / Summary of Maxwell's Equations in Differential Forms / Continuity Equation and Maxwell's Displacement Current Term / Wave Equation in Source Free Region / Time Harmonic Fields and Their Phasor Representation / Uniform Plane Wave Propagation in Free Space / Polarization of Plane Waves
3. Maxwell's Equations and Plane Wave Propagation in Materials
Introduction / Characterization of Materials / Conductors and Conduction Currents / Dielectric Materials and Their Polarization / Gauss's Law for Electric Field in Materials / The Concept of Complex Permittivity / Magnetic Materials and Their Magnetization / Ampere's Law and Magnetization Current / Maxwell's Equations in Material Regions / Boundary Conditions / Summary of Boundary Condition for Electric and Magnetic Fields / Uniform Plane Wave Propagation in Conductive Medium / Plane Wave Propagation in a Lossy Dielectric Medium / Electromagnetic Power and Poynting Theorem
4. Static Electric and Magnetic Fields
Introduction / Maxwell's Equations for Static Fields / Electrostatic Fields / Evaluation of Electric Field E from Electrostatic Potential Φ / Capacitance / Electrostatic Energy Density / Laplace's and Poisson's Equations / Numerical Solution of Poisson's and Laplace's Equations—Finite Difference Method / Numerical Solution of Electostatic Problems—Method of Moments / Magnetostatic Fields and Magnetic Vector Potential / Magnetic Circuits / Self-Inductance and Mutual Inductance / Magnetic Energy
5. Normal Incidence Plane Wave Reflection and Transmission at Plane Boundaries
Introduction / Normal Incidence Plane Wave Reflection and Transmission at Plane Boundary between Two Conductive Media / Normal Incidence Plane Wave Reflection at Perfectly Conducting Plane / Reflection and Transmission at Multiple Interfaces / Reflection Coefficient and Total Field Impedance Solution Procedure / Graphical Solution Procedure Using the Smith Chart / Quarter- and Half-Wavelength Transformers
6. Oblique Incidence Plane Wave Reflection and Transmission
Plane Wave Propagation at Arbitrary Angle / Reflection by Perfect Conductor—Arbitrary Angle of Incidence / Reflection and Refraction at Plane Interface between Two Media: Oblique Incidence / Comparison between Reflection Coefficients ΓˆP and Γˆ^ for Parallel and Perpendicular Polarizations / Total Reflection at Critical Angle of Incidence / Electromagnetic Spectrum / Application to Optics
7. Transmission Lines
Characteristics of Wave Propagation in Transmission Lines / Distributed Circuit Representation of Transmission Lines / Lossless Line / Voltage Reflection Coefficient / Transients on Transmission Line / Reflection Diagram / Tandem Connection of Transmission Lines / Pulse Propagation on Transmission Lines / Time-Domain Reflectometer / Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis of Transmission lines / Reflections on Transmission Lines with Sinusoidal Excitation / Use of Smith Chart / Analytical Expression of Transmission-Line Impedance / Impedance Matching of Lossless Lines / Voltage Standing-Wave Ratio (VSWR) along Transmission Lines / Use of VSWR Measurement to Determine Unknown Impedances
8. Waveguides
Introduction / Guided Modes in Wave Guides / TM Modes in Rectangular Wave Guides / TE Modes in Rectangular Wave Guides / Field Configurations in Wave Guides / Excitation of Various Modes in Wave Guides / Energy Flow and Attenuation in Rectangular Wave Guides
9. Antennas
Introduction / Physical Aspects of Radiation / Radiation from Short Alternating Current Element / Basic Antenna Parameters / Radiation from a Small Loop Antenna / Linear Wire Antennas / Current Distribution on Wire Antennas: Hallen's Integral Equation / Antenna Arrays / Self- and Mutual Independence of Wire Antennas / Array with Parasitic Elements / Effect of Ground on Radiation Characteristics of Antennas / Basic Theory of Broadband Antennas / Frequency Independent Antennas / Antennas in Communications Links and Radar Applications
Appendix A: Vector Identities and Operations
Appendix B: Units, Multiples, and Submultiples
Appendix C: Trigonometric, Hyperbolic, and Logarithmic Relations
Appendix D: Free-Space, Atomic, and Material Constants
Appendix E: Cosine Ci(x) and Sine Si(x) Integrals
Appendix F: Answers to Selected Problems