Illustration of the electromagnetic spectrum. (Image courtesy of NASA.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. David Staelin
MIT Course Number
6.013
As Taught In
Spring 2009
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
- Demonstration - video
- Online textbooks
- Lecture notes
- Assignments: problem sets with solutions
- Exams and solutions
Course Description
This course explores electromagnetic phenomena in modern applications, including wireless and optical communications, circuits, computer interconnects and peripherals, microwave communications and radar, antennas, sensors, micro-electromechanical systems, and power generation and transmission. Fundamentals include quasistatic and dynamic solutions to Maxwell's equations; waves, radiation, and diffraction; coupling to media and structures; guided waves; resonance; acoustic analogs; and forces, power, and energy.
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