Instructions

The name for this torture technique is active recall. Your brain does not like being required to work like this.

It is best to avoid notes or book or Internet or friend or enemy or even mere acquaintance for the first legitimate attempt at these activites. Wait until the next day before then seeking out additional review; your brain works better this way since it can sleep on it.

Segment 3 Learning Objectives

Chapters 19 — 27

Electromagnetic waves, fields, and power transport

  1. Use Poynting’s theorem to determine the direction and magnitude of power flow in an electromagnetic system.

  2. Calculate the phase velocity, wave number, radial frequency, frequency, period, wavelength, and direction of travel for a plane wave.

  3. Calculate the electric or magnetic field (given the other) for a plane wave propagating through free space.

  4. Determine the magnitude and direction of energy flow for a plane wave.

  5. Use the result of a parallel wave experiment to determine the relative dielectric constant of an unknown material.

  6. Determine the propagation constant, phase constant, and attenuation constant of a dielectric.

  7. Calculate the phase velocity of an electromagnetic wave in a dielectric medium.

  8. Calculate the skin depth of a dielectric material.

Wave transmission and reflection

  1. Calculate the transmission and reflection coefficients for an electromagnetic wave at a boundary between two materials.

  2. Calculate the strength of the transmitted and reflected waves when a wave hits a boundary between two different materials.

  3. Draw a bounce diagram and calculate the amplitude of each wave shown.

  4. Determine the frequency of a standing wave given the distance between nodes.

  5. Write expressions for the electric and magnetic fields in a standing wave.

  6. Determine the resonant frequency of a Fabry-Perot cavity.

  7. Characterize the material inside a Fabry-Perot cavity given the change in resonant frequency.

Transmission line propagation

  1. Explain the definition of a transmission line and determine whether a particular signal being transmitted over a particular medium requires consideration as a transmission line.

  2. Calculate the inductance and capacitance per meter for coaxial cables and microstrip lines.

  3. Draw an equivalent circuit representation of a transmission line.

  4. Calculate the characteristic impedance and propagation velocity for different types of transmission lines.

  5. Calculate the reflection coefficient for the termination of a transmission line.

  6. Calculate the Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR) for a terminated transmission line.

Transmission line impedance effects

  1. Determine the input impedance of a transmission line given its length, characteristic pedance, and load impedance.

  2. Design a quarter-wave transformer.

  3. Design a single-stub tuner.

Bounce diagrams

  1. Draw a bounce diagram for a voltage suddenly applied to a transmission line.

  2. Use a bounce diagram to determine the voltage at any point on the line as a function of time.

  3. Calculate the transmission coefficient for a discontinuity between transmission lines.

Cohere into a connected whole

Summarize the course’s content so far: Draw a concept map of the terminology, concepts, and connections.

Begin first on paper, brain dumping any words and ideas before you begin to arrange and group them.