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EM Waves and Lines
FEKT-HEVAAcad. year: 2012/2013
Propagation of electromagnetic waves in homogeneous medium, plane wave and spherical wave. Waves along transmission lines. Basic types of transmission lines and their parameters. Impedance transformation and matching. Basic theory of metal waveguides. Radiation of elementary sources, radiation patterns of linear antennas and arrays. Frequently used antennas, parameters of antennas. Wave propagation along Earth surface, radio wave communication. Waves in inhomogeneous medium, reflection, diffraction.
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Impedance matching. Transmission lines and their applications. Waves in waveguides. Radiation of electromagnetic waves. Antennas and their parameters. Types of antennas, their parameters and applications. Propagation of electromagnetic waves along Earth surface. Radio communication. Waves in inhomogeneous medium, reflection and diffraction.
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