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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 …
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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![Diagram of the electromagnetic spectrum: gamma ray, x-ray, ultraviolet, visible, infrared, microwave, and radio waves.](/courses/6-013-electromagnetics-and-applications-spring-2009/c6dd070d02ad4444f30b0baa5ed47021_6-013s09.jpg)
Illustration of the electromagnetic spectrum. (Image courtesy of NASA.)