Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Interaction between electromagnetic waves, materials and interfaces
- Electromagnetic boundary conditions
- Waveguides and optical fibres
- Data transmission lines
- Antennas for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic waves
- Maxwell's equations, their application and context
- Electromagnetic wave propagation in free space and materials
- Vector differential calculus
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
- Basic coherent and non-coherent optics
- Electromagnetic theory
- Electromagnetic and electrostatic fields
- Electromagnetic propagation and antennas
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Understand use of vector calculus to represent fields and waves
- Interactions between EM waves and matter and its application to communications (optical and wireless)
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Select and use appropriate interconnect for short and long distance communications
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Follow-up work | 18 |
| Completion of assessment task | 8 |
| Wider reading or practice | 48 |
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 18 |
| Lecture | 36 |
| Tutorial | 12 |
| Revision | 10 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Internet Resources
RF and Microwave Engineering: Fundamentals of Wireless Communications.
Textbooks
David J. Griffiths. Introduction to Electrodynamics. Pearson,Benjamin Cummings.
Joseph Edminister. Electromagnetics. Schaum’s Outline series.
Assessment
Assessment strategy
Students will receive feedback in-class during lectures and laboratory sessions. Feedback will be given after the courseworks are marked. Demonstrators will help and advise students, as well as grading their work. Students may contact the teaching team via email for advice and academic support.Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Examination | 85% |
| Introduction | 5% |
| Coursework | 5% |
| Coursework | 5% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Examination | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Examination | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External