ELECTRONICS 3909 SUMMER 2011

  • NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE:
    Final exam is June 28 at 2pm in SA518
    The formula sheet you will get will be the same as on Summer 2010 exam.
  • TEACHING ASSISTANTS
    The TAs are available at the following times and locations to answer questions:
    You may email them to arrange another time or ask specific questions.

    Lingyun Xiong Medri -- Mackenzie 5149 --- lxiong@doe.carleton.ca ---- Thursday 12:30-1:30
    Farzana Khan --- Mackenzie 4134 --- fkhan@doe.carleton.ca --- Wednesday afternoon 12:30-2:30

  • For week 1 (May 10-13) do problems 1,2,3,5,6,7,8 on problem set#1
    There will not be a quiz in week 1

    Quiz Marks

    The final quiz marks are available here . Please check to make sure your marks are all entered correctly and that the quiz total (best 4 out of 6) has been computed correctly.

    Smith Chart

    Smith chart for download (thanks Irfan!)

    Supplementary Material- for fun and understanding

    In class I mentioned that the concept of the pressure of an EM wave is nicely illustrated in the Arthur C. Clarke short story The Wind From the Sun. Copyright law prevents me from putting the story on this site, but here is a link to an abbreviated version:

    www.ec-lille.fr/~u3p/textang/propha.html

    Also, here is NASA's page on solar sails:

    www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Solsail.htm

    Also, recent deployment of NASA nanosail-D

    www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-first-ever-solar-momentous.html>

    There are many Communication Engineering students in ELEC 3909 who have not had an opportunity to take ELEC3105. It's quite possible to complete ELEC 3909 and obtain a good grade if you are in this situation, but you will have to accept Maxwell's equations as a starting point. If you would like some background reading on the physical basis of Maxwell's equations, two useful books are:

    Some applets illustrating EM wave propagation: