BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus

Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department

FIRST SEMESTER 2023-24

COURSE HANDOUT
Date: 12.08.2023

In addition to part I (General Handout for all courses appended to the Time Table) this portion gives further
specific details regarding the course.
Course No : ECE F212/ EEE F212/INSTR F212
Course Title : ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY
Instructors : Dr. Ashish Chittora (IC), Dr. Hrishikesh Sonalikar

1. Scope and Objective of the Course:

Electromagnetics is one of the most fundamental topics in electrical engineering. Maxwell’s four simple equations form
the basis for almost all phenomena in Electrical and Communication Engineering. Thorough understanding of many
areas of microelectronics, machines and communication depends upon electromagnetics. Emphasis will be placed on
physical concepts and applications in the field of wave propagation. An effort will be made to show that electromagnetic
is not a dull and dry area with lot of mathematics but something beyond it. The objective of this course is to provide the
students with a secure and sufficient background for understanding and analyzing basic electromagnetic phenomenon
as well as prepare them for more advanced subjects in electromagnetics.
2. Text Books:
William H. Hyat, John A. Buck, M. Jaleel Akhtar, “Engineering Electromagnetics” 9th ed. McGraw-Hill
Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2020.
3. Reference Books:
(i) M. N. O.Sadiku and S.V.Kulkarni, “Principles of Electromagnetics” 6th ed. Oxford University Press.
(ii) N. Gupta, “Electromagnetic Field and Waves”, 1st ed., New Age Int. Publishers. New Delhi
4. Course Plan:
Module Lec. Ref. To
Topic to be covered Learning Objective
No. TB
Introduction Course handout, Introduction, To discuss the importance of
1-2 Class notes
importance and applications of the course
Electromagnetic Fields
No.: 1; Topic: 3-5 Coordinate systems, Gradient, To discuss the mathematical
Divergence and Curl, Null tools and techniques used in Ch. 1
Vector Calculus
identities electromagnetics.
No.: 2; Topic: Coulomb’s Law, Gauss’s Law, To use the source-free
6-12 Ch.2,
Electric Field and flux density, relationships in electrostatics
Static Electric Fields Ch. 3,
divergence theorem, Potential and the effect of charge
due to different charge distributions Ch. 4
distributions, Energy, Dipole
Polarization, permittivity, To describe the behavior of
13-16 boundary conditions, Current conductors and dielectrics in Ch. 5
density, equation of continuity, static electric field
Boundary conditions, Method of
images,

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No.: 3; Topic: Capacitance Calculation of capacitance

Capacitance 17-18 6.1-6.3

No.: 4; Topic: To apply the techniques for

SteadyElectric 19-20 Poisson’s and Laplace’s equation, solving boundary-value 7.1-7.3
Currents Uniqueness theorem, examples problems
No.: 5; Topic: Magnetostatics ; magneticpotentials,To describe fundamental
21-25 Ch. 8
StaticMagnetic Magnetic dipoles and Boundary postulates of magnetostatics
Fields conditions and effect of change in
medium
To calculate the forces and
26-28 Magnetic Forces & Materials torques on current-carrying Ch. 9
conductors
No.: 6; Topic: To describe how time-
Time-Varying Time-Varying Fields and Maxwell’s varying fields leads to 10.1-10.4
Fields and 29-30 Equations, timeharmonic fields generation of EM waves
Maxwell’s which are governed by four
Equations Maxwell’s equations
No.: 7; Topic: EM wave propagation in different To explain the significance
Plane EM 31-33 media, Uniform plane wave (UPW), of wave propagation, Ch. 12
Waves Poynting Vector, Wave-polarization, polarization in
Phase and groupvelocity. communication.
No.: 8 ; Topic: Reflection & refraction of EMwaves Behaviour of plane waves at
Planewave at 34-37 at the interface, Parallel and the interface between two 13.1-13.6
interfaces Perpendicular incidence media
No.: 9; Topic: Waveguides, Transmission lines, Guided wave propagation
Advance topics 38-40 Smith chart, Optical fiber Class notes

33-35 Antenna and Antenna-array Wireless communication Class notes

Learning Outcomes:
After completing this course student shall be able to:
• Differentiate between the circuit theory concept and electromagnetic theory concept and to use mathematical
tools in electromagnetics.
• Formulate potential problems within electrostatics, magnetostatics and stationary current distributions in linear,
isotropic media.
• Describe and make calculations of plane electromagnetic waves in simple (linear, isotropic and homogeneous)
media and boundary conditions at the interface between two media.
• Apply the concept of electromagnetics in transmission lines and radiating systems.

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5. Evaluation Scheme:
Component Duration Marks Date & Time Nature of component
(Total:200) (Close Book/ Open
Book)
Quiz-1 20 Min. 20 (10%) 2th Sep. (During Tutorial hour) Close Book

Quiz-2 30 Min. 30 (15%) 23th Sep. (During Tutorial hour) Open Book

Quiz-3 30 Min. 30 (15%) 18th Nov. (During Tutorial hour) Open Book

Midsemester 90 Min. 50 (25%) 13th October, 2023 Close Book

Examination
Comprehensive 120 Min. 70 (35%) 11th December, 2023 Close Book
Examination

6. Chamber Consultation Hour: Ashish Chittora (D-113, Monday 4PM -5 PM), Hrishikesh Sonalikar (D-115,
TBA).

7. Notices: All notices will be put up on Quantaaws (LMS-e portal).

8. Make-up Policy: Depending on the urgency and situation, IC will decide to provide make-up.

(Dr. Ashish Chittora)

Instructor-in-charge
ECE F212/ EEE
F212/INSTR F212