Course Catalog 2008-2009 International Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Course´s person responsible

Saku Suuriniemi

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 2 : Monday 9 - 12, TB216 Friday 9 - 11, TB215

Requirements

Written exam and two labs.

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Objectives

Preparation for major studies in RF-electronics. The students refresh prior knowledge and fill possible gaps.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Field view of electromagnetic phenomena. Electrostatics, magnetostatics, potentials. Electromagnetic induction, Ampere-Maxwell law. Time-harmonic fields.
2.	Circuits and systems: Systematic construction (graphs, cut sets, cycles, trees). Energy, Poynting's theorem, Thevenin-Norton equivalent, system impedances. Circuit elements.
3.	Elementary semiconductors: diodes, bipolar transistors, operational amplifiers.
4.	Electromagnetic waves: plane, monochromatic. Energy transmission, Poynting's theorem. Propagation in media, behavior at interfaces. Origin of waves. Hertz dipole.

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Lecture slides					Available from the course homepage		English

Prerequisites

Correspondence of content

Additional information

Primarily intended for students of RF-electronics masters programme, with some prior familiarity with the contents. Students without such familiarity can take it as an intensive course.

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1		Lectures Excercises Laboratory assignments	Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified	18.08.2008
Modifier	Saku Suuriniemi