- Designed for a one-semester course in electromagnetic waves
- Introduces Maxwell’s equations in the first chapter
- De-emphasizes mathematical rigor in order to make key ideas and principles easy to understand
- Makes material accessible to readers of varying backgrounds, with extensive use of solved examples
- Includes abundant exercises for each chapter
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- About this Textbook
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This one-semester textbook teaches students Electromagnetic Waves, via an early introduction to Maxwell’s Equations in the first chapter. Mathematics fundamentals are used as needed, but rigor is de-emphasized in preference to understanding the basic ideas and principles of EM waves. Each chapter includes extensive, step-by-step, solved examples, as well as abundant exercises.
- Designed for a one-semester course in electromagnetic waves;
- Introduces Maxwell’s equations in the first chapter;
- De-emphasizes mathematical rigor in order to make key ideas and principles easy to understand;
- Makes material accessible to readers of varying backgrounds, with extensive use of solved examples;
- Includes abundant exercises for each chapter.
- About the authors
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Ming-Seng Kao holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering of National Taiwan University. He was a professor in the Department of Communication Engineering at the National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan. His research interest includes optical communications and digital receivers. He was a recipient of Outstanding Teaching Award of NCTU. (He retired in 2013.)
Chieh-Fu Chang received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. He is currently a researcher at the Electrical Engineering Division of the National Space Organization/National Applied Research Laboratory (NSPO/NARL) in Taiwan. His research interests include satellite communications, remote sensing instruments, digital receivers and signal processing.
- Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Maxwell’s Equations
Pages 1-50
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EM Wave Propagation
Pages 51-102
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Characteristics of EM Waves
Pages 103-146
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Interface Behavior of EM Waves
Pages 147-213
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Transmission Lines
Pages 215-288
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Understanding Electromagnetic Waves
- Authors
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- Ming-Seng Kao
- Chieh-Fu Chang
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-45708-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-45708-2
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-45707-5
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXI, 444
- Number of Illustrations
- 51 b/w illustrations, 195 illustrations in colour
- Topics
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