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Subject (*) WAVE TRANSMISSION AND PROPAGATION Code 17244110
Study programme
Bach. Degree in Telecommunication Systems and Services Engineering (2016)
Cycle 1st
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
5 Compulsory Second 2Q
Language
Català
Department Electronic, Electric and Automatic Engineering
Coordinator
LÁZARO GUILLÉN, ANTONIO RAMON
E-mail antonioramon.lazaro@urv.cat
ramon.villarino@urv.cat
josemaria.galia@urv.cat
Lecturers
LÁZARO GUILLÉN, ANTONIO RAMON
VILLARINO VILLARINO, RAMÓN MARIA
GALIA TEJERINA, JOSÉ MARIA
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General description and relevant information

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 FB3 Understand and have good command of the basic concepts of the general laws of mechanics, thermodynamics, fields and waves and electromagnetism and their application to solve problems inherent in engineering.
 FB4 Master the basic concepts of linear systems and their related functions and transforms, the theory of electrical circuits and electronic circuits, the physical principle of semiconductors, logic families, electronic and photonic devices, and materials technology, and apply these concepts to solve problems in engineering.
 RT8 Have the ability to understand the mechanisms of propagation and transmission of electromagnetic and acoustic waves, and their corresponding transmitting and receiving devices.
 ST5 Ability to select transmission antennas, equipment and systems, to propagate guided and non-guided waves by electromagnetic, radiofrequency or optical means, and to manage the assignation of frequencies.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 FB3 Understand the wave equation and its solutions
 FB4 Understand the basic principles of photonic devices and optical communications
 RT8 Understand the concept of the radiated field
Understand the concept of wave polarization
Understand signal propagation in transmission lines and waveguides
Understand the radar equation and the Doppler effect
Understand the analogy between electromagnetic and acoustic waves
 ST5 Use the Friis equation to solve simple propagation problems
Type B Code Learning outcomes
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1-Electromagnetic waves: basic properties 1.1 Review of static fields:
1.1.1 Law of Coulomb and Gauss. Conductivity. Joule's law.
1.1.2 Conductors in static.
1.1.3-magnetic field. Ampere's law. Fields conductors.
1.1.4 Method-images.
1.2. Maxwell equations. Differential and integral formulation.
1.3. Wave equation. Solution wave equation.
1.4-radiated fields.
1.4.1-field created by a load accelerated. Radiated fields. Power density. Spherical waves.
1.4.2 flat-Ones. Polarization.
1.5. Analogy acoustic waves.
1.6. Doppler effect.
2-Introduction to antennas and radar. 2.1. Antenna in transmission. Power density. Directivity and antenna gain. Impedance.Eefficiency
2.2. Antenna in reception. Effective Area. Reprocity relationship.
2.3. Friis equation.
2.4. Examples of types of antennas.
2.5. Introduction radar.
2.5.1. Classification and frequency bands.
2.5.2. Pulsed radar.
2.5.3. Doppler radar and FMCW.
2.5.4. Radar and Radar equation straight section
3-Wave interaction with materials 3-Wave interaction with materials
3.1 Loss and attenuation due to materials.
3.2 Reflection in condcutors.
3.3-Reflection and refraction in dielectrisc.
3.3.1-Snell's Law. Calculationof reflected and transmitted fields.
3.3.2-Fresnel coefficients. Total reflection. Bewster angle.
3.3.3 Case of normal incidence. Circuital interpretation and analogy transmission lines. Applications.
4-Wave guide and transmission lines 4.1-Metalic Guides
4.1.1-Parallel plates guide.
4.1.2-Wave modes in parallel plates guide.
4.1.3-Dispersion and group velocity.
4.2-Rectangular and circular wave guide.
4.2.1- TEM modes, TE and TM
4.2.2- Propagation modes with the boundary conditions in perfect conductors (cut-off frequency, dispersion, transmitted power).
4.3-Circuits using waveguides: transitions, couplers, T magic filters.
Introduction to the excitement, the analysis of discontinuities and the completion of wave guide.
4.4-Transmission lines. TEM modes, type of lines.
4.4.1-Transient propagation in transmission lines.
4.5-Resonators.
5- Fiber optics. 5.1 Basic operation. Types of fibers: attenuation and dimensions. The windows of transmission. Singlemode fibers.
5.2 Dispersion in optical fibers.
5.3-Introduction to optical communications

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
Hours outside the classroom
(**) Total hours
Introductory activities
1 0 1
Lecture
FB3
FB4
RT8
ST5
12 24 36
Laboratory practicals
FB3
FB4
RT8
ST5
13 26 39
IT-based practicals in computer rooms
FB3
FB4
RT8
ST5
13 15 28
Personal attention
1 0 1
 
Extended-answer tests
FB3
FB4
RT8
ST5
6 6 12
Practical tests
FB3
FB4
RT8
ST5
4 4 8
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Presentació del curs, objectius, metodologies, temaris i avaluació
Lecture Explicació del contigunts pel part del professor o resolució de problemes relevants
Laboratory practicals Realització de pràctiques al laboratori
IT-based practicals in computer rooms Resolució de problemes pràctics amb ajuda de simuladors i eines TIC
Personal attention L'atenció personalitzada es farà principalment en horari de consultes. L'objectiu es l'aclaració de dubtes concrets que pugui presentar l'alumne durant el curs, així com altres derivats de l'avaluació.

Personalized attention
Description

Time reserved for individual attention and doubt solving with students. Due to the health emergency, this attention can be carried out through online meetings, previously appointed by e-mail, or with other online tools.


Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Extended-answer tests
FB3
FB4
RT8
ST5
Tests about on the problems of the course content 50
Practical tests
FB3
FB4
RT8
ST5
Testing the contents of practices, assessment of delivery problems or small projects 30
Others  

test and problem deliveries

20
 
Other comments and second exam session

The subject will generally be taught in Catalan. The documentation can be in Catalan, Spanish or English.


1. Attendance at classes is mandatory.List will be passed daily. Students who do not attend the theory classes willnot be able to do the corresponding practices and will therefore have thesubject suspended. 
2. To pass the subject you must passall parts with a grade higher than 5 (exams, practicals and onlineassignments). If there is any suspended part, they will have to go to the finalexam of the second call with the whole subject, since it is considered thatthey have not achieved the skills. The final grade after passing each part witha 5 will be the weighted average of each part. 
3. Students who do not follow thecontinuous assessment during the course, may appear in the second call. 
4. In the second call there are twoparts: a global exam of the subject with a weight of 70% elimination, and alaboratory exam with a weight of 30%. 
5. Practices are not recovered. Thelaboratory grade is the product of the practical attendance fee by theindividual grade of the laboratory test. 
6. Face-to-face laboratory practiceswill be carried out in groups of 2 or exceptionally 3 students. The selectionof the group and laboratory schedule will be done through a survey at thebeginning of the course in order of response to it. No other considerationswill be taken into account in the choice of groups, neither academic nor work.Laboratory groups not scheduled at the beginning of the course will not beopened and there may be changes due to enrollment restrictions. 
7. Online tests will not be repeatedor assignments will be delayed for unjustified reasons. The deadlines for eachtask can be found in each task in moodle. 
8. As a general rule, the use ofmobile phones or other data transmission-reception systems is not permittedduring the tests. 
9. Some laboratory sessions consistingof carrying out practical problems may be carried out together in classrooms,prior notice. 
10. During the course, campus orpublic domain software will be used that normally works under the Windowsoperating system. If there are any changes to theevaluation system, they will be announced in the Moodle space of each subjectat the beginning of the course or in advance.

Sources of information

Basic A.Lázaro, Radiació i ones guiades: Notes de classe , , disponibles moodle
A.Lázaro, R.Villarino, Manual de pràctiques de radiació i ones guiades , , disponibles moodle
J.Bará, Ondas electromagnéticas en comunicaciones, 2001, Edicions UPC
D.M.Pozar, Microwave engineering, 4a ed,2012, John Wiley
B.Saleh, M.C. Teich, Fundamentals of photonics, 2a ed. 2007, John Wiley
J.Senior, Optical fiber communications principles and practice, 3a,2009, Prentice Hall
F.Dios, D.Artigas,J.Recolons,A.Comeron,F.Canals, Campos electromagnéticos, 1998, Edicions UPC
A.Cardama, Ll.Jofré, J.M.Rius, J.Romeu, S.Blanch,M.Ferrando, Antenas, 1998, Edicions UPC

Complementary J.Bará, Circuitos de microondas con líneas de transmisión , 1996, Edicions UPC
A.Lázaro, Tecnologia de Radiofreqüència , 2010, Ed.Publicacions URV EINA-45
S.Ramo, J.R. Whinnery, T.V.Duzer, Fields and waves in Communications Electronics, 3a ed, 1994, John Wiley and Sons
J.R.Reitz,F.J.Mildford, R.W.Christy, Fundamentos de la teoría electromagnética, 4a ed,1996, Addison Wesley
D.T. Blackstock, Fundamentals of Physical Acoustics, 1a ed, 2000, Wiley-Interscience
C.Balanis, Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design, 4a ed 20016, Wiley

Recommendations

Subjects that continue the syllabus
TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORY/17244109
RADIO-FREQUENCY ENGINEERING/17244111
ANTENNAS AND RADIO PROPAGATION/17244119

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously
RADIO-FREQUENCY ENGINEERING/17244111

Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before
PHYSICS II/17244004
ANALYSIS OF CIRCUITS AND LINEAR SYSTEMS/17244009
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