A

• acoustic wave equation
• admittance, 3.22
  • characteristic, see characteristic admittance
• air, 5.20, 5.21
• aluminum, 7.16, A.3
• Ampere's law
  • general form, 8.9
  • magnetostatics, 4.8, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 7.14
• amplifier, 3.19, 3.21
• antenna, 9.6
  • dipole, 9.6
  • helical, 9.6
  • impedance matching, 3.19, 3.21
  • monopole, 9.6
  • patch, 3.19
• arcing, 5.21
• attenuation constant

B

• balun, 8.6
• Biot-Savart Law, 2.7
• boundary conditions, 5.17, 5.18, 7.10, 7.11

C

• capacitance, 3.4, 5.22
  • definition, 5.22
• capacitor, 5.22
  • energy storage, 5.25
  • parallel plate, 2.2, 5.16, 5.23
• carbon, A.3
• Cartesian coordinate system, 4.1, 4.2
• ceramic, 7.16
• CGS (system of units), 1.6
• characteristic admittance, 3.22
• characteristic impedance, 3.3, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.12, 3.22, 9.7
  • coaxial cable, 3.10
  • definition, 3.7
  • measurement, 3.18
• charge density
  • line, 5.3, 5.4, 5.6, 5.13
  • surface, 5.3, 5.4, 5.13
  • volume, 4.6, 5.3, 5.4, 5.13
• charge mobility, 6.3
• circulation, 4.8
• coax, see transmission line
• cobalt, 7.16
• coil, 7.6, 7.12, 7.13
  • toroidal, see toroidal coil
• conductance, 3.4, 6.5
  • definition, 6.5
• conductivity, 2.8, 6.3, 6.4
  • definition, 6.3
  • of common materials, A.3
• conductor
  • good, 6.3
  • perfect, 2.4, 5.17, 5.18, 5.19, 6.3, 6.6
  • perfect (definition), 6.3
  • poor, 5.20
• constitutive parameters, 2.8
• copper, 7.16, A.3
• Coulomb's law, 5.1, 5.5, 5.7
• cross product, 4.1
• curl, 4.8, B.2
  • definition, 4.8
• current, 2.5
  • conduction, 6.1
  • convection, 6.1
  • displacement, see displacement current
• current density, 6.2
  • line, 6.2
  • surface, 6.2, 7.8
  • volume, 6.2
• cylindrical coordinate system, 4.3

D

• datum, 5.12
• diamagnetic material, 7.16
• dielectric (material), 3.10, 3.11, 5.20, 9.5
  • examples, A.1
  • lossless, 6.3
  • lossy, 6.3
• dielectric breakdown, 5.21, 6.3
• dielectric constant, 2.3, A.1
• dielectric strength, 5.21
• dipole, see antenna
• displacement current, 7.4, 8.9
• divergence, 4.6, B.2
  • definition, 4.6
• divergence theorem, 4.7, 5.7, 7.3, B.3
• dot product, 4.1
• duality, 7.1, 9.2

E

• electric field, see field, electric
• electric field intensity, 2.2, 5.1, 5.22
  • boundary conditions, 5.17
  • definition, 2.2
  • related to current, 6.3
• electric flux density, 2.4, 4.6
  • boundary conditions, 5.18
  • definition, 2.4
• electrical length, 3.15
  • measurement, 3.18
• electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), 8.5
• electromagnetic force, 2.2, 2.5
• electromagnetic interference (EMI), 3.1, 8.5
• electromagnetic spectrum, see spectrum
• electromotive force, see emf
• electron, C
• electrostatics (description), 5
• emf, 8.3
  • motional, 8.3, 8.7
  • transformer, 8.3, 8.4
• emitter induction, 3.17
• energy
  • electrostatic, 5.25
  • kinetic, 2.2
  • magnetostatic, 7.15
  • potential, 2.2, 5.8, 5.25
• English system of units, 1.6

F

• Faraday rotation, 9.6
• Faraday's law, 4.6, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.8
• ferrite, 7.16, A.2
• ferromagnetic material, 7.16
• field
  • definition, 2.1
  • electric, 2.2, 2.4
  • magnetic, 2.5, 2.7
  • scalar, 1.3, 2.1
  • vector, 2.1
• field intensity, magnetic, see magnetic field intensity
• field line (magnetic), 2.5
• filter, 3.17
• flux, 2.4, 2.5, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.6, 6.2, 7.11
  • definition, 4.6
  • magnetic, 7.12, 8.3
• flux density, electric, see electric flux density
• flux density, magnetic, see magnetic flux density
• flux linkage
  • seelinkage, 7.12
• force, 2.2, 2.5, 4.1, 5.8, 5.22
  • electromotive, see emf
• Fourier series, 1.5
• Fourier transform, 1.5
• FR4, 3.11, 5.20, A.1
• fringing (field), 5.16, 5.23, 7.6, 7.13, 7.14

G

• gamma ray, 1.2
• Gauss' law
  • electric field, 4.6, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7
  • magnetic field, 7.2
• generator, 3.3, 8.3, 8.7
• geranium, A.1
• glass, 5.20, A.1
• Global Positioning System (GPS), 9.6
• gold, 7.16, A.3
• gradient, 4.5, 5.14, B.2
• ground, 5.12
• ground plane, 5.23

H

• heat, 6.6
• homogeneity, 2.8
• homogeneous (media), 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 9.2
• hysteresis, 7.16

I

• impedance
  • characteristic, see characteristic impedance
  • matching, 3.17, 3.21, 3.22, 3.23
  • of resistance, 6.4
  • wave, see wave impedance
• impedance inverter, 3.19
• independence of path, 5.9
• index of refraction, A.1
• indium phosphide, A.1
• inductance, 3.4, 7.12
  • definition, 7.12
• induction, 8.2, 8.3
• inductor, 7.6, 7.12
  • coaxial, 7.14
  • hysteresis, 7.16
  • straight coil, 7.13
• infrared, 1.2
• insulator
  • good, 5.20
  • perfect, 6.3
  • poor, 6.3
• inverse square law, 2.3, 2.6
• iron, 7.16, A.2, A.3
• isotropic (media), 2.8, 9.2
• isotropy, 2.8

J

• joule heating, 6.6
• Joule's law, 6.6

K

• kinetic energy, see energy, kinetic
• Kirchoff's voltage law
  • electrostatics, 4.8, 5.7, 5.10, 5.11, 5.17, 8.3, 8.8

L

• Laplace's equation, 5.15, 5.16
• Laplacian (operator), 4.10, B.2
• Lenz's law, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4
• lightning, 5.21, 6.3
• linear (media), 2.8, 5.21, 9.2
• linear and time-invariant (LTI), 2.8
• linearity, 2.8
• linkage, 7.12
• load
  • matched, 3.12
  • reactive, 3.12
• lumped-element model, see transmission line

M

• magnesium, 7.16
• magnetic field intensity, 2.7
  • definition, 2.7
• magnetic flux, see flux, magnetic
• magnetic flux density, 2.5, 4.6
  • definition, 2.5
• magnetostatics (description), 7
• materials (properties), 2.8, 7.16
• materials, magnetic, 7.16
• Maxwell-Faraday equation, 4.8, 8.3, 8.8, 8.9, 9.4
• Maxwell's equations, 8.1, 9.2
  • differential phasor form, 9.1, 9.2
  • source-free lossless region, 9.2
• metric system, 1.6
• mica, 5.21
• microstrip, 3.2, 3.11, 3.17, 3.21
• mode, 3.2
• monopole, see antenna
• motional emf, see emf
• mutual inductance, 7.12

N

• neper, 3.8
• nickel, 7.16
• non-magnetic (material), 5.20
• nonlinear (media), 2.7
• notation, 1.7

O

• Ohm's law, 6.1, 6.3, 6.6, 9.2
• ohmic heating, 6.6
• open circuit, 3.12, 3.13, 3.16
• optical (frequency), 1.2
• optical fiber
  • multimode, 3.2
  • single mode, 3.2

P

• paramagnetic material, 7.16
• patch antenna, see antenna
• perfect conductor, see conductor, perfect
• permanent magnet, 2.5
• permeability, 2.6, 2.8, 5.20, 7.16
  • of common materials, A.2
  • relative, 2.6, A.2
• permittivity, 2.3, 2.8, 5.21, 6.3
  • complex-valued, 9.2
  • effective, 3.11
  • of common materials, A.1
  • relative, 2.3, 5.20, A.1
• phase velocity, 1.2, 1.3, 3.8, 9.5
  • coaxial cable, 3.10
  • in microstrip, 3.11
  • measurement, 3.18
• phasefront, 9.3, 9.5
• phasor, 1.5, 9.1, 9.5, 9.6
• phasor (definition), 1.5
• photoelectric effect, 1.2
• photon, 2.2
• pipe, 6.4
• plane wave relationships, 9.5
• platinum, 7.16, A.3
• Poisson's equation, 4.10, 5.15
• polarization
  • circular, 9.6
  • elliptical, 9.6
  • linear, 9.6
• polarizer, 9.6
• polycarbonate, A.1
• polyethylene, A.1
• polypropylene, A.1
• polystyrene, A.1
• polytetrafluoroethylene, A.1
• potential difference, 5.8
• potential energy, see energy, potential
• power density, see waves
• power dissipation, 6.6
• Poynting theorem, 9.7
• Poynting vector, 9.7
• printed circuit board (PCB), 3.11, 5.20
  • capacitance, 5.23
  • material, A.1
• propagation constant, 3.6
  • attenuation, 3.3, 3.8
  • phase, 1.3, 3.3, 3.8, 9.2

Q

• quantum mechanics, 2.2, 2.5
• quarter-wave inverter, 3.19

R

• radio (frequency), 1.2
• reactance, 7.12
• reflection coefficient, 3.12
  • definition, 3.12
• relative permeability, see permeability, relative
• relative permittivity, see permittivity, relative
• resistance, 3.4, 6.4
  • definition, 6.4
  • of wire (DC), 6.4
• resistivity, A.3
• resistor, 1.1
• RG-59, 3.10, 5.24, 6.5
• right-hand rule
  • cross product, 4.1
  • magnetic field of a wire, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 8.4
  • Stokes' theorem, 4.9, 7.5, 7.8, 7.9, 7.11, 7.12, 8.3, 8.4, B.3

S

• saturation (magnetic), 7.16, 8.6
• scalar field
• scalar product, see dot product
• semiconductor (material), 6.3, A.1
• shield, 3.10
• short circuit, 3.12, 3.13, 3.16
• shot noise, 5.1
• SI (system of units), 1.6
• signum (sgn) function, 5.4
• silica, A.1
• silicon, 7.16, A.1, A.3
• single-stub matching, 3.23
• skin effect, 7.12
• soil, A.1, A.3
• solenoid, 7.6
• sound (waves), 1.3
• spatial frequency, 1.3
• spectrum, 1.2
• speed of light, 1.2, 9.5, C
• spherical coordinate system, 4.4
• standing wave, 3.8, 3.13
  • definition, 3.13
• standing wave ratio (SWR), 3.14
  • definition, 3.14
• steel, 6.4, A.2
• Stokes' theorem, 4.9, 5.11, 7.12, 8.3, 8.4, 8.8, 8.9, B.3
• stripline, 3.11
• stub
  • applications, 3.17, 3.23
  • definition, 3.16
  • open circuit, 3.16
  • short circuit, 3.16
• styrofoam, A.1
• superposition, 1.5, 2.8
• susceptance, 3.22, 3.23
• symmetry, 5.5, 5.6, 7.5

T

• teflon, 5.20, A.1
• telegrapher's equations, 3.5, 3.6
• TEM line, see transmission line
• Th\'evenin equivalent circuit, 3.3
• time-invariance (media), 2.8
• toroid, 7.7
• toroidal coil, 7.7
• transformer, 7.12, 8.5, 8.6
  • emf, see emf
  • hysteresis, 7.16
  • induction, 8.2
• transmission line
  • coaxial, 3.2, 3.10, 3.21, 5.24, 6.5
  • definition, 3.1
  • input impedance, 3.15, 3.16
  • lossless, 3.8
  • low loss, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10
  • lumped-element model, 3.4, 3.9
  • microstrip, see microstrip
  • quarter-wavelength, 3.19
  • stripline, 3.11
  • stub, see stub
  • time-average power, 3.20
  • transverse electromagnetic (TEM), 3.2, 3.6, 3.10, 3.11
  • two-port representation, 3.3
  • wave equations, 3.6
• two-port, 3.3

U

• ultraviolet, 1.2
• unit vector, 4.1
• units, 1.6

V

• vector
  • arithmetic, 4.1, B.3
  • definition, 4.1
  • identity, B.3
  • position-fixed, 4.1
  • position-free, 4.1
  • unit, 4.1
• velocity, 4.1
• voltage reflection coefficient, see reflection coefficient
• voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR), 3.14

W

• water, A.1, A.3
• wave equation
  • acoustic, 1.3
  • electromagnetic, 4.10
  • source-free lossless region, 9.2
  • TEM transmission line, 3.6
• wave impedance, 9.2, 9.4, C
• waveguide, 3.2
• wavelength, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 9.5
  • in microstrip, 3.11
• wavenumber, 1.3
• waves
  • cylindrical, 9.3
  • definition, 2.1
  • fundamentals, 1.3
  • guided, 1.4, 3.1
  • plane, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.7
  • polarization, 9.6
  • power density, 9.7
  • spherical, 9.3
  • standing, see standing wave
  • transmission line analogy, 9.7
  • unguided, 1.4
• wire
  • DC resistance of, 6.4
• work, 5.8

X

• X-ray, 1.2