A

• acceptance angle, 8.2
• aluminum, 3.11, 3.12, A.3
• Ampere's law
  • general form, 1.4, 3.1, 3.5, 6.5, 9.1, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6
  • magnetostatics, 1.4, 2.4, 7.2
• antenna
  • electrically-short dipole (ESD), 9.5, 9.6, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.6, 10.13
  • folded half-wave dipole, 7.5
  • half-wave dipole, 7.5, 9.6, 9.7, 10.13
  • isotropic, 10.13, 10.14
  • microstrip patch, 10.5
  • quarter-wave monopole, 7.5
  • yagi, 10.8
• antenna aperture, 10.13
• antenna factor, 10.9
• attenuation, 7.3, 7.5
• attenuation rate, 3.9, 3.11

B

• balun, 7.5
• binomial series, 3.10
• Biot-Savart law, 2.4, 9.4
• Boltzmann's constant, 10.13, C
• boundary conditions, 1.4, 10.10, 10.11
• Brewster's angle, 5.10

C

• carbon, A.3
• CGS (system of units), 1.1
• characteristic impedance, 7.1, 7.2
• charge density
  • line, 1.4
  • surface, 1.4
  • volume, 1.4
• cladding, 8.1
• complex permittivity, see permittivity!complex-valued
• conductivity
  • of common materials, A.3
• conductor
  • good, 3.11, 4.1, 10.3
  • perfect, 1.4, 3.11, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1
  • poor, 3.10
• cone of acceptance, 8.2
• constitutive relationships, 1.4
• copper, 3.11, A.3
• Coulomb force, 2.5
• Coulomb's law, 2.4
• coupling, 10.12
• critical angle, 5.11
• curl, B.2
• current, 1.4, 4.1
• current density
  • surface, 1.4, 9.8
  • volume, 1.4, 9.8
• current moment, 2.4, 9.3, 9.4, 9.8
• cutoff frequency, 6.3, 6.5, 6.10, 7.2
• cyclotron motion, 2.1

D

• dB, see decibel
• dBm, 3.8
• decibel, 3.8
• delay spread, 8.3
• dielectric (material), 7.2
  • examples, A.1
• dielectric constant, A.1
• Dirac delta function, 9.1, 9.3, 9.8
• directivity, 10.7, 10.13
• dispersion, 4.2, 6.1, 6.3, 6.10, 8.3
• displacement current, 1.4, 3.5
• divergence, B.2
• divergence theorem, 3.1, B.3

E

• E-plane, 10.8
• effective aperture, 10.13
• effective height, 10.9
• effective length, 10.9, 10.11
• electric field intensity, 1.4, 2.1
• electric flux density, 1.4
• electrical length, 9.4, 10.2
• electrically-short dipole, see antenna
• electrically-short dipole (ESD), 10.7
• electron, C
• electrostatics (description), 1.4
• English system of units, 1.1
• evanescent waves, see waves

F

• far field, 9.4, 9.6, 10.1
• Faraday's law, 1.4, 2.5
• ferrite, A.2
• fiber optics, 5.11
• flux
  • electric, 1.4
  • magnetic, 1.4
• force, 2.5
• FR4, 3.10, 7.2, 7.5, A.1
• Friis transmission equation, 10.14

G

• gain
  • power, 3.8
  • voltage, 3.8
• Gauss' law
  • electric field, 1.4, 2.4
  • magnetic field, 1.4, 9.2
• geranium, A.1
• glass, A.1
• gold, 3.11, A.3
• good conductor, 4.2
• Goos-H\"anchen effect, 5.11
• gradient, B.2
• group velocity, 6.1, 6.3, 6.10

H

• H-plane, 10.8
• half-power beamwidth (HPBW), 10.8
• half-wave matching (slab), 5.3
• Hertzian dipole, 9.1, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 10.1, 10.3, 10.6, 10.11
• homogeneity, 1.4
• homogeneous (media), 1.4

I

• impedance
  • surface, 4.3
  • wire, 4.2
• independence of path, 1.4
• index of refraction, 5.1, 5.8, 8.1, A.1
• indium phosphide, A.1
• inductance, 4.2
  • equivalent, 4.2
• inverse square law, 2.4
• iron, A.2, A.3
• isotropic, 10.8
• isotropic (media), 1.4
• isotropy, 1.4

J

• Jefimenko's equations, 2.4
• Johnson-Nyquist noise, 10.13
• joule heating, 3.1
• Joule's law, 3.1

K

• Kirchoff's voltage law
  • electrostatics, 1.4

L

• Laplace's Equation, 7.4
• Laplacian (operator), B.2
• lever arm, 2.3
• linear (media), 1.4
• linearity, 1.4
• Lorentz force, 2.1
• Lorentz reciprocity theorem, 10.10
• Lorenz gauge condition, 9.2
• loss resistance, 10.5
• loss tangent, 3.3, 3.5, 3.10, 3.11

M

• magnetic field intensity, 1.4
• magnetic flux density, 1.4, 2.1, 9.2
• magnetic vector potential, 9.2, 9.3, 9.6
• magnetostatics (description), 1.4
• materials (properties), 1.4
• materials, magnetic, 1.4
• Maxwell-Faraday equation, 1.4, 3.1, 6.4
• Maxwell's equations, 1.4, 9.1, 9.2
  • differential phasor form, 1.4, 3.3, 6.7, 10.10
  • source-free lossless region, 1.4
  • static differential form, 1.4
  • static integral form, 1.4
• metric system, 1.1
• microstrip, 6.6, 7.2, 7.5
• mode, 6.3, 6.5, 6.8, 6.9
• motional emf, 2.5
• motor, 2.2, 2.3
• mutual coupling, 10.12

N

• notation, 1.2
• numerical aperture, 8.2

O

• Ohm's law, 1.4, 3.1, 3.3, 4.2
• ohmic loss, 3.1, 3.5
• omnidirectional, 10.8
• optical fiber, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

P

• parallel-plate waveguide, see waveguide
• path gain, 10.14
• path loss, 10.14
• pattern (radiation), 10.8, 10.13
  • normalized, 10.8
• permeability, 1.4
  • of common materials, A.2
  • relative, 1.4, A.2
• permittivity, 1.4
  • complex-valued, 3.3, 3.4
  • effective, 7.2
  • of common materials, A.1
  • relative, 1.4, A.1
• phase velocity, 6.1, 6.10
  • in microstrip, 7.2
• phasor, 1.4
• plane of incidence, 5.5
• plane wave relationships, 3.6, 5.6, 5.7, 6.6, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6
• plasma, 9.2
• platinum, A.3
• polarization, 10.8
• polarizing angle, 5.10
• polycarbonate, A.1
• polyethylene, 3.10, A.1
• polypropylene, A.1
• polystyrene, A.1
• polytetrafluoroethylene, A.1
• potential difference, 2.5
• power handling, see transmission line
• Poynting vector, 3.1, 3.2, 3.7
• Poynting's theorem, 3.1, 9.1
• printed circuit board (PCB), 7.2, 10.5
  • material, A.1
• prism, 5.8
• propagation constant, 9.3
  • attenuation, 3.3, 3.6, 3.9, 3.12, 9.3
  • phase, 3.3, 3.6, 9.3

Q

• quarter-wave matching (slab), 5.3

R

• radiation condition, 9.3
• radiation efficiency, 10.3, 10.5, 10.7
• radiation resistance, 10.5, 10.6
• radome, 5.2, 5.3
• ray-fixed coordinates, 5.4, 5.5
• Rayleigh-Jeans law, 10.13
• reciprocity, 10.10
• rectangular waveguide, see waveguide
• reference phase, 5.4
• reference polarization, 5.4
• reflection coefficient, 5.1
• refraction, 5.8
• resistivity, A.3
• RG-59, 4.2, 7.3
• right hand rule
  • magnetostatics, 2.4, 7.2
  • Stokes' theorem, B.3

S

• sampling function, 9.1, 9.3
• semiconductor (material), A.1
• separation of variables, 6.8, 6.9
• SI (system of units), 1.1
• silica, A.1
• silicon, A.1, A.3
• skin depth, 3.11, 3.12, 4.2, 7.3
• skin effect, 4.1, 4.2
• slab, 5.2, 5.3
• Snell's law, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.11, 5.12, 8.2
• soil, A.1, A.3
• speed of light, C
• standing wave, 5.2, 9.7
• steel, A.2
• Stokes' theorem, B.3
• stripline, 7.2
• styrofoam, A.1
• superposition, 1.4, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 9.1, 9.8, 10.1
• surface wave, see waves

T

• Teflon, A.1
• thermal radiation, 10.13
• thermodynamic equilibrium, 10.13
• thermodynamics, 10.13
• time-harmonic, 1.4, 9.2
• time-invariance (media), 1.4
• torque, 2.3
• total internal reflection, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.11, 5.12, 8.1
• transducer, 10.1
• transmission line
  • analogy for wave propagation, 5.1, 5.2
  • coaxial, 4.2, 6.4, 7.1, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
  • differential, 7.1
  • lossy, 3.6
  • lumped-element model, 7.1, 7.2
  • microstrip, see microstrip
  • parallel wire, 7.1
  • power handling, 7.4, 7.5
  • single-ended, 7.1, 7.2, 7.5
  • stripline, 7.2
  • transverse electromagnetic (TEM), 3.3, 7.2
• transverse electric, 5.5, 5.6, 5.9, 6.7, 6.9
• transverse electromagnetic (TEM), 5.5, 6.4, 6.7, 7.1
• transverse magnetic, 5.5, 5.7, 5.10, 6.7, 6.8
• twin lead, 7.1

U

• units, 1.1

V

• vector
  • arithmetic, B.3
  • identity, B.3
  • position-free, 2.3
• vector effective length, 10.9, 10.11, 10.12, 10.13

W

• water, A.1, A.3
• wave equation
  • electromagnetic, 3.6, 9.2, 9.3
  • magnetic vector potential, 9.2, 9.3
  • source-free lossless region, 1.4
  • source-free lossy region, 3.3
• wave impedance, 1.4, 3.6, 3.10, 9.4, C
• waveguide
  • parallel plate, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6
  • rectangular, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10
• wavelength
  • in microstrip, 7.2
• waves
  • evanescent, 5.12
  • plane, 1.4, 3.6
  • power density, 1.4, 3.7
  • surface, 5.12
  • transmission line analogy, 3.6
  • unidirectional, 6.7
• work, 2.5

Y

• yagi, see antenna