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EX-603 (C) RGPV B.Tech

Electromagnetic Waves (EW)

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Syllabus, notes and important questions for EX-603 (C)

Syllabus units

Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.

Unit 1 Transmission Lines 10 topics
  • Introduction
  • Concept of distributed elements
  • Equations of voltage and current
  • Standing waves and impedance transformation
  • Lossless and low‑loss transmission lines
  • Power transfer on a transmission line
  • Analysis of transmission line in terms of admittances
  • Transmission line calculations with the help of Smith chart
  • Applications of transmission line
  • Impedance matching using transmission lines
Unit 1 notes
Unit 2 Maxwell’s Equations 7 topics
  • Basic quantities of Electromagnetics
  • Basic laws of Electromagnetics: Gauss’s law
  • Ampere’s Circuital law
  • Faraday’s law of Electromagnetic induction
  • Maxwell’s equations
  • Surface charge and surface current
  • Boundary conditions at media interface
Unit 2 notes
Unit 3 Uniform Plane Wave 8 topics
  • Homogeneous unbound medium
  • Wave equation for time harmonic fields
  • Solution of the wave equation
  • Uniform plane wave
  • Wave polarization
  • Wave propagation in conducting medium
  • Phase velocity of a wave
  • Power flow and Poynting vector
Unit 3 notes
Unit 4 Plane Waves at Media Interface 9 topics
  • Plane wave in arbitrary direction
  • Plane wave at dielectric interface
  • Reflection and refraction of waves at dielectric interface
  • Total internal reflection
  • Wave polarization at media interface
  • Brewster angle
  • Fields and power flow at media interface
  • Lossy media interface
  • Reflection from conducting boundary
Unit 4 notes
Unit 5 Waveguides 7 topics
  • Parallel plane waveguide: Transverse Electric (TE) mode
  • Transverse Magnetic (TM) mode
  • Cut‑off frequency
  • Phase velocity and dispersion
  • Transverse Electromagnetic (TEM) mode
  • Analysis of waveguide – general approach
  • Rectangular waveguides
Unit 5 notes
Unit 6 Antennas 9 topics
  • Radiation parameters of antenna
  • Potential functions
  • Solution for potential functions
  • Radiations from Hertz dipole
  • Near field
  • Far field
  • Total power radiated by a dipole
  • Radiation resistance and radiation pattern of Hertz dipole
  • Hertz dipole in receiving mode
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Exam insights

Counted from 6 past EX-603 (C) papers.

Marks asked per paper, by unit

  • Unit 1 Transmission Lines 7 marks
  • Unit 2 Maxwell’s Equations 7 marks
  • Unit 3 Uniform Plane Wave 7 marks
  • Unit 4 Plane Waves at Media Interface 7 marks
  • Unit 5 Waveguides 6 marks
  • Unit 6 Antennas 0 marks

Average marks of the questions from each unit in one paper. You answer only some of them, so the total is more than the paper’s maximum.

Asked again and again

  1. Derive the wave equation for electromagnetic fields in free space.

    Asked 4 times: 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

  2. Calculate the reflection coefficient at a dielectric interface for normal incidence.

    Asked 3 times: 2023, 2024, 2025

  3. Determine the cutoff frequency of the TE\_{10} mode in a rectangular waveguide.

    Asked 3 times: 2022, 2023, 2024

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