ELEC-E4410 - Electromagnetic and Circuit Simulations, Lecture, 7.1.2025-13.2.2025

Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The student will recall the basic circuit analysis methods DC, AC, transient, and harmonic, as well as popular computational methods for electromagnetic fields. The student will learn the strengths and weaknesses of the methods, and learn to select the appropriate method for a given situation. The student will comprehend what information each method is able to provide and what it does not. The student will identify different sources of error and recognise what characteristics or features of the user input, the computational method and the discretization contribute to the result. Thus the student will be able to qualitatively estimate whether the simulation result is credible or not and whether it is usable in terms of accuracy. At the end of this course the student will know how to use the professional simulation software packages that are used in the course.

Credits: 5

Schedule: 07.01.2025 - 13.02.2025

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Juha Mallat, Pasi Ylä-Oijala

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

By email.

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Basics of electromagnetic field and circuit simulation using professional software packages, underlying theory and a lot of hands-on exercises, strengths and weaknesses of different analysis/simulation methods.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Written assignments on simulation-software aided designs of microwave components.

Workload

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Contact hours. Independent work.

DETAILS

Study Material

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Lecture slides

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Teaching Language: English

    Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Spring III
    2025-2026 Spring III

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