It is as pillar of electromagnetics knowledge that the Maxwell’s equations describe in a very comprehensive way all electromagnetic phenomena and therefore can be in principle be used as the mathematical basis for any analysis involving systems subject to these phenomena. In normal research and engineering practice, however, such systems are very often modeled as “circuits”, whose behavior is described by Kirchhoff’s laws instead of Maxwell’s. All physicists and electrical engineers profoundly know that the two equation sets are equivalent, but, in author’s knowledge, no systematic effort has made to evaluate and make explicit the relationship between them. This paper tries to fill this knowledge gap, and to draw a clear link between the electromagnetism foundation (Maxwell’s equations) and the circuital approach
The Electromagnetics Foundation of Circuits Revisited
CERAOLO, MASSIMO
2014-01-01
Abstract
It is as pillar of electromagnetics knowledge that the Maxwell’s equations describe in a very comprehensive way all electromagnetic phenomena and therefore can be in principle be used as the mathematical basis for any analysis involving systems subject to these phenomena. In normal research and engineering practice, however, such systems are very often modeled as “circuits”, whose behavior is described by Kirchhoff’s laws instead of Maxwell’s. All physicists and electrical engineers profoundly know that the two equation sets are equivalent, but, in author’s knowledge, no systematic effort has made to evaluate and make explicit the relationship between them. This paper tries to fill this knowledge gap, and to draw a clear link between the electromagnetism foundation (Maxwell’s equations) and the circuital approachI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.