This lecture provides an introduction to transmission line effects in the time domain. Fundamentals including time of flight, impedance discontinuities, proper termination schemes, nonlinear and reactive loads, and crosstalk are considered. Required prerequisite knowledge is limited to conventional circuit theory. The material is intended to supplement standard textbooks for use with undergraduate students in electrical engineering or computer engineering. The contents should also be of value to practicing engineers with interests in signal integrity and high-speed digital design. Table of Contents: Introduction / Solution of the Transmission Line Equations / DC Signals on a Resistively Loaded Transmission Line / Termination Schemes / Equivalent Circuits, Cascaded Lines, and Fan-Outs / Initially-Charged Transmission Lines / Finite Duration Pulses on Transmission Lines / Transmission Lines with Reactive Terminations / Lines with Nonlinear Loads / Crosstalk on Weakly Coupled Transmission Lines

Andrew F. Peterson received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Since 1989, he has been a member of the faculty of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he is now Professor and Associate Chair for Faculty Development. He teaches electromagnetic field theory and computational electromagnetics and conducts research in the development of computational techniques for electromagnetic scattering, microwave devices, and electronic packaging applications. He is a fellow of the IEEE and a fellow of the Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES). He is also a recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal.