A Nonlinear Least-Squares Solution with Causality Constraints Applied to Transmission Line Permittivity and Permeability Determination

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 646-652

  Baker Jarvis, James ^a   Geyer, Richard G ^a   Domich, Paul D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectric measurements; higher order modes; microwave; orthogonal distance regression; permeability; permittivity; primary mode

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

DIELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS; HIGHER ORDER MODES; NONLINEAR LEAST SQUARES METHOD; ORTHOGONAL DISTANCE REGRESSION;

MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0026930227     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: 15579662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.177336     Document Type: Article

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