Use of microstrip patch antennas in grain permittivity measurement

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 640-644

  El Sabbagh, Mahmoud A ^a,b   Ramahi, Omar M ^b,c   Trabelsi, Samir ^a   Nelson, Stuart O ^a   Khan, Latif ^d  

^a RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANULAR MATERIALS; HORN ANTENNAS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ANTENNAS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; PERMITTIVITY; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; SLOT ANTENNAS;

MICROWAVE SENSORS;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA FEEDS; ANTENNA MEASUREMENT; COMPACT SIZE; DIELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS; MEASUREMENT OF COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY; MICRO-STRIP PATCH ANTENNAS; SYSTEM MINIATURIZATION; TRANSMITTING ANTENNA;

EID: 0037831211     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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