Determination of the step response function of a dielectric in the presence of noise

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 369-374

  Letosa, Jesús ^a   García Gracia, Miguel ^a   Artacho, Juan Manuel ^a   Forniés Marquina, José María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deconvolution; Dielectric measurements; Digital filters; Discrete time systems; Discrete transforms; Reflectometry; Time domain measurement

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIGITAL FILTERS; DISCRETE TIME CONTROL SYSTEMS; PERMITTIVITY;

STEP RESPONSE FUNCTION;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0042663819     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2003.1207458     Document Type: Article

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