Broad-band microwave characterization of liquid crystals using a temperature-controlled coaxial transmission line

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 53, Issue 6 II, 2005, Pages 1937-1944

  Mueller, Stefan ^a   Penirschke, Andreas ^a   Damm, Christian ^a   Scheele, Patrick ^a   Wittek, Michael ^b   Weil, Carsten ^c   Jakoby, Rolf ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MERCK KGAA   (Germany)

^c Advanced Ferrite Technology GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisotropic media; Coaxial transmission lines; Liquid crystals (LCs); Microwave measurements; Microwave phase shifters; Permittivity measurement; Temperature control

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; PHASE SHIFTERS; SENSORS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; COAXIAL TRANSMISSION LINES; MICROWAVE PHASE SHIFTERS; THRU-REFLECT-LINE (TRL);

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 23144436596     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.848842     Document Type: Conference Paper

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