Comparison of two optimization techniques for the estimation of complex permittivities of multilayered structures using waveguide measurements

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3251-3259

  Baginski, Michael E ^a,b,d   Faircloth, Daniel L ^a,b,e   Deshpande, Manohar D ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e IEEE Education and Electromagnetic Compatibility Societies ^*

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm (GA); Multilayered substrate; Permittivity extraction; Sequential quadratic programming (SQP)

Indexed keywords

MULTILAYERED SUBSTRATES; PERMITTIVITY EXTRACTION; SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING (SQP); X-BAND WAVEGUIDE PROCEDURES;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION;

PERMITTIVITY;

EID: 27644591198     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.855133     Document Type: Article

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