Complex permittivity and moisture measurements of oil palm fruits using an open-ended coaxial sensor

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1281-1287

  Abbas, Zulkifly ^a,b,c,d,e   Yeow, You Kok ^b   Shaari, Abdul Halim ^b,f,g,h   Khalid, Kaida ^b   Hassan, Jumiah ^b,c   Saion, Elias ^b,i,j  

^a IEEE   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UPM   (Malaysia)

^d UPM Serdang   (Malaysia)

^e Wave Propagation Research Group   (Malaysia)

^f Engineering Institute for Micro and Nanoelectronics ^*

^g Engineering Institute for Micro and Nanoelectronics

^h UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

ⁱ Institute of Physics   (United Kingdom)

^j Malaysian Solid State Science and Technology   (Malaysia)

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Author keywords

Coaxial sensor; Microwave; Moisture content; Network analyzer; Permittivity

Indexed keywords

COAXIAL SENSORS; NETWORK ANALYZER;

FRUITS; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; OILS AND FATS; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; FATS; FRUITS; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; OIL; SENSORS;

EID: 29044441315     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2005.859249     Document Type: Article

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