Two-resonator method for measurement of dielectric anisotropy in multilayer samples

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1534-1543

  Dankov, Plamen I ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c Sofia University ^*  (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Anisotropic media; Cavity resonators; Dielectric losses; Multilayers; Permittivity measurement; Radomes

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; CAVITY RESONATORS;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC LOSSES; MICROWAVES; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 33645905450     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.871247     Document Type: Article

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