Calibrated free-space microwave measurements with an ultrawideband reflectometer-antenna system

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 675-677

  Zhao, Min ^a,b   Shea, Jacob D ^a,b   Hagness, Susan C ^a,b   Van Der Weide, Daniel W ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennas; Biomedical imaging; Calibration; Microwave measurements; Reflectometer; Ultrawideband (UWB)

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER SIGNALS; MECHANICAL STANDARDS; ULTRAWIDEBAND REFLECTOMETER ANTENNA SYSTEM; VECTOR NETWORK ANALYZER (VNA);

CALIBRATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HORN ANTENNAS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

REFLECTOMETERS;

EID: 33845531105     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2006.885625     Document Type: Article

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