A novel technique for complex permittivity measurement based on a planar four-port device

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2568-2574

  Ocera, Alessandro ^b   Dionigi, Marco ^b   Fratticcioli, Elisa ^b   Sorrentino, Roberto ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dielectric properties; Microwave measurement; Permittivity measurement

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CARRIER COMMUNICATION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

RF SIGNAL TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSION METHOD; VECTOR MEASUREMENTS;

PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33947366894     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.872914     Document Type: Article

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