A simple and low-cost measurement system for the complex permittivity characterization of materials

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1071-1077

  Fratticcioli, Elisa ^a   Dionigi, Marco ^a   Sorrentino, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CURVE FITTING; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PROBES; RESONATORS; SENSORS; TRANSDUCERS;

COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; MICROSTRIP RESONATOR; MICROWAVE TRANDUCERS; MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; RESONANT PROBE; RESONANT SENSOR;

PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 4043146396     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2004.830753     Document Type: Article

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