Permittivity measurement with a non-standard waveguide by using TRL calibration and fractional linear data fitting

Progress In Electromagnetics Research B

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-13

  Challa, R K ^a   Kajfez, D ^a   Gladden, J R ^a   Elsherbeni, A Z ^a   Demir, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA HANDLING; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES; COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY; DIELECTRIC SLABS; FUNCTION OF FREQUENCY; QUARTER-WAVELENGTH; TRANSMISSION AND REFLECTION COEFFICIENT; TRL CALIBRATION; TWO-PORT CALIBRATION;

PERMITTIVITY;

EID: 40549100521     PISSN: 19376472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/pierb07102001     Document Type: Article

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