A fast and accurate amplitude-only transmission-reflection method for complex permittivity determination of lossy materials

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2129-2135

  Hasar, Ugur Cem ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c State University of New York at Binghamton   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude; Materials testing; Microwave measurements; Permittivity

Indexed keywords

ANTIFREEZE SOLUTIONS; BINARY MIXTURES; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS; ETHANOL; MICROWAVES; PERMITTIVITY; REFLECTION; SCATTERING PARAMETERS;

AMPLITUDE; COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENTS; SCATTERING-PARAMETER MEASUREMENTS;

MATERIALS PROPERTIES;

EID: 51649087593     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.2002229     Document Type: Article

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