Substrate integrated waveguide cavity resonators for complex permittivity characterization of materials

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2340-2347

  Saeed, Kashif ^a   Pollard, Roger D ^a   Hunter, Ian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cavity perturbation methods; Microwave resonators; Permittivity measurements

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; DRUG PRODUCTS PLANTS; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MODERNIZATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RESONATORS; SUBSTRATES; WAVEGUIDES;

ACCURATE; CAVITY PERTURBATION METHODS; CAVITY PERTURBATIONS; COMPLEX PERMITTIVITIES; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; DIELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS; LOW COSTS; MEASUREMENT CELLS; MEASUREMENT OF COMPLEX PERMITTIVITIES; MICROWAVE RESONATORS; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES; PLANAR SUBSTRATES; Q-FACTOR; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; RESONANT STRUCTURES; SUBSTRATE INTEGRATED WAVEGUIDES;

PERMITTIVITY;

EID: 54049107605     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.2003523     Document Type: Article

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