An accurate complex permittivity method for thin dielectric materials

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 91, Issue , 2009, Pages 123-138

  Hasar, U C ^a,b   Simsek, O ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; FREQUENCY BANDS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERMITTIVITY; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY; COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY OF THIN MATERIALS; COMPLEX REFLECTION; DISPERSIVE MATERIALS; HIGHER-ORDER APPROXIMATION; PERMITTIVITY VALUES; SCATTERING PARAMETER MEASUREMENT; TRANSMISSION SCATTERING PARAMETERS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 65449179203     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER09011702     Document Type: Article

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