A new microwave method based on transmission scattering parameter measurements for simultaneous broadband and stable permittivity and permeability determination

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 93, Issue , 2009, Pages 161-176

  Hasar, U C ^a,b  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCATTERING PARAMETERS;

COMPLEX PERMEABILITY; CONSTITUTIVE PARAMETERS; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; HIGHER-ORDER APPROXIMATION; NON-MAGNETIC MATERIALS; PERMEABILITY DETERMINATIONS; SCATTERING MEASUREMENTS; TRANSMISSION SCATTERING PARAMETERS;

PERMITTIVITY;

EID: 69849104246     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER09041405     Document Type: Article

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