A microwave method for unique and non-ambiguous permittivity determination of liquid materials from measured uncalibrated scattering parameters

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 95, Issue , 2009, Pages 73-85

  Hasar, U C ^a,d   Simsek, O ^a   Zateroglu, M K ^b   Ekinci, A E ^c  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ERZINCAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUIDS; PERMITTIVITY;

COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY DETERMINATION; COMPLEX SCATTERING PARAMETERS; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; LIQUID MATERIALS; MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION; MEASUREMENTS OF; MICROWAVE METHODS; REFERENCE DATA;

SCATTERING PARAMETERS;

EID: 70349555765     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER09061401     Document Type: Article

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