A 1-8-GHz miniaturized spectroscopy system for permittivity detection and mixture characterization of organic chemicals

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4157-4170

  Helmy, Ahmed A ^a   Entesari, Kamran ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical sensor; dielectric constant; mixture characterization; permittivity detection; spectroscopy; true time delay (TTD)

Indexed keywords

BROAD-BAND DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL SENSING; FABRICATED SENSORS; FREQUENCY RANGES; MATERIAL UNDER TESTS; MICROWAVE SIGNALS; MIXING RATIOS; NONIDEAL EFFECTS; SENSING CAPACITORS; SENSING SYSTEMS; SENSOR CHARACTERISTICS; TRUE TIME DELAY; WIDE-BAND;

BINARY MIXTURES; CELLS; CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CYTOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFTERS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

PERMITTIVITY;

EID: 84871805482     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2012.2224363     Document Type: Conference Paper

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