A planar transmission-line sensor for measuring the microwave permittivity of liquid and semisolid biological materials

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2974-2982

  Roelvink, Jochem ^a   Trabelsi, Samir ^a   Nelson, Stuart O ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectric measurements; measurement techniques; microwave measurements; permittivity; transmission line measurements

Indexed keywords

CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION; DIELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS; DIMENSIONAL TOLERANCE; MATERIAL PERMITTIVITY; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MICROWAVE PERMITTIVITY; SCATTERING PARAMETER MEASUREMENT; TRANSMISSION-LINE MEASUREMENTS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES; ELECTRIC LINES; LIQUIDS; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE SENSORS; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SCATTERING PARAMETERS;

PERMITTIVITY;

EID: 84885958785     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2013.2265453     Document Type: Article

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