Complex permittivity detection of organic chemicals and mixtures using a 0.5-3-GHz miniaturized spectroscopy system

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4646-4659

  Helmy, Ahmed A ^a,b   Kabiri, Saman ^a,c   Bajestan, Masoud Moslehi ^a   Entesari, Kamran ^a  

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

^b QUALCOMM INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical sensor; Complex permittivity; Dielectric detection; Mixture characterization; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BROAD-BAND DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; CALIBRATION ALGORITHM; COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY; MATERIAL UNDER TESTS; MIXTURE CHARACTERIZATIONS; SENSING CAPACITORS; SENSOR CHARACTERISTICS; STATIC PERMITTIVITY;

BINARY MIXTURES; CAPACITORS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PERMITTIVITY; SENSORS; SPECTROSCOPY;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 84890378777     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2013.2285362     Document Type: Article

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