A microwave interferometer based contactless quasi-TEM waveguide position encoder with micrometer accuracy

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mann, S ^a   Lindner, S ^a   Lurz, F ^a   Barbon, F ^a   Linz, S ^a   Weigel, R ^a   Koelpin, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interferometer; microwave measurement; parallel plate waveguide; phase measurement; position encoder; RADAR; Six Port

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; PHASE MEASUREMENT; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); RADAR; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; MICROWAVE INTERFEROMETER; PARALLEL PLATE WAVEGUIDE; POSITION ENCODERS; POSITION INFORMATION; REFERENCE SIGNALS; SIX-PORT; SIX-PORT RECEIVERS;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 84904976523     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2014.6848655     Document Type: Conference Paper

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