Complex permittivity measurements at Ka-Band using rectangular dielectric waveguide

Author

Abbas, Zulkifly ; Pollard, Roger D. ; Kelsall, Robert W.

Author_Institution

Phys. Dept., Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia

Volume

50

Issue

5

fYear

2001

fDate

10/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1334

Lastpage

1342

Abstract

The rectangular dielectric waveguide (RDWG) technique has been developed for the determination of the dielectric constant of materials from effective refractive index measurements in the Q and W bands. This paper describes the use of an optimization method in conjunction with the RDWG technique for the determination of both the dielectric constant and loss tangent of materials at Ka-Band. The effect of the uncertainty in the measured sample thickness is presented

Keywords

dielectric loss measurement; dielectric waveguides; microwave measurement; permittivity measurement; rectangular waveguides; Ka-band; complex permittivity measurement; dielectric constant; dielectric loss tangent; effective refractive index; optimization method; rectangular dielectric waveguide; thickness measurement uncertainty; Dielectric constant; Dielectric losses; Dielectric materials; Dielectric measurements; Measurement uncertainty; Optimization methods; Permittivity measurement; Q measurement; Rectangular waveguides; Refractive index;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/19.963207

Filename

963207