A method for characterizing complex permittivity and permeability of meta-materials

Author

Buell, Kevin ; Sarabandi, Kamal

Author_Institution

Radiat. Lab., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

408

Abstract

A hybrid measurement method is proposed for the accurate characterization of complex permittivity and permeability of low loss materials. A transmission/reflection method is considered for the characterization of the real parts of the permittivity and permeability of a low loss composite material. Then measured quality factors of a cavity loaded by a sample of composite material at two different locations are used to calculated the imaginary parts of the permittivity and permeability. Simulation indicates that the accuracy of the imaginary parts of the permittivity and permeability may be increased by employment of resonant cavity measurements.

Keywords

Q-factor; cavity resonators; ceramics; dielectric materials; magnetic materials; magnetic permeability measurement; microwave materials; nanocomposites; permittivity measurement; 10 GHz; complex permeability; complex permittivity; composite material; hybrid measurement method; imaginary parts; low loss materials; meta-materials; quality factors; resonant cavity measurements; transmission/reflection method; Costs; Frequency measurement; Impedance; Magnetic materials; Measurement techniques; Permeability; Permittivity measurement; Radio frequency; Reflection; Transmission line measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2002. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7330-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2002.1016110

Filename

1016110