Characterization of biological tissues up to millimeter wave: test fixture design

Author

Tofighi, M.R. ; Daryoush, A.S.

Author_Institution

Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

11-16 June 2000

Firstpage

1041

Abstract

Various design aspects of a two-port test fixture are presented to measure permittivity of biological tissues. Dimensions of this fixture are optimized using a commercial finite element method package. High measurement sensitivity to the tissue parameters is obtained up to 45 GHz by careful design of the microstrip feed line and aperture dimensions. Material inhomogeneity with millimeter spatial resolution is predicted using this optimized fixture.

Keywords

biological effects of microwaves; biological techniques; calibration; finite element analysis; millimetre wave measurement; permittivity measurement; 0 to 45 GHz; aperture dimensions; biological tissue characterization; finite element method package; material inhomogeneity; measurement sensitivity; microstrip feed line; millimeter spatial resolution; millimeter wave measuremnt; permittivity measurement; test fixture design; tissue parameters; Biological tissues; Finite element methods; Fixtures; Microstrip; Millimeter wave measurements; Millimeter wave technology; Optimization methods; Packaging; Permittivity measurement; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest. 2000 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Boston, MA, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5687-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2000.863535

Filename

863535