A new technique for the determination of the complex permittivity and permeability of materials

Author

Bartley, Philip G. ; Begley, Shelley B.

Author_Institution

Innovative Meas. Solutions, Inc., Portsmouth, VA, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

3-6 May 2010

Firstpage

54

Lastpage

57

Abstract

A technique is proposed for determining the complex permittivity and permeability of material samples placed in a transmission line sample holder. The proposed technique is based on fitting the material properties to polynomials. The technique is immune to several of the shortcomings of traditional techniques, in particular the popular technique proposed by Nicolson and Ross. Examples of determining the material properties of several materials are given.

Keywords

S-parameters; magnetic permeability; microwave measurement; nondestructive testing; permittivity measurement; Nicolson-Ross technique; complex permittivity; material permeability; polynomials; Antenna measurements; Equations; Frequency measurement; Material properties; Permeability measurement; Permittivity measurement; Polynomials; Reflection; Scattering parameters; Transmission line measurements; complex permeability; complex permittivity; dielectric measurement; intrinsic properties; magnetic measurement; material properties; permeability; permeability measurement; permittivity; permittivity measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2832-8

Electronic_ISBN

1091-5281

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2010.5488184

Filename

5488184