• DocumentCode
    1294413
  • Title

    The measurement of the permittivity of sheet materials at microwave frequencies using an evanescent waveguide technique

  • Author

    Kumar, Akhileshwar ; Smith, D. Geoffrey

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electronic Sci. & Telecommunications, Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1976
  • Firstpage
    190
  • Lastpage
    193
  • Abstract
    Based on a method first proposed by Barlow (1962) the paper discusses how the complex permittivity of a sheet material can be determined by measuring the Q and frequency change produced by a sample when it is placed in a circular evanescent waveguide which is coupled to a resonant cavity. The method appears to be satisfactory for dielectric materials with loss tangents above about 0.01. Measurements on two mixtures of polystyrene and carbon, taken at 9 GHz, are reported.
  • Keywords
    microwave measurement; permittivity measurement; Barlow´s method; Q-factor measurement; complex permittivity; evanescent waveguide technique; frequency change measurement; loss tangents above 0.01; measurements at 9 GHz; permittivity at microwave frequencies; permittivity measurement; permittivity of sheet materials; resonant cavity coupled to waveguide; Cavity resonators; Couplings; Frequency measurement; Permittivity; Permittivity measurement; Q measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9456
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIM.1976.6312344
  • Filename
    6312344