Electromagnetic material characterization of conductor- backed media using a NDE microstrip probe

Author

Havrilla, M.J. ; Bogle, A.E. ; Hyde, M.W., IV ; Rothwell, E.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Air Force Inst. of Technol., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

12-16 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

656

Lastpage

659

Abstract

A non-destructive material characterization technique for obtaining the permittivity and permeability of conductor-backed media using a conformable broadband microstrip probe is introduced. The material properties are extracted via comparison of theoretical and measured scattering parameters using an iterative algorithm. Expressions for the theoretical scattering parameters are obtained via an EFIE formulation and a network analyzer is utilized to acquire the measured scattering parameters. Advantages of the flexible microstrip probe are discussed and experimental results for sample materials are provided and compared to manufacturer data in order to validate the analysis.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave scattering; iterative methods; microwave materials; network analysers; nondestructive testing; probes; EFIE formulation; NDE microstrip probe; conductor-backed media permeability; conductor-backed media permittivity; electromagnetic material characterization; flexible microstrip probe; iterative algorithm; measured scattering parameters; network analyzer; nondestructive evaluation microstrip probe; nondestructive material characterization technique; theoretical scattering parameters; Electromagnetic waveguides; Equations; Materials; Microstrip; Permeability; Permittivity; Probes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Torino

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-976-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEAA.2011.6046419

Filename

6046419