• DocumentCode
    1847068
  • Title

    Free space measurement of permittivity

  • Author

    Alabaster, C.M. ; Dahele, J.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Cranfield Univ., Bedford, UK
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    31 March-3 April 2003
  • Firstpage
    538
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a free space technique for the measurement of the complex permittivity of a slice of dielectric sample. The experimental set up is described and the technique validated by measurements on well characterised dielectrics at J band whereupon it is concluded that the method would be suitable for use in the millimetre wave band. Measured data on a variety of plastics, glass, building materials and biological tissues samples at 60 GHz is then given and includes new data for the permittivity of skin at this frequency.
  • Keywords
    biological tissues; biomedical measurement; calibration; dielectric materials; glass; permittivity measurement; plastics; 11 to 12 GHz; 60 GHz; J band; biological tissues; building materials; calibration; complex permittivity measurement; dielectric sample; free space measurement; glass; millimetre wave band; plastics; skin permittivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation, 2003. (ICAP 2003). Twelfth International Conference on (Conf. Publ. No. 491)
  • Print_ISBN
    0-85296-752-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1049/cp:20030131
  • Filename
    1353701