• DocumentCode
    3101008
  • Title

    Effect of test device thickness on liquid crystal characterisation

  • Author

    Deo, P. ; Yazdanpanahi, Mani ; Mirshekar-Syahkal, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Essex, Colchester, UK
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    4-7 Dec. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1280
  • Lastpage
    1282
  • Abstract
    A liquid crystal (LC) test device to operate in the frequency band of 57-66 GHz is designed and the effect of its thickness in determining the dielectric properties of the LC materials is investigated. For this purpose, two LC test devices one with a thick profile and another one with a thin profile are designed and investigated. These devices are then used to extract the dielectric properties of two dielectric test materials. When comparing the dielectric constant extraction from these test devices, the thin LC test device shows better accuracy for a wider frequency band.
  • Keywords
    dielectric properties; liquid crystal devices; millimetre wave antennas; LC materials; dielectric properties; dielectric test materials; frequency band; liquid crystal characterisation; test device thickness effect; Dielectric constant; Dielectric losses; Dielectric materials; Microstrip; Standards; Substrates; Liquid crystal (LC); microstrip line; millimeter-wave devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference Proceedings (APMC), 2012 Asia-Pacific
  • Conference_Location
    Kaohsiung
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1330-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1331-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APMC.2012.6421895
  • Filename
    6421895