Title :
Thermal calibrators in millimeter-wave radiometry—A word of caution
Author :
Singer, Amit ; Ulrich, Roger
fDate :
6/1/1967 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Semitransparent materials are examined for their suitability as thermal calibrators in millimeter-wave radiometry. It is shown that at 75 GHz, a typical error of about 20°C is incurred in the calibration of a radiometer when the semitransparent material is assumed to be opaque.
Keywords :
Building materials; Entropy; Millimeter wave communication; Nonlinear filters; Radiometry; Silicon compounds; Telephony; Transducers; Transfer functions; Yttrium;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/PROC.1967.5741
