A Coaxial Measurement System for Electromagnetic Parameters at Microwave Frequencies

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In this paper, an improved coaxial measurement system with a newly designed coaxial fixture is presented. The electromagnetic parameters of samples are retrieved from the scattering parameters measured by a vector network analyzer (VNA) at microwave frequencies. The measurements of air and PTFE in the range of 1~6 GHz were carried out to verify the reliability and the accuracy of this measurement system. By using frequency-sweep and data processing techniques, the multiplicity of roots is eliminated. The results show that this system can effectively be applied to measure the material electromagnetic parameters of absorbing materials with high accuracy in a wide frequency band.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 881-883)

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1832-1835

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January 2014

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