DIELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS FOR LOW-LOSS MATERIALS USING TRANSMISSION PHASE-SHIFT METHOD

Authors

  • K. Y. You Communication Engineering Department, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Malaysia
  • Y. S. Lee School of Computer and Communication engineering, Universiti Perlis Malaysia, 02600 Perlis, Malaysia
  • L. Zahid School of Computer and Communication engineering, Universiti Perlis Malaysia, 02600 Perlis, Malaysia
  • M. F. A. Malek School of Electrical Systems Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Perlis, Malaysia
  • K. Y. Lee Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, 46200 Selangor, Malaysia
  • E. M. Cheng School of Mechatronic, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Perlis, Malaysia
  • N. H. H. Khamis Communication Engineering Department, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v77.6286

Keywords:

Rectangular waveguides, dielectric constant, loss factor, transmission phase-shift, sample thickness

Abstract

This paper presents a calculation of the dielectric properties of low-loss materials using the transmission phase-shift method. This method can provide calibration-independent and position-insensitive features, and it was verified experimentally by measuring several well-known samples using X-band rectangular waveguides.

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2015-11-16

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Science and Engineering

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DIELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS FOR LOW-LOSS MATERIALS USING TRANSMISSION PHASE-SHIFT METHOD. (2015). Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences & Engineering), 77(10). https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v77.6286