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Microwave Characterization of Materials Using a Vector Network Analyzer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

David Blackham  and
Roger Pollard
David Blackham
Affiliation:
Hewlett Packard, Microwave Instruments Division, 1400 Fountaingrove Parkway, Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Roger Pollard
Affiliation:
University of Leeds, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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Abstract

The vector network analyzer provides a versatile tool for use in the microwave characterization of material permittivity and/or permeability. An understanding of network analyzer error sources can be leveraged into better measurement results. Vector error correction not only reduces the systematic errors but can also be used to remove the effects of dielectric dams in broadband transmission/reflection measurements.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 347: Symposium O – Microwave Processing of Materials IV , 1994 , 209
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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