A grounded coplanar waveguide resonator based in-line material characterization sensor

Microwave Materials such as Rogers RO3003 are subject to process-related fluctuations in terms of the relative permittivity. The behavior of high frequency circuits like patch-antenna arrays and their distribution networks is dependent on the effective wavelength. Therefore, fluctuations of the rela...

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Published in2016 German Microwave Conference (GeMiC) pp. 457 - 460
Main Authors Talai, Armin, Mann, Sebastian, Weigel, Robert, Koelpin, Alexander
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Institut für Mikrowellen und Antennentechnik - IMA 01.03.2016
Subjects
Antenna Array
Differential Frequency
Electromagnetic scattering
Electromagnetic Simulation
Floating Ground
Frequency measurement
Grounded Coplanar Waveguide
Harmonic analysis
Material Characterization
Permittivity
Permittivity measurement
Position measurement
Relative Permittivity
Resonant frequency
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DOI10.1109/GEMIC.2016.7461654

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Summary:Microwave Materials such as Rogers RO3003 are subject to process-related fluctuations in terms of the relative permittivity. The behavior of high frequency circuits like patch-antenna arrays and their distribution networks is dependent on the effective wavelength. Therefore, fluctuations of the relative permittivity will influence the resonance frequency and antenna beam direction. This paper presents a grounded coplanar wave-guide based sensor, which can measure the relative permittivity at 77 GHz, as well as at other resonance frequencies, by applying it on top of the manufactured depaneling. In addition, the sensor is robust against floating ground metallizations on inner printed circuit board layers, which are typically distributed over the entire surface below antennas.
DOI:10.1109/GEMIC.2016.7461654